elewayne
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Post by elewayne on Mar 8, 2015 12:59:59 GMT -8
Take a lot of pictures, both for your reference and for a potential buyer if you sell it later, to buy another one of course. IT can get additive. My son's mother and law is doing one right now and she had hired a guy how knows something about it, I think, but she is doing a lot herself too. Her husband doesn't do stuff like that. So it's not like a novice couldn't do these things. IT does take time, though, to really get in there and do all the repairs most of these old trailers need. Expect it to cost way more than you would expect too. I took one that was a total basket case, built in 1949, and saved just the rolling frame, aluminum skin, and windows. and rebuilt all the rest. I spent almost 4 months re building the whole shell. I'm retired and was working almost full time on it. Cost is at $3500 right now and I still need a complete interior. I'm about to start that now. and expect to finish up at about $12,000. which is probably more than I could sell it for. don't be afraid to do things over, if screwed up, it's much faster a second time and it turns out way better. If you don't like restoring something old, don't do this. Wayne
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Post by Hamlet on Mar 8, 2015 17:07:44 GMT -8
Or you could take that same $12,000 to Vegas. It'd last about five days and you wouldn't have anything to show for it when you were done. Unless. of course you won a huge jackpot, but if that were common, Vegas wouldn't be able to afford all those fancy hotels and gazillions of lights.
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Post by elewayne on Mar 8, 2015 19:57:52 GMT -8
Well yes, but that's about the last place I would take $12000. when I spend money I want to bring "something" home, not just a memory.
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