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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2014 22:11:09 GMT -8
I started my love of campers with a loose replica of a '47 Modernaire teardrop that I designed and built from the frame up. I decided that I wanted a shower in the camper after a few seasons. I don't care about the black water, I'll use the park facilities, but it is really nice to wake up with it's freezing cold or warm and humid outside and step in and out of your own personal shower in your climate controlled camper. So I bought a couple/three ten footers that were both projects and projects they remain. I also stumbled across a couple of good deals that I couldn't pass up, a '63 Shasta Astrodome and a '69 Shasta Compact, but they were both projects that I could not make campable without restoration and I sold them as projects. On to my '58 Kenskill... I went to see it four hours after it was posted on CL. Nothing but the power worked in it but it was dutiful and all there. Although a harrowing experience driving home 5 hours on ice (unexpected polar vortex in Jan) I made it home fixed everything and camped all season in it. I love this camper and it is a mansion which is good and bad because it goes against my small, efficient camper ways. So I reluctantly knew I had to keep looking for another camper that was in similar condition and didn't need a complete rebuild. I finally came across a '70 Shasta StarFlyte '14 with a full bath. It isn't too big, and isn't too small and nothing works on it but the electrical either but everything is there and 100% original. The structure and wood is all good which is the important part. It came with a nice awning, and a good screen door too which I've never had before. I have only had it a week and it's ready to go camping! The appliances and bath still don't work, but I can camp in it no problem. I know it's not a canned ham or super vintage, but I've always loved the 70's stuff so this one fits me just fine and I am very pleased for my $900 spent. It took me six campers to get here, but man it was a fun ride! (This is an old pic, I have since painted the wheels, got new tires, a Shasta Emblem and Wings!)
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Post by vikx on Jun 17, 2014 23:24:39 GMT -8
Congrats Thomas2! It's a keeper...
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Post by ladywendolyn on Jun 18, 2014 6:13:52 GMT -8
Nice... Do you have inside photos?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2014 20:43:43 GMT -8
Here's i photo of the other side and a couple of interior photos too. I found some new old stock marker lenses at an old RV shop near my house for just a couple of bucks each to I replaced all 10 of them! I also picked up roof vents for the plumbing gasses. I found a set of dinette cushions in perfect condition for $125 on CL! They are the right kind of fabric and color that I was looking for and it was actually TWO sets so I am ready for my next camper build! The foam itself was going to cost $200 new, and the material another 150, so i scored on these! The table and linoleum floor are both great and do not need any work at all. A I threw away the original pads and put in a real inner spring mattress, since I have the dinette, I see no need to make the bed non-permanent. A nice driver's side shot
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Post by Teachndad on Dec 6, 2014 23:11:20 GMT -8
Wow Thomas,
What a nice score! and all for only $900. It didn't take much to make it look nice. GReat interior photos. I love all the windows in the bed area. What's she look like now?
The trailer I looked at before buying my Westerner, was an ARistocrat of similar vintage with an asking price similar. Almost almost bought that one.
6 times the charm.
Rod
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Post by nccamper on Dec 7, 2014 15:20:22 GMT -8
You have real staying power. In the end, you got what you wanted. I bet you'll keep buying campers. It's in your blood now.
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Post by vintagebruce on Dec 8, 2014 6:17:27 GMT -8
It sure looks like a nice winged vintage Shasta to me. Sometimes it takes a while to find the right fit, and the style may not have been what you initially envisioned, but you definitely have a Shasta to be proud of.
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