Just bought a 1950 Liner... And number 2. Are we crazy?
Last Friday, I made the 2 hour trip to Nelson County VA where I grew up to visit my parents. I thought I might drop by and visit Dave at Trailer Buff since it is only 5 minutes up the road. Found out Dave is retired from the Airstream restoration business but he did have 3 Airstreams, unrestored he was selling. I took a few pictures and headed home.
Today, we went back out, bought a 1950 22' Liner (real rough shape but worth saving). Dave was gracious and gave us a tour of his shop and gems he had which was a real treat. What a great guy.
We planned to tow the Liner the 5 miles to my parents but we couldn't get the hitch free from seize. At this point, we figured we would have to come back in a few weeks once we had a trailer to get her home. My father suggested a local auto shop that had a car hauler. Less than an hour later, we were loaded up and heading home outside Richmond. So we now have a 1979 31' Sov sitting on one side of the driveway and the Liner on the other side.
Are we crazy? At what point is this considered obsessive
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Picture of the transport home:
Today, we went back out, bought a 1950 22' Liner (real rough shape but worth saving). Dave was gracious and gave us a tour of his shop and gems he had which was a real treat. What a great guy.
We planned to tow the Liner the 5 miles to my parents but we couldn't get the hitch free from seize. At this point, we figured we would have to come back in a few weeks once we had a trailer to get her home. My father suggested a local auto shop that had a car hauler. Less than an hour later, we were loaded up and heading home outside Richmond. So we now have a 1979 31' Sov sitting on one side of the driveway and the Liner on the other side.
Are we crazy? At what point is this considered obsessive
.Picture of the transport home:
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No, you're not crazy. But you're broke - or you will be!
Posted 04-06-2015 at 09:47 PM by drboyd 
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I set a $10k budget for renovation (not including the $2800 it took to buy and get it home) over 3 years. I will be keeping good records on cost and labor hours as we did with the first one. So in three years, hopefully I can say we stayed in budget
.Posted 10-02-2015 at 08:05 PM by Bowmans
