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Hi we're here at Jack Sizemore's RV Museum and I'm gonna do some reviews of
some old trailers these are the beginnings of the RV industry that we
all love today, from 1941 West craft trailer this particular one was actually
used in World War two, it's been restored but it gives you a really good idea of
what the overall trailer looked like and the uses of it. It's quite an exterior
with a rounded back and it does have a double axle and what's special about
this trailer is it has a trolley roof to give you a little extra headroom.
I'm noticing that on most of these trailers in the early days exterior
storage that kind of thing not really a big deal but let's go
around front and take a look at what we've got there. On this trailer you can
see the standard propane tank just the same as we do today with the wind up
Jack, now that wasn't all that long ago and even some trailers still do have that
what I think is unique is the two tires system to hold it all up. Okay so let's
go inside and take a look.
Check out this wooden screen door a lot of these units were just all wood
back then which adds a whole new interesting element I mean obviously
that would have given it a weight issue but that's what they had and that's what
they used. In this 41 west craft it is beautiful everything's wood up the
trolley ceilings wood the walls are rounded wood, the blinds are wood, they
even had clearly some electricity, lots of storage it's just beautiful
craftsmanship right so how I don't know if this radio would have been an
original feature but it's kind of neat that it's here. So we've got another
window hidden back here but it really does let in a lot of light there's
storage, this is a lot of storage for an RV this size and there is storage up
here as well, if we look around we've got a closet storage and then this is the
heater of sort I'm not sure if this would have been an electric but you know
this is the exhaust going out, kind of big but it seems common, let's go into
the kitchen because it's so cool.
This is a really big space for a kitchen because it's on both sides, we've got a
4 burner stove we've got an oven plus countertop more storage space, upper
storage space and then if you come in on this side of the kitchen we've got lots
of countertop space we've got a single sink more storage up here and a two-door
ice chest on both sides, and then again more storage. Into the bedroom here and
you've got quite a large bed which also has three windows surrounding it storage
above and storage down the side as well as a big closet over here lots of room
and storage in this trailer. In general this trailer when you look at what they
were doing back in the 40s compared to what they're doing today this is pretty
phenomenal I mean this is a beautiful interior wood decorated it's got a huge
kitchen the bedroom is great okay doesn't have a bathroom but this is
really a wonderful trailer with high-end amenities for the day. I'm impressed. I'd love to have it.
So that wraps up our tour on the 1941 west craft trailer as you can see these
things are just phenomenally built and they have all the modern amenities from
back in the 40s so if you've liked this one there's more RV tours to show you
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