The Stargazer Fleet
STARGAZER
Trailorboat #132
The camper at the center of the restoration. Built for wandering, and named for camping beneath the night sky, and looking toward what comes next.
SPLASHDOWN
The Removable Boat
The original removable fiberglass boat — named as a nod to the space-race era and the moment a spacecraft returns from the sky to the water.
ESCAPE POD
2020 Ford Escape SE Sport Hybrid
Named for the freedom to escape away from the noise of the city when the world becomes too much. It takes me back to the places where I can breathe, reset, and reconnect with myself again in nature.
BUILT TO BE USED AGAIN
Restoration visualization: A preview of the planned direction for #132. The final design may evolve as the restoration progresses.
My goal for #132 isn’t to create a museum piece. I want to preserve what survived, respect its original design, and thoughtfully update what it needs for another life on the road.
When the restoration is complete, Stargazer will camp again, Splashdown will return to the water, and the entire rig will be something I can actually travel with and enjoy.
More than sixty years of history are still written into #132. Her TRH 132 stamp, original California license plate, boat registration numbers, hardware, her oars with leather trim, and other surviving components offer clues to where she has been, how she was used, and what remains from the day she was built. As I restore her, I’m documenting those details before anything changes—following the signals from her past to better understand her story.
Signals from the past
Follow The Restoration
From the condition #132 arrived in to the decisions, discoveries, repairs and rebuild ahead, I’m documenting the restoration as it happens.
#132 doesn’t have to be finished before her next chapter begins. I plan to camp with her, take her to car shows and gatherings, and let people see the restoration as it happens—unfinished fiberglass, repairs, discoveries and all. Eventually she’ll return to the water and emerge in her new colors, but the journey from what she is today to what she becomes is part of the story worth sharing. Along the way, she’s becoming part of communities that celebrate the same things that drew me to this project in the first place—design, history, creativity, camping and the joy of doing something wonderfully different.
The Story in motion
Trailorboat #132
Home Base: San Diego, California
Mfg. Year: 1960s
Mfg. Serial Number: TRH 132
Status: Restoration underway
Owner: Oxean Eddie Rey
Clubs & Memberships
Great Autos of Yesteryear: #5000
Tin Can Tourists: #204420
Vintage Camper Trailers: #39123756
CA. Historic YOM License Plate: CS 8282
CA. Historic Vessel: CF 2431 EL
Theme Camps: Deep Space DiscoTechnoNauts