Finally found the camper I wanted (Six campers later!)
Jun 17, 2014 22:11:09 GMT -8
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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!)
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!)
