Tiki Trailer / RV / Park / Camper Luvliness

Hi folks,

I'm interested in all those other Tiki venturers out there who decorate their traveling rigs in the TIKI theme or enjoy the creativity that's out there.

I've seen posts here and there, some under travel, others under items for sale, and thought it was time for a topic under General Tiki.

I'd like to see pictures when Tiki and Travel Trailer collide (aesthetically collide, please spare us the auto insurance claim photos).

If you can take the time to add more than a link to the pictures, such as a teaser picture, that would be great. (See how to add images to your post) So that even if the link breaks we maintain at least the thumbnails when the other sites change.

This can include any thing that would loosely be defined as a recreational vehicle or an RV themed trailer park.

Here are some past posts on the topic:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=25047&forum=6
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=23216&forum=12
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=23302&forum=16
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=14730&forum=2
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=15121&forum=2
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=24452&forum=6
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=24381&forum=1
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=24107&forum=1
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=19049&forum=18&vpost=258540
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=8122&forum=7
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=3512&forum=6

Happy travels,

Coruscate

Since I'm working on a Tiki themed travel trailer, I thought I'd post the progress.

It is a 1967 Timberline Lowlander, built by Paul Kiper in Portland, Oregon.
It is similar to a 1966-1968 Aristocrat Lo-Liner.

Exterior Shots:

Interior Shots:

Detail Shots:

Right now it is very comfortable, sporting many new materials on the walls, new vinyl flooring, upholstery, new mattress and an assortment of mugs.

Since it is not "over the top yet" and some things need refining, I will post pictures as it evolves.

Coruscate

Here are some updated pictures:

Sam loves to come over for a "Cocoa-tail" when we go camping.
Notice that the hibiscus matches her yellow ducky jammies, very stylish.

The only thing more entertaining than a Monkey in a Fez:

The Tiki-Lander goes to the beach! (Notice my Wahines' new FI shirt)

The Tiki-Lander spotted while doing a donut and dim sum camping trip (camping rates sure are expensive here, and they only take quarters at the iron ranger). This was our base camp before hiking into the urban wilderness and scouting the ancient Tradr Sam's.

The Tiki-Lander stops by its favorite spot in Santa Cruz (mmmm sweet potatoe fries and rum)

Ke nono au, e kala mua mai, i keia manawa ho'i.

[ Edited by: coruscate 2007-11-27 10:57 ]

[ Edited by: coruscate 2008-09-25 14:04 ]

[ Edited by: coruscate 2009-01-12 13:32 ]

That is a truly charming travelin' domicile! La Verandah would be covetous if she wasn't trying to be nice for Santa....

Welcome to TC...looks like you have done your homework and checked out lots of info on the board...there really are some fun things to do with a trailer. Yours is coming together nicely...love the mug railing and the fabric on the seats. Your Hawaiian quilt is beautiful too. Keep up the great work and post more pics. :)

Sorry to paraphrase Paris Hilton, but "That's hot"...I always wanted to build one out. I love it.

My friend has a great looking vintage rv that's tikified out. I think it's a airstream??? I'll see if he has any photo's of it that he can post.

Tikitatt,

That sounds great, I can't wait to see them!

Holden over at Tiki Farm has found a beauty and she's got good strong bones for a Tiki Customization.

Keep an eye on this project: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26526

Don't have the time or the tools to make your own?
A little extra cash can go a long way in this Tiki-Trailer fetish world.
Check out the surf, Hawaiiana and (of course) Tiki themed beauties here:
http://vintagetrailercrazy.com/_wsn/page4.html

See a whole bunch of photos like this 1955 Aljo for sale by Dayton Taylor at:
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=9AatmTJu3bssC

and this 1955 Boles Ensenada
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=9AatmTJu3bsiY¬ag=1

Coruscate

[ Edited by: coruscate 2007-12-02 22:44 ]

[ Edited by: coruscate 2007-12-05 22:45 ]

Here are a few from our Tiki-Stream!

Set up for a party!

Bedroom

Curtains

Lucy Diamond,

Great addition to this thread, thanks!

There is something about the Airstream that lends itself so willingly to the modern Tiki lounge look. It's as if Wally Byam was thinking WWSD?* when he designed the Airstream.

That's a beauty of a rig (a palace) and the details are great.
I love that barkcloth curtain pattern and the thatched umbrella and table skirt.

I've been trying to figure out how to bring the actual Tiki statues along for the ride, perhaps even permanent pole mounts for the solar tiki torches for quick setup and bumper brackets to hold the tiki carvings while under way.

