Lost Your Trailer? Not Me!
When my wife and I haul a car to a car show, we are often greeted with rows of white and light silver car trailers just like ours. We have spent many a drive back home discussing how we might change to more easily distinguish our trailer from all the others. It is not fun to be tired at the end of a show and then have to struggle with other people looking for their trailer.
Since we often haul vehicles made by different manufacturers, we wanted identification to be gender-neutral, if you will. We also did not want to advertise what we had inside the trailer. We have heard way too many stories of trailers and cars being stollen out of hotel parking lots and even out of car event trailer lots.
Back in the day, there were some great customizers. Most of you are familiar with George Barris. Most of his fame comes from being the builder of the original Batmobile and other famous customs. However, there was more than one historic customizer back in the day. One of my favorites was Big Daddy Ed Roth. His builds were the most original I had ever seen as a kid. Not only that, they were wild, and his artwork with the oversized monsters in wild hot rods is still being copied today. I spent many hours sketching out my version of his builds. There was his Beatnik Bandit and my version, I called the Beatnik Mother-In-Law! He was also responsible for the anti-Mickey Mouse cartoon character, Rat Fink. I have remained a fan of the Rat.
One day I had a brain fart and decided what we should do. We have seen some trailers with a big wrap on the rear ramp door that duplicates the inside of the trailer with some expensive car inside. Well, based on our warped sense of humor, we decided our Rat Fink hero should grace our trailer’s rear. We wanted something car oriented but not displaying what might be inside,
I took lots of photos, talked to our local wrap friends at Front Street Sign Company in Smyrna, TN, and came up with an idea of how to make our trailer stand out among all the look alike trailers as well as honor our friend the Rat Fink all in one easy, but expensive, way. This is what we did. You are looking at the rear door/loading ramp for our trailer. Inside are some car related items like the toolbox, NASCAR gas can, and some valve covers. I don’t think we will ever see another one like it and it gives no hint of what is actually inside the trailer.
What do you think?
