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Post by Teachndad on Mar 1, 2015 9:39:39 GMT -8
Hi Everyone, I was searching the web for just restorations to see how people did some of their restorations and came across www.flytecamp.com/ I tried searching to find a thread on this company here at VTT, but came up empty. I would think that this company would have been a topic of conversation. My enthusiastic but inexperienced eyes found the trailers pictured throughout the site pretty amazing. My favorite was this one, a 1948 Westcraft Sequoia, with a trolley top roof. www.flytecamp.com/vintage-trailers-for-sale/item/1948-westcraft-sequoia-2.html I fell in love with the rear bedroom. This one was found in the Trailers 4 Sale section of the website.  The bedroom  Restore On! Rod |
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Post by John Palmer on Mar 1, 2015 10:12:38 GMT -8
The cost of that restored trolley top, would make a nice down payment of the house it's parked at, about $100K.
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Post by mobiltec on Mar 1, 2015 20:04:04 GMT -8
Looks like there is already a leak over the bed LOL...
They have their own TV shows on cable and satellite. I don't have either one so I've only seen one episode when they first showed up on tv and were a very small company with I think 3 employees. I hear they are pretty big now. |
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Post by ladywendolyn on Mar 4, 2015 9:27:58 GMT -8
I have only seen a bit of it on youtube as we don't get it here in Canada. But what I do like about this show is that bit demonstrates what it means to do a proper restoration which is good information for all the people out there who are happily painting over rotting wood... who have not found sites like this one.
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Post by Teachndad on Mar 4, 2015 16:51:58 GMT -8
Hi, It turns out that we have the channel that carries the shows, Great American Country. Our cable provider is time warner. It took me a while to find the channel - #395 in the West San Fernando Valley, CA, and that's with one of their more cheaper channel packages. Here is the link for the shows as they come up. I think it's the Flippin RV's show. www.gactv.com/gac/shows_hrlgd/0,3562,GAC_46045_PST,00.html Scroll down to see the schedule. Make sure you check the appropriate time zone box. Restore On! Rod |
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Post by schweetcruisers on Mar 4, 2015 19:02:49 GMT -8
Imho there are 3 MAJOR shops doing restoration and a lot of mid-size to little ones doing restos. The major ones seem to specialize in the trolley tops, Airstreams, Air Floats and Spartans.
On the West coast there is FlyteCamp, mid west is Timeless Trailers and east is Heinz Designs. All require $$$ to even show up to their shop and get your trailer in the lot. I seem to remember Timeless requires $45k to just get on the list.
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Post by Teachndad on Mar 5, 2015 21:37:16 GMT -8
I seem to remember Timeless requires $45k to just get on the list.  All joking aside, I am sure their work is top dog and you get what you pay for. For those who can afford it, you should be able to do what you want to do with your money. It's your choice. I have learned through other activities, that nice equipment and nice things are just, well... nice. For someone like me, it seems like an extravagance to buy poplar over pine to do my framing. I am in a completely different league.  It's all good. Rod |
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Post by mobiltec on Mar 6, 2015 7:14:29 GMT -8
The people who are "purchasing" these trailers you see on TV never have the experience of completing a beautiful project themselves. The difference between their experience and ours is the same as the difference between an artist and an art collector. The artist enjoys the experience of the creation of his work. The collector just whips out a check book and buys the painting.
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Post by azshastanut on Mar 6, 2015 8:03:55 GMT -8
That's a great analogy Larry!
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Post by vintagebruce on Mar 6, 2015 8:20:35 GMT -8
I crewed for a year on a 52' wooden ketch out of the Balboa Yacht Club in Panama, and found that those that had the most pristine and expensive "bluewater" sailboats in that same size range, had professional crew that would sail to whatever destination the owner wanted to play. The owner would fly in sometimes with friends and they would enjoy the yacht for a week and then fly back out. I'm wondering how many (if any) people who buy the top of the line FlyteCamp, Tiimeless and Heinz campers end up having professionals deliver their campers to a camping area and fly in and enjoy the camper in a similar fashion as the yachties...
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Post by SusieQ on Mar 6, 2015 14:36:07 GMT -8
Saw them on Flippin RV's last night when I was channel surfing. They were restoring a trailer they kept referring to a a "teardrop". I hung around just long enough to see it, but it sure looked like a Cardinal with the wing on back to me. It definitely was not a teardrop!
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Post by mobiltec on Mar 6, 2015 16:47:06 GMT -8
Saw them on Flippin RV's last night when I was channel surfing. They were restoring a trailer they kept referring to a a "teardrop". I hung around just long enough to see it, but it sure looked like a Cardinal with the wing on back to me. It definitely was not a teardrop! Lots of people confuse Teardrops with Canned Hams for some reason. Don't ask me why. I couldn't tell you. |
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Post by elewayne on Mar 9, 2015 14:19:47 GMT -8
I often feel sort of sorry for people who can't actually do the art. they miss a great experience in completing a difficult project themselves, and "how does anyone" live without a garage full of tools.I can't even imagine. But on the money side, I"have" to do my own work, it's the only way I can have anything cool. I have to scale my life down to what I can afford. That doesn't mean I have to pass on everything just I have to work in the proper realm. I do collect art, so go figure.
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Post by vikx on Mar 9, 2015 20:40:03 GMT -8
Me too, Elewayne. Fixing these things is a passion. I love it, keeps me sane. One of my favorite things to do is re-use/re-purpose old parts, even if it's just a hinge. Making the puzzle fit...
Yeah, and the tools.
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