Nice scorpion bowl by the way, and from the other bottles and cups laid out it is clear you take care of your guests!

A rolling hukilau!

Coruscate

*(what would Shag do?)

I have a 1968 Aristocrat Lo Liner for sale if any one is looking for one. Really nice shape for the year. Please email me at [email protected] and I can email pictures.

Lucy Diamond-- Wow! You've got a nice touch!

Ditto...Lucy Diamond, that is a nice rig. Beautiful fabric. I love airstreams...when I first got married I lived in a stationary one with a room addition on it. Needless to say it was an adventure. :)

My Wahine decorated the the trailer for a recent project, even the dog children got in the act.

Great...love the bra and the dawgs are looking fabulous in their leis. :)

Great decorations on that Airstream!
The "rock guards" on the window are divine.
How windy of a road does it have to be to count as a hula?
Does everyone here have their dogs wear leis too?

Thought you guys might like this if you haven't seen it already:

TIKI ICE BAR,

In 2006 these folks built a tiki hut trailer for towing behind their art car for serving shaved ice at Burning Man.
Well received on the hot playa.

http://www.tikiicebar.com

This was a beauty of a remodel that sold on eBay in October of this year (2007).
It sold for $3,000.00
Maybe you'll catch it traveling the wild road on new adventures.
I don't have any connection to this seller, just documenting the listing before the auction sloughs the images after 60 days.

Nice work inside and out.

The listing by eBay member mdsngr1 item # 170154820083 stated the following:

DON'T LET THIS ONE GET AWAY!!

WHEN THIS AUCTION IS OVER YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO BUY THE "TIKI HUT" ON EBAY.

1969 CAVALIER

TRAVEL TRAILER

"TIKI HUT"

BUILT BY CAVCO MANUFACTURING IN 1969 IN PHOENIX, AZ.

THIS IS NOT A GROUND UP RESTORATION, BUT IT IS A REALLY COOL UPDATE OF A CLASSIC.

THE "HUT" HAS ITS BUMPS AND DINGS BUT IT DEFINITELY IS A HEAD TURNER.

COMPLETELY REDONE ON THE INTERIOR. NEW PAINT, SEAGRASS FLOORING, BAMBOO WALL COVERING, STAINLESS STEEL BACKSPLASH, AND WOOD TABLE TOP. STOVE AND REFRIGERATOR WORK WELL WITH PROPANE. ALL LIGHTING IS NOW BY 110V ONLY.

4" THICK MEMORY FOAM 3/4 SIZE MATRESS SLEEPS 2 LIKE A DREAM.

CUSTOM MADE "TIKI HUT" LOGO

TIRES ARE ABOUT 1 YEAR OLD RADIALS.

2 PROPANE TANKS W/NEW COVER

FRESH WATER HOOKUP AND DRAIN.

COOL PAINT JOB ON THE EXTERIOR WITH RED REFECTIVE PIN STRIPING.

Trailer Cabin Length: 14 ft.

Tongue Length: 3.5 ft.

Overall Length: 17.5

Trailer Cabin Width: 7.25 ft.

Trailer Height: 8.5 ft (ground to top of vent)

Tire Size: 215/75R/15

Exterior Shots:

Interior Shots:

I've been wanting to know more about the Tiki Bus at Shady Dell, and stumbled across John Holley's Photos at Critiki.
Check it out at: http://www.critiki.com/cgi-bin/pictures.cgi?loc_id=551

Wow,
Check out this Tiki-Bus luxury traveling digs movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMPX7q8F4G0
Wilma, come take a look.

Wow,

This is the way to spec out your next Tiki Ride, with a full model:

See many amazing details by Hollywood Jim at: http://www.rocketfin.com/mcc/tiki_bus.cfm

Coruscate

Freaky TIKI
1972 Tag-a-Long
Vintage Serro Scotty camper trailer

Occasionally someone will have to part with their tiki-themed trailer, and when they do they often put is on Craigslist or eBay.

Here is another one, sale ends September 29th 2008

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250298763916&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:MOTORS:1123

Sold by Patinaluvr in Girard Ohio.

Sold for : ?????? (I'll edit price in later)

thangs keep going the way it is now we all gonna be shacked up in one.

Until then, while you're still rich and famous, you can fly across the pond in your private jet and just live the fabulous Trailer Lounge experience with a good Zombie in hand:

http://www.trailerh.com/about/index.html

Oh dang, I missed this one, but it is well documented here on TC:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=20804&forum=1&start=75#378384

GREAT THREAD!!! There's just nothing like the warm glow of birchwood in soft light....Tiki Trailers...Yup, I'm liking it!!

