iris lilies.....you now have another spot to visit on-line other than realtor.com. Every week I pull up Craigslist for various cities and under RV+camp, type in "Vintage". All sorts of cute from very rustic to already restored. I usually always see something under St Louis that I think would be worth the drive with a flat bed to go pick one up. There are also a lot in Iowa and Illinois and Kansas.
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
OMG, yes! thanks!Originally Posted by Float On
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-Retro...item3391a7069d
this is a real cute one!
yes, adorable!
Paris Hilton just paid $13,000 for a Pomeranian, too. It was no doubt cute and adorable. You kids are having a fantasy about buying a 50 or 60 year-old travel trailer, and you'd be better off going to an Atlantic City Casino and investing your money. See, the way they are made--more like a mobile home(which is stationary for a greater % of it's life), than a truck or car. Wooden 2x2's stapled together, and sandwiched between inner wood paneling, and aluminum sheet exterior. Hundreds of screw holes and yards of seams--potential entry points for moisture. Dry Rot is also an insidious issue with those. Also the flooring--some use plywood, but most use particle board; cheap, but not the most durable material, to say the least. Also, being pulled over the road places much stress on these marginally engineered RV's. You've got flexing from uneven road surfaces, aerodynamic pressure bearing against it, and this gradually works on those staples and screws holding it together. So, unless the cute & adorable old trailer has been stored in a building with a concrete floor out in Arizona it's whole life and never been moved or seen a drop of rain, better forget about it. You just ain't got time to fool with it, what with beans and corn and carrots and squash to put up.
Last edited by Packy; 9-16-14 at 3:19pm.
Oh how I love them, the looks anyhow. About 8 years ago we saw one on the side of the road for sale. The name and year slip my mind. It had wood inside, beautiful. Gas light hanging above the table. I fell in love. We bought it right then, spur of the moment. The tow home hubby says wow is it heavy to tow. Then I went to refinish and touch up the inside , sadly the ants had taken home in the wood. It was cute out in the side yard of our northern get away, but that was about it.
If a person is a "craftsman" and can indeed "fix anything", then a really interesting project would be to construct your own travel trailer. Tools would not be a major problem--you don't need expensive industrial stamping presses, molds, lathes, that kind of thing. Practically everything you need for materials can be purchased from rv supply houses and mobile home parts dealers, & surplus dealers. Plus, you could use some salvaged items, such as the running gear and chassis from a more contemporary model trailer. You would be able to give it a retro-design treatment(such as urethane-d wood paneling in the interior, and at the same time, take advantage of the availability of modern appliances and fixtures, double-pane windows, insulating materials, adhesives, sealants and so forth. Now, that would be a worthwhile objective. I just can't see buying a vintage trailer, and pulling it over the road, and expecting good results. It would deteriorate faster than you could keep up with repairs, thus diminishing your enjoyment. Hope that helps you some.
Several people I know have made teardrop trailers, they are very popular to construct. Yes, using contemporary structural materials to construct a retro-style trailer would be good.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote