1954 Kompac Trailer
On my weekend adventures I’m always on the look out for those cool and weird creations that might make you scratch your head. While visiting a gift shop/auto museum up in the White Mountains of NH, I stumbled upon this 1954 Kompac Boat trailer.
Less than 200 of these fiberglass boat trailers were made. The back half of the trailer was crafted to resemble a 1953 Ford. The roof of this trailer was a row boat that was made to come off so that you could do a little fishing while you were on your weekend away for some rest and relaxation.
The only problem that I can see with this creation is that there was very little room inside, you had to crawl into the trailer to catch a good night’s sleep. Speaking of catch, if you had a great day of fishing, you’d better like the smell of fish, because the roof of your vessel was used to catch those fish so that you could eat supper that night while you were away.
All in all very few of these trailers are still known to exist today, and it’s definitely up there on my list of crazy automotive contraptions that I’ve seen.
I got one of this but need to be restored. I inherited it from my parent. It has still the old plate number at the back. I will restorr this.
Hi Ro, got any pictures of it? If so, we would love to see them! If possible, send them to blog@1aauto.com
its really cute trailer
A cool design of a boat trailer, yet a crazy different kind indeed!
Nice trailer. But it is too narrow, maybe I will get seasick there, ha!
I do love the idea of this though. I think there are a few flaws which you stated. I also wonder about getting all the water off and out of the boat. Even if you didn’t sleep in it though it’d be nice for hauling your gear?