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Post by bigbill on Mar 20, 2014 6:34:53 GMT -8
1946? What is its future, restore or hotrod?
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Post by ladywendolyn on Mar 20, 2014 7:25:06 GMT -8
Bill If I had a garage I would love to slowly rebuild one
I only have a small area that is taken up by this little project I bought a few weeks ago and I barely have room to get around it in here
Nice! Its going to look amazing
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Post by skipnwendy on Mar 20, 2014 10:05:27 GMT -8
It is a 41, Going to get it running down the road and for now leave it as it is but the future may hold a street rod type future.
The bike in the picture is my 71 hardtail springer I gathered parts for over a span of 3 or 4 years then built it after I cleaned the garage and discovered I had enough parts to start the build, most of which were free
I will stop here with all that stuff so I don't mess up this great thread, Thanks
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Post by bigbill on Mar 20, 2014 11:05:51 GMT -8
One more comment on the truck. A turbo charged 292 Inline with a 700R4 would make a fantastic street rod.
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Post by cowcharge on Mar 21, 2014 8:29:01 GMT -8
I bought mine intending to live it, but the "one soft spot in the floor" turned out to be eighteen feet long, so the repairs turned into an almost total rebuilding, and it's taking a lot longer that it should have. I hope it's done before society collapses...
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Post by lamacki1 on Mar 21, 2014 16:03:36 GMT -8
I bought mine intending to live it, but the "one soft spot in the floor" turned out to be eighteen feet long, so the repairs turned into an almost total rebuilding, and it's taking a lot longer that it should have. I hope it's done before society collapses... For some reason, from the old forum, I thought you WERE living in your trailer? I got that wrong? B.
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Post by cowcharge on Mar 21, 2014 17:48:03 GMT -8
I was intending to start living in it right off the bat, but my situation changed a bit, along with the more extensive repairs. I could live in it the way it is, everything works, water, electric etc., but the interior isn't done yet, and I have no cabinets to put my stuff in.
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Post by kathleenc on Mar 21, 2014 17:51:58 GMT -8
Command hooks! they do leave a slight yellow residue on white walls but they work.
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Post by ny63 on Apr 23, 2014 16:03:38 GMT -8
I bought mine intending to live it, but the "one soft spot in the floor" turned out to be eighteen feet long, so the repairs turned into an almost total rebuilding, and it's taking a lot longer that it should have. I hope it's done before society collapses... Too late.
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Post by ny63 on Apr 23, 2014 16:08:43 GMT -8
Not really a hobby for me, as in I don't plan to buy another when it is finished. I bought it to fix up and camp with my 15 year old son. Then it will be a retirement camper for me to travel with. Right now I'm too busy raising two teenagers to have a hobby. Oh, and I don't have enough work space either. Hence my signature.
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Post by camperdude on Apr 23, 2014 16:28:38 GMT -8
Lady Wendolyn My first camper was a converted cargo trailer many years ago. That was 29 campers ago so it has become a full time job. But, that was before knee replacement surgery last fall...so for now it is a part time job. Camper no. 30 is in the shop now...full restoration on a 1966 Scotty Sportsman Gaucho.
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Post by lobstarock on Aug 17, 2017 7:50:54 GMT -8
My 1966 Scotsman is a retirement hobby project for me and a way to keep my 93 year old father engaged and active.
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Post by danrhodes on Aug 17, 2017 9:19:44 GMT -8
Since this thread got a revival...When I was a kid, we had a family cabin and spent many weekends up there. Unfortunately, families are sometimes ugly and as soon as my Grandfather was out of the picture, my Uncle sold the place out from under our family after 60 years and 4 generations. We bought our little camper because we wanted to give our kids at least a taste of an authentic outdoors experience without plastic walls, ugly carpets and a noisy generator powering a flat screen satellite TV. So far, the kids are enjoying everything about the camper from helping build it to camping to using it as their driveway playhouse.
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Post by nccamper on Aug 17, 2017 11:57:24 GMT -8
At first I thought vintage campers were my hobby. But without parking for a fleet of campers I had to sell them as I finished. Experienced members weren’t kidding when they say restoration work pays about $1.75 an hour and any camper over $10K can take 6 months to sell. So it's a lousy business model.
Also, it’s almost impossible to find a reasonably priced restoration candidate in the South. Too wet for them to have survived 50+ years. So now I’m down to two campers I’ll keep. After that, I doubt there will be another one.
“Is your camper a hobby, a job, or your main camper”
“Hobby” transitioning to “main camper”.
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Post by bigbill on Aug 17, 2017 12:00:37 GMT -8
We bought our little camper because we wanted to give our kids at least a taste of an authentic outdoors experience without plastic walls, ugly carpets and a noisy generator powering a flat screen satellite TV. So far, the kids are enjoying everything about the camper from helping build it to camping to using it as their driveway playhouse. And that is what it is all about.
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