An ebay Tiki Trailer sale.

Kustom styled 50's Tiki themed travle trailer.
This couple in LA has to let their baby go.
I saw this for sale when they bought it about a year or so ago, but missed documenting the pictures
According to the sale it was remodeled by surfer "cc rider"
Auction ends around Jan 2 2009 with a buy it now price of 2000.00 bones.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160305791174&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123&viewitem=
Here are pictures (pictures by alesisn26) for viewing long after the link has broken:

Tiki-Moderne-Lounge-50's-Hawaiiana-Surf-TrailerTrash-Kustom aesthetic all merged into one rolling rig.

I have been working on infusing some tiki style into my motorhome. We call her "The Mo-Tiki"

Here is the progress so far

The bedroom with a leopard print theme, some new curtains and a tiki

The hallway cabinets and bathroom door with some lauhala and a TV menu

The bathroom with a new shower curtain, bamboo fixtures and Mai Kai picture. Still needs some work.

The kitchen. Bamboo backsplash and tiki magnets. Covered the fridge door with menus.

The living room with new curtains, more menus and tikis.

That's in for now, waiting for the funds to start on Phase 2 with some bamboo trim and paneling.

DC

Sehr schoen! I always like to see menu art incorporated in Tiki environs, and those two Boskos are really nice specimens.

Fantastic!
That is a rig to roll in!
I'm scheming on my tiki-themed exterior canopy now.
Nice conversion of the rig!
Great use of lauhala throughout, and a proud display of Bosko.
Mmmmm leopard print mmmmmmm, reclaim that trailer-trash loungy feel in a post-modern way!
Thanks for the inspirational photos, glad to see your winter hibernation has been good.

Coruscate,

I too was inspired by your work on the Tiki Lander as well as the many other posts that you Incorporated into this thread.
Thanks for all of the ideas.
How did you make the Tiki Lander graphics for the outside of your trailer?
Are those custom stickers?
I am starting to add some tiki style to the exterior of my rig as well.
Look forward to seeing your canopy work.
I am taking the Mo-Tiki out on the road for Spring Break, should be fun!
Plan to drive her down to Tiki Oasis this year as well.

DC

Dustycajun,

I've got a backlog of pictures I need to dig out and post of other rigs I've encountered, but your stuff adds so much to the good ideas list.

I also made a set of custom plates to match the trailer's graphics and to go with the bamboo handled silverware and monkeypod goblets that you might like to consider for your mobile-tiki.

For the graphics, I've had great luck turning things in to Adobe Illustrator files and sending them to this company http://graphxonline.com/ to create.

If you need help, give me a holler.

Some of the stickers are large SHAG stickers I bought at PosterPOP, but the text is all custom.

FYI, there are endless ready made quality Hawaiian Lei and jungle foilage desgins that go the full lenth of your rig that are cheaper to buy already made if interested.

I'm still on the fence about Tiki Oasis, but if I do I'll make sure we have a trailer trash get together---looking forward to seeing pictures of Mo-Tiki out in the wild!

Cheers!

This is the little Tiki Trailer I created last Spring. It took a couple of weeks to complete. I sold it a couple of weeks later and I bought the TikiBar RV with the money! I'm working on the TikiBar Rv. I'll post pix of it when it's complete too.

[ Edited by: VonTiki 2009-03-22 16:07 ]

Two rigs in a row!
Nice!
Keep those pictures coming.

I loved your camper overhaul and I'm sure the Vontiki land yacht will be deluxe.

I've kept my original 60's camper hardware, consciously saying no to the bamboo drawer pulls, but now after seeing Dustycajun's use of bamboo door and drawer pulls I'm completely sold on that look.

I'm hoping I can modify the Fred the Aku Moai busts into LP gas tank covers.

I keep wondering if the Pegasus Bamboo faucet would stay off when driving, that would look cool in all our rigs.

Also, see my earlier post about custom, professional quality lettering or graphics for a reasonable price.

By the way, your RV post was just in time.

My wife looked over my shoulder and saw what I was typing and said
"you mean we aren't the only people with a Tiki-Trailer?"

I scrolled up over all the old posts in this thread, and said "no honey, there are more" (followed by maniacal muhwahaahahaaa laugh and in my worst evil scientist monologue voice "there are leeeeegions of them, lurking, waiting for their call to explore the open road, like cultural ambulances with rum."

