SusieQ
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Post by SusieQ on Jul 23, 2014 20:27:08 GMT -8
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Post by vikx on Jul 23, 2014 21:16:33 GMT -8
Hmmmm. "Modern appliances, radio, etc" doesn't impress me much. I'll be they are 20K or more. Be interesting to see one.
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Post by txoil on Jul 24, 2014 5:15:26 GMT -8
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Post by SusieQ on Jul 24, 2014 6:28:34 GMT -8
I posted this yesterday in the Shasta section, but this may be the more appropriate section. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I suppose it's a good thing if the quality is up to par, but I think it will have "new trailer" construction. In my heart, I wish they wouldn't do this. It negates the rarity of the vintage image. But for parts, good point, it could be a blessing.
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Post by SusieQ on Jul 24, 2014 7:08:41 GMT -8
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Post by universalexports on Jul 24, 2014 8:23:29 GMT -8
maybe we will be able to get new parts at a decent price,,, if they are not plastic, Shasta logo, propane lamps etc.
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Post by sll on Jul 24, 2014 8:38:09 GMT -8
Any thoughts on how this will affect the used market? I mean, access to parts is great, but especially for the high-end restorers this has to be bad news.
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Post by Hamlet on Jul 24, 2014 9:43:16 GMT -8
Hmm. We'd like to see one. Also would like to know how you get furnace, a/c, tv, stereo, micro, stove, fridge, a larger dinette AND a wet bath into an Airflyte without losing a lot of storage and reconfiguring the floorplan. Although we suspect that the stove is replaced with a two burner and a micro. The article says it practically sleeps three, but if the front dinette is going to be a full-size bed, and you have a gaucho in the back, that's four as we count it.
I don't think that this will affect the high end restorers too much. Folks who want the genuine article are not going to go for one with metal framing and altered floorplans. If folks want an SC or an SCS, they can look for those. Most people don't seem to be too concerned about a wet bath as most places folks camp have bathrooms with showers.
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Post by bigbill on Jul 24, 2014 11:18:38 GMT -8
Check out the pictures for what the hardware looks like.
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Post by pathfinder3081 on Jul 24, 2014 11:38:05 GMT -8
It looks cool, but they tried this before. I think that they might have a better run with these.. I like these old campers because you can pass them off as "cool" and still be on the cheap. (lol) I am not a collector, I am a camper, plus they are fun to tinker with in a hobby kinda of way. I am happy for people to get what they want and I am glad to see those front side windows addresssed in a different fashion as well. I wonder what the interior looks like. And of course.. How much does it cost?
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Post by txoil on Jul 24, 2014 15:36:31 GMT -8
Check out the pictures for what the hardware looks like. The one picture displayed showed a medium shot and not much detail. Looks like the dinette windows now have wraparound frames, and the front jalousie window looks like a single, three-paned unit. No pics of the door to look at latch mech.
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Post by dsadki on Jul 24, 2014 16:32:41 GMT -8
We are headed up that way in Sept. We have wanted to go to the camper museum in Elkhart for some time. We just may go to the Shasta open house and see this Airflyte. We have a 1962 Shasta Airflye and would love to see their new version of it.
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Post by bigbill on Jul 24, 2014 16:57:53 GMT -8
Open the first post for more pictures
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Post by vikx on Jul 24, 2014 21:47:59 GMT -8
From what I've seen of the *new* retro trailers, they're not all they're cracked up to be. Some are very cool from the outside, but you move into the trailer and it's all modern. Fake panels, modern upholstery, cramped space, all electric, etc. No Charm. The Retros even have a nasty sewer outlet sticking out about 5 inches on the street side. ugh. Kinda cool looking: www.riversidervs.net/NEW-RETRO-MODEL-155XL.html Chinese connections... I don't think these trailers can begin to compete with an original vintage canned ham and they will not dent the market for a true restoration. At 20K, they are close to the same money but the dealers will arrange payments. I won't.
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Post by SusieQ on Jul 25, 2014 4:43:30 GMT -8
People do have a false sense of security about buying something new as opposed to used or old. I however have a true sense of what I really have, how it is and was built. Particle board, plastic and retro "look alike" things don't really give me a warm fuzzy feeling. I would choose my trailer, beat up skins and all, over a newly manufactured one.
Like I said in my previous post, I think the only downside is that the rarity of the visual image of the vintage trailer will be diminished, simply because there will be more on the road with the "look."
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