New to me camper, missing door.
I bought a vintage camper the other day at an auction, its missing its door. The lower part is there, the top is gone. The opening is 24.5" x 40.5". The lower door is made with 1" square steel tubing ...
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In NJ, a title is used as proof of ownership, however they do no title trailers under 2500lbs, its not even an option. A full size camper would have a title due to weight. Motor vehicles are titled only if considered for road use. Dirt bikes, ATVs etc are not titled here.
Neighboring states have different laws, which makes it tough to sell things like trailers from NJ to a state with different title laws. Most trailers here are registered as 'Homemade' if under 2500lbs. If I were to buy a trailer out of state, with an actual title, that title gets surrendered in lieu of only a NJ registration card. When its sold, there is no longer a title to sign over and transfer to a buyer from out of state. I know that PA and DE will not accept a NJ registration card listing the trailer as homemade as proof of ownership.
On this trailer, it no doubt weights well under 2500lbs, my guess is that its not much over 800lbs total as it sits. It has no signs of any data plates, VIN plates, or brand names on it. It doesn't even have tail lights or any signs of them. It did at one time have marker lights on the roof, a few of them are still there but missing their lenses. There is light wiring molded into the right side fiberglass panels, its glassed right into the body but it don't appear to have been used. Whatever this had for lights had to be completely bolt on or external, of it was using only the marker lights?
I've been looking around for a suitable tail light assembly to use, something that won't interfere with the half door folding back against the body. Their location will have to be so that the door knob won't punch out the lens when the door is open.
I'm thinking either surface mount 7" bus lights or flush mount 4" truck lights but I'm not big on cutting two big holes in the body that could eventually leak. I've also thought about making two angle brackets that attach underneath and bend around and upward to bolt the lights too, therefore avoiding drilling any holes in the fiberglass.
The fiberglass on this thing is gel coated, no paint, and I see no signs where lights were or holes were filled in. I guess its possible it never had tail lights? There was a time where you didn't need tail lights on a trailer if your trucks tail lights could be seen but that would never be the case with an 8' wide trailer.
Neighboring states have different laws, which makes it tough to sell things like trailers from NJ to a state with different title laws. Most trailers here are registered as 'Homemade' if under 2500lbs. If I were to buy a trailer out of state, with an actual title, that title gets surrendered in lieu of only a NJ registration card. When its sold, there is no longer a title to sign over and transfer to a buyer from out of state. I know that PA and DE will not accept a NJ registration card listing the trailer as homemade as proof of ownership.
On this trailer, it no doubt weights well under 2500lbs, my guess is that its not much over 800lbs total as it sits. It has no signs of any data plates, VIN plates, or brand names on it. It doesn't even have tail lights or any signs of them. It did at one time have marker lights on the roof, a few of them are still there but missing their lenses. There is light wiring molded into the right side fiberglass panels, its glassed right into the body but it don't appear to have been used. Whatever this had for lights had to be completely bolt on or external, of it was using only the marker lights?
I've been looking around for a suitable tail light assembly to use, something that won't interfere with the half door folding back against the body. Their location will have to be so that the door knob won't punch out the lens when the door is open.
I'm thinking either surface mount 7" bus lights or flush mount 4" truck lights but I'm not big on cutting two big holes in the body that could eventually leak. I've also thought about making two angle brackets that attach underneath and bend around and upward to bolt the lights too, therefore avoiding drilling any holes in the fiberglass.
The fiberglass on this thing is gel coated, no paint, and I see no signs where lights were or holes were filled in. I guess its possible it never had tail lights? There was a time where you didn't need tail lights on a trailer if your trucks tail lights could be seen but that would never be the case with an 8' wide trailer.
