Yes I am very impressed... sorry to highjack Marcus
You know, if only there were someone to hand-build trailers in the Baltimore area-- I bet that type of person could do some great work and make a lot of money...
You know, if only there were someone to hand-build trailers in the Baltimore area-- I bet that type of person could do some great work and make a lot of money...
You know, if only there were someone to hand-build trailers in the Baltimore area-- I bet that type of person could do some great work and make a lot of money...
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Originally Posted by RoverOwner
Get in line, Marcus. I'm Customer #1.
I am working towards it guy, Thank you for the vote of confidence.
Rick, thanks for the updates. That TW looks to be in nice original condition, and I really like the dinette. The added benefit is that Kerrville is less than a 2-hour drive from Austin.
Frank and I have had a long and ongoing discussion outside the Forums on that '62 Overlander in Tennessee. There are definitely some causes for alarm, but I recognize that no vintage trailer is going to be perfect.
Aside from the skin tears (and the associated water damage that is likely lurking behind them despite the seller's message to me that none was detected), the taillights are assymetric and look odd because I don't see any evidence of moving and patching them. Perhaps not a big deal, but odd at the very least.
The Tradewind does look like a nice one...the Overlander, not so much. Besides the skin tears, the lights are really strange ~ something is definitely not being disclosed IMO.
It might be worth a two hour drive to check out the T'wind...
Shari
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Rick, thanks for the updates. That TW looks to be in nice original condition, and I really like the dinette. The added benefit is that Kerrville is less than a 2-hour drive from Austin.
-Marcus
Marcus, this thread is going to keep popping up until you change your Profile from "Currently Looking" to "'61 Overlander"! (or something close)
Good luck with your hunt.
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The Tradewind does look like a nice one...the Overlander, not so much. Besides the skin tears, the lights are really strange ~ something is definitely not being disclosed IMO.
It might be worth a two hour drive to check out the T'wind...
Shari
Shari,
Kerrville is in the Texas Hill Country that begins just west of Austin. It's a beautiful drive. We could eat breakfast at the German bakery in Fredericksburg, and then truck over to Kerrvile to check it out. We could be back home in time for lunch and still hit the lake.
I also tell him he'll become an Airstream "Rookie" for the first year he has it. Get the one you want!
Rob
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I also tell him he'll become an Airstream "Rookie" for the first year he has it. Get the one you want!
Rob
Rob, I think you're being very generous if you tell me I'll only be a rookie for the "first year." I suspect I have many years of rookie-dom ahead of me, but I welcome the label as I welcome the challenge.
I'm working on the "getting the one I want" and I guarantee that all of you very kind and helpful people will be the first to know. I really hope to have a great (but uneventful) recovery story to call into the VAP with in the very near future.
It's close, only a couple hundred miles away, and it's a cool old trailer. After speaking to my Council of Vintage Airstream Experts, I'm getting mixed reviews. Some think that it's a good deal even if you paid the full BIN price of $6500. Others think there are too many question marks and too much work to be done to spend that much on it.
And of course, I have my own concerns, because I really do like tandem-axles trailers, and this one is single-axle. And I also like the idea of a full bath with tub, instead of just the wet bath. I don't take baths, and I doubt my wife would ever take a bath on a camping trip, but I can't help but think it would be nice for bathing kids (I currently have a 9-month-old and we will likely try for one more).
Still, this is a cool old trailer. It has 13-panels. I really dig that.
But it's not exactly what I've been looking for, and I don't know if my attraction isn't partly just because it's close, and this Search seems to have been dragging on a bit lately...
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