Ya.. we had a dump or.. the spare parts depot as I used to think of it as.
sigh. Times change.
Your trailer sounds like my kind of fun!
I can only imagine how rough moving and not being able to take stuff with you was. 8000. ouch.
No, I haven't read those books. I'll check them out.
Ts are fun. I built the frame, pieced together a body from junk (re-skinned or built most panels), mocked up front and rear suspension and set an engine and trans on for fit.
It's a rolling chassis.. mostly.
As for laws... it's a pain. There are ways to do it legally but it's not simple.
One way is to have a pro weld the frame and a provincial inspector check it over. We have to get the inspector from New Brunswick. He doesn't like hot rods or straight axles so we try to avoid him.
We also have fender laws. So I'll be beating some out of metal if I get good enough.
I sent you an email instead of a PM. Let's see if that works.