I'm not sure what she was thinking after that.....

Either it's "Hmmm, my hubby isn't as goofy an oddball as I thought, maybe I will go to the Tonga Room with him next week."

Or it's "Hmmm, apparently my hubby has every bit as much the underbelly of taste that I thought and I'm not sure I like the company he's keeping."

Eventually we'll have to have a Tiki-Trailer caravan and converge in one spot for a camper hukilau weekend, Tiki-Tahoe anyone?

Either way, looking forward to seeing more posts.

Let me know when your maiden voyage is in the new motohome.

Someone said there was a Tiki Trailer or two at the Tiki Oasis, do you know if this is true or have pictures?

Sorry if you've seen this before, it was new to me last summer.

Needs a few more items of flair to make it Tiki for me (and no I don't mean a wooden parrot on a brass ring).

found here

http://www.ballerride.com/2008/07/14/brandstand-portable-bars/

The Tiki-Stream trailer was celebrated early on by the owner Lucy Diamond

But you can see more of the decor and glamor of tiki trailer pictures here:

http://www.airforums.com/photos/browseimages.php?c=500&userid=8564

Some nice use of wall covering here for the sometimes challenging contours of the Airstream:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dudaleite/738076327/sizes/l/

Wow, I can't believe I missed this post so long ago, so I'm digging it up as a quote of Dustycajun here

On 2008-05-05 22:49, Dustycajun wrote:
I saw this Tiki RV on craigslist from Santa Barbara and had to post these pics.

The link to the listing is on Tiki marketplace.

NIIIICE work! Where DID you find the sweet bamboo drawer pulls? I have been looking everywhere for pulls just like those for my RV conversion! Great photos. Nice Bosko, too!

Any body know who did this? All I came up with is Kevin?!?

Well done I think, would be a great Tiki Trailer puller fo' shuuuure.

More on a work in progress....

The "guest house" is ready.

Our 950 square foot house is a mansion to some and is the size of other people's garden sheds or pool houses.

Needless to say, we don't have the bed space to match our ambitious hospitality.

So visiting folks often stay in the Tiki-Lander which has recently been upgraded with a new awning and some extra layers of cool stuff inside.

Still working out the connection of the poles to the trailer body, but the bamboo softens the aluminum "edge" to our rig.

Got some of those Fred the Aku Moai's (from raf dog here on Tiki Central).
They didn't work out as covers for the propane tanks as planned and now serve as sentries to the door!

After comparing many brands, the 4 led bulb flickering solar torches from Strathwood still have the most realistic flickering effect.

Hope everyone is having a great summer!

With the flash on, added to show off the Fred the Aku and rig.

[ Edited by: coruscate 2009-06-21 22:07 ]

[ Edited by: coruscate 2009-07-07 14:47 ]

That's looking great.
You sure know how to treat your visiting guests.

Tiki-Lander goes to the mountains.

The joy of having a rolling Tiki lounge is ...well...rolling.

Here it is getting its primitive campsite image going up in the Sierra Nevada along Sagehen Creek:

Cocktails in the Woods.

I love the Tiki-Lander!!! How much does it weigh? I have an Aristocrat Starliner (18.5 ft) and I will eventually get a tow vehicle for it (hey, the trailer was free, and in good condition!) but I need to know the weight.

I'm the 3rd owner, and the inside is totally 1972-the year the trailer was made! Avocado counters and appliances. She had the original, but rotten, fabric on the windows and cushions. I have redone them in 70's fabric in the same harvest gold/avocado. But alas, not tiki. If she hadn't been so close to original I would have.

But someday I'd like to do a tiki caravan at a vintage trailer show!! Tiki drinks at the 1972 Starliner with tiki torches outside...me in a 70's tiki dress....Tikiyaki Orchestra playing....why not?!

:drink:

Tacky

Tacky,

Ah yes, that sounds great! You're fabulous Tiki dress? I bet you will look fabulous in it, unless you're a big furry guy like me and then you'd be fabulously freakish.

I don't know how much it weighs, but there are plenty of dumps and scales in N. California, go weigh it.

There is an Aristocrat owner's group out there and someone there might help.

Good for you sticking with whatever decoration plan. The trick is follow through. Avocado accented oasis, so be it. You can always drink a good rum cocktail in it.

Maybe a camp-in at Trader Vics or Forbidden Island?

Coruscate

ive got a new RV that im going to tiki....wait and see what i have instore!!!