Oso - 10-6-2007 at 08:50 AM
Sorry if this needs to be moved. It's not quite a fishing question and there is no "boating" or "trailering" forum.
Yesterday on I-8, I saw a very interesting little rig. It looked exactly like something I imagined building as a kid, but of course, never got a
"round tuit". Only this was not homemade. It was all white fiberglass, with a chrome logo that said "Trailerboat, Inc." It was about the size of a
teardrop camping trailer or enclosed utility trailer, only boat-shaped with a perfectly fitted, detachable dinghy forming the "roof". Below, it had a
small window on the left, door on the right, and what appeared to be a ramp in the rear. A small outboard was mounted on the tongue.
I've searched google and dogpile, but all the search enines insist on seperating it into two words, trailer boat or boat trailer, or referring to an
Australian magazine about trailerable boats. This thing's name is obvious as it seems to be a hybrid boat and trailer all in one.
Anybody ever heard of it?
[Edited on 10-6-2007 by Oso]
Diver - 10-6-2007 at 10:53 AM
I can see you cruising the waterways in this thing !! 
http://eastbay.backpage.com/automotive/classifieds/ViewAd?oi...
[Edited on 10-7-2007 by BajaNomad]
Oso - 10-6-2007 at 12:07 PM
Not there. "Recently deleted?"
Bob and Susan - 10-6-2007 at 12:45 PM
$2999
Bob and Susan - 10-6-2007 at 12:46 PM
fish???
Oso - 10-6-2007 at 01:43 PM
Nope, not it.
BajaNomad - 10-6-2007 at 11:30 PM
Would it be a Trailorboat (note the "o" not "e")?:
http://petersen.org/default.cfm?DocID=1014&cat=Vacationl...
[Edited on 10-7-2007 by BajaNomad]
Oso - 10-7-2007 at 09:21 AM
Grover, very funny. I would have picked an Impala of that period.
Doug, thanks! That's it alright.
Oso - 10-7-2007 at 09:34 AM
Dang! The one I saw was so perfectly preserved and new-looking I never would have thought it was an antique. Pity they quit. I guess the only
market now is collectors.
BajaBruno - 10-7-2007 at 10:56 AM
Doug does it again. Nice work and a cute contraption.
I knew Fiberglas was around in 1954, but in addition to the Corvette, that looks like a fairly sophisticated use of it for the time.