Solved TGF-161: Leo Hagenson Self Expanding Trailer

[targhediferro]

I'd like to know the name of this trailer's builder.

[fgsavoia]

Motto?

[targhediferro]

Not Motto.

[D-type]

Part erected folding caravan.  From Lefevre?

[targhediferro]

Not Lefevre...a little clue: on the right of the picture you can see the tail of a car and this may be useful to get the country where this caravan comes from.

[Bill Murray]

It didn't help my search, but if it helps someone else, I believe the automobile is a 1960 Buick.

Bill

[targhediferro]

Umm...I think it's a '59 Impala, anyway the clue is the same.

[Bill Murray]

Hi Fabrizio:

You are probably correct.  I was concerned a little bit that the tail light portion was not quite "round" enough to be 1959/1960 Buick style but it did not look "horizontal" as the tail light on an Impala is.  As you have the original photo, it may show more detail.

BTW, one of the cars of my youth was a 1959 Buick LeSabre Convertible.
I made sort of a "Street Rod" out of it with twin 4 throat carburettors, racing exhaust and some other modifications.  Also some very fancy road wheels.  It used to really surprise some of the Ford and Chevy guys with it's speed but it was a pig on twisty roads.

I am still looking for the answer to your trailer puzzle, who knows...............I might find it yet.

Bill

[targhediferro]

I love Buicks from '50s-'60s, and I'm sure you got a great fun customising your LeSabre! It would be great if you would share with us a picture of it. I think that could be a good idea if we would create a topic in Autopuzzles where each Puzzler could post some pictures of his family's cars, wouldn't it?
It will be a pleasure to reward you when you'll get the correct answer...a little clue: don't dig about well known caravans makers.

[Otto Puzzell]

I love Buicks from '50s-'60s, and I'm sure you got a great fun customising your LeSabre! It would be great if you would share with us a picture of it. I think that could be a good idea if we would create a topic in Autopuzzles where each Puzzler could post some pictures of his family's cars, wouldn't it?

Consider it done! 

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=615.0

[Bill Murray]

Well, I found one similar trailer.

Can this be a Larson Rolite???

Bill

[targhediferro]

Not from him...more obscure, I don't know but it could be a one-off.

[targhediferro]

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[Wendax]

Leo Hagenson is the name you are looking for. He built that trailer in 1960.

[targhediferro]

Perfect...how did you menage to know everythink? A very well deserved point.

[Carnut]

Perfect...how did you menage to know everythink? A very well deserved point.

Didn't you know Wendax knows everything (well, nearly everything..!) targhediferro?!

[Wendax]

Too much honour!

[Bill Murray]

Hi Gerd:

I too offer my congratulations.  Although I made few posts, I put in an incredible amount of time on the internet looking for the darn trailer.  Didn't find it and still haven't found it even with the name.



On the other hand, I got a good education on the history of pop-up, expandable and erectable camping trailers and picked up some nice vintage car and truck photos for the old archives.  Doing research on these puzzles is always an expansion of your body of knowledge even if you never find the correct answer.

Nice Job!!!!!!!!

Bill

[Wendax]

It was quite easy to find when I had the right idea where to look. I have a nice collection of Populäre Mechanik, the German edition of Popular Mechanics, and the similar German hobby magazine. And the puzzle picture looked a lot like those magazine pictures about self-built novelties...