Hi. I have a 50 year old Daily Mirror Tent Trailer that my dad built from the kit back in 1969/70.
It is still serviceable although getting tatty now.
Does anyone else still have one?
My Mirror trailer is up and running and used regularly. I strip it down every winter and store parts in the dry. I have managed to get a new canvas and am very well grounded in its construction. We still use it regularly and I have taken to exhibiting it at various transport/steam fairs amongst vintage caravans. I am keen to find others in a similar situation or those who would like help in rebuilding/servicing their mirror trailers, as they are a dying breed ....they were probably one of the first on the market.
Collection: SCM - Road Transport
Object Name: Trailer Tent
Maker: Bucknell, Barry
Date Made: c. 1968
Description: The Mirror Trailer tent of ca.1968 was designed and developed by Mr Barry Bucknell for the Daily Mirror, and was featured on TV. The tent had to be light enough for a Mini to tow. It had to set up quickly for overnight stops, yet be large enough for a family to live in for a fortnight or more. This was not just a tent on wheels, it was a real holiday home.
There is a Mirror Trailer, given a new canvas a few years ago, now an exhibit at an aviation museum in the midlands. I have been trying to track it down. Does any one know where it is?
Those were the days when we used to build things ourselves. I built a small cruiser, launched in 1971, from plans by Percy Blandford which I think were published in Woodworking Magazine. Lovely to see the photographs.
Hi David
I have very fond memories of Percy Blanford Kayaks...I spent some time in 1963/4 constructing a PVC covered twin kayak with my brother (PBK 59 I think )we were 13 and 14. We also worked on another Kayak PBK 53 which is a plywood moulded single boat about 16ft long. I spent the lockdown restoring it as some areas og glue were separateing. It was like a jigsaw cutting out the damaged parts and inserting new ones. Originally it was made by laying weneers over a mould, glueing and stapling them into place. I tracked down another PBK 53 in Southampton Museum. You can still buy the plans and build it and considering it was a fore-runner of fibre glass it is exceptional. it is light and a dream to paddle.
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Topic: Daily Mirror Tent Trailer
