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05-08-2008, 10:58 PM
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Rivet Master 
Massachusetts
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This is billed as an Airstream...
...but I think not...what do you think it is?
Check out this listing ... the trailer is being billed as "1950's rare Airstream Trailer with addition". The photos aren't the best...the trailer is about 30' long and it has a roof built on top of it.
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05-08-2008, 11:02 PM
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Rivet Master
1960 22' Safari
in the wilderness
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Doesn't look like an Airstream to me either.
Spartan? I'm guessing because of the door window.
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05-08-2008, 11:03 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
West of Fort Worth
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I think you're right.
The corner where the side meets the back of the trailer over the bed is not rounded. The back slopes, but the sides don't curve to meet the rear.
Spartan? Or ??
On edit, Going - great minds run in pairs.
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05-09-2008, 01:38 AM
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Islay - 63 O.
1963 26' Overlander
Montreal
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not an AS.
flat roof... The wood inside is more like a spartan.
I don't know about that area but at $85.000 for 0.08 acres that sounds high price.
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05-09-2008, 05:08 AM
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I love Airstreams...
Commercial Member
1989 29' Land Yacht
Haines City
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a guess...
this looks like a Spartan Mansion....mid to late 50's.....couple of things
rounded port window...slopeing rear beadroom....flat walls and ceilings in front...the front has been completely redone kitchen and bedroom are original....
i have owned several spartan manors in the 26 foot range and have looked at a dozen of the bigger ones like this seems to be
some of these were big....33-45 foot range...the trailer may have a value to a buyer who wanted it....85k....that is alot
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05-09-2008, 06:51 AM
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Rivet Master
Vintage Kin Owner
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Greeeneville
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Looks like a Spartan and possibly a Spartanette. They were built in a 33' model.
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05-09-2008, 07:48 AM
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Rivet Master
2003 22' International CCD
Kiln
, Mississippi
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Sorry folks - I gotta say what ever it started out as - Airstream, Spartan, Spartan Mansion, Spartanette, or what ever - IT IS NO LONGER......
Addition, roof, plant growth, very much modified trailer makes this a real mess. How they can honestly post this as anything more than an issue that will need to be delt with when you but the property is beyond me. Can it even meet code for that area?
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05-09-2008, 08:08 AM
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Old Paint, rolling again.
1973 Argosy 20
Lorain County
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I vote Spartan Mansion as well based the side view but definitely not a Spartanette. It may never roll again but what a nice vacation spot (though I wonder why it says waterfront yet doesn't show the view or list the water frontage.
The trailer may not be as abused as it first looks. The roof may be just an unattached covering and the bland walled "living room" pictures are the clapboard sided addition with the furnace and chimney which probably attach through the second side door.
I don't know the area but Mass property is very expensive so I'm guessing the price is not outrageous for almost an acre. [WOOPS, THAT'S .08!!! ]
Pushing it as an Airstream is a travesty!
I'd go look at it for fun if I was closer 
Steve
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05-09-2008, 09:16 AM
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Old Paint, rolling again.
1973 Argosy 20
Lorain County
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Lake Attatash appears very nice but does have some trashy areas. 1/2 million dollar homes on one side and a shack like this on the other. That realtor has another listing available: same size property in town and also 1 bed/1 bath for $175,000! So it looks like it's the value of the waterfront property you are buying. I see now it has 60' of frontage. I tried to find it's location on Windows Live Local but it must be too wooded to spot.
If you've never used Live Local try it and you'll never go back to Google maps or Yahoo for arial photos. Try the "birdseye view" of more populated areas.
Steve
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05-09-2008, 09:16 AM
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Rivet Master
1972 25' Tradewind
North Vancouver
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Originally Posted by dufferin
I don't know about that area but at $85.000 for 0.08 acres that sounds high price.
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Did you check out the property prices while you were in Vancouver? $85k would be a bargain! 
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05-09-2008, 09:17 AM
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Rivet Master
1967 26' Overlander
Winston Salem
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Not an AS, must be a Spartan.
model? Manor,Mansion, Royal Mansion?
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05-09-2008, 11:12 AM
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Islay - 63 O.
1963 26' Overlander
Montreal
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You bet I did...
For $85K you can get a closet... 
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05-09-2008, 11:40 AM
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Rivet Master
1977 27' Overlander
1954 25' Cruiser
1990 34.5' Airstream 345
VC Highlands
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I sent the agent a message letting her know it is not an Airstream.
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05-09-2008, 01:04 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
1972 25' Tradewind
Madison
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This real estate agent needs to have a session with a regulator and maybe a judge! (assuming he or she has a license?????) Where is the department of regulation and/or licensing? . This type of crap gives the good agents a bad name.
Some sales agents must pride themselves on ignorance and at least ofn the surface seem to justify a lack of integrity with that quality of ignorance.
I hate to make such a negative statement but holy shmolly this one is so out of it. I would have walked away from this in a heart beat many many years ago when I did sales. Then again there is a philosophy of Caveat Emptor + whatever the seller says is correct if they are paying a commision. I just find it hard to swallow that an agent would take this type of listing without a page of disclosures.
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05-09-2008, 01:24 PM
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Rivet Master
Massachusetts
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Originally Posted by sfixx
... So it looks like it's the value of the waterfront property you are buying. I see now it has 60' of frontage....
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Where did you see "60' of frontage"? Just asking because the property is not on the lake. The property is located across the street from another house -- it is the other house that has lake frontage.
Looks like there are two mistakes in the listing:
1) Not an Airstream
2) Not lake frontage (unless there is a right-of-way we don't know about -- if there is a ROW, then the realtor should be disclosing that information).
There is also conflicting information with the part about "miles to beach"...the listing says 1/2 to 1 mile (which is true). So, if it was waterfront property, there wouldn't be a 1/2 to 1 mile walk to the beach because you would just walk out your back door!
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05-09-2008, 08:09 PM
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Rivet Master
1977 27' Overlander
1954 25' Cruiser
1990 34.5' Airstream 345
VC Highlands
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The agent just replied to my message that it was not an Airstream...
Thanks for the info! I’ll pass this along to the listing agent Jack Mahoney, also of Stone Ridge – I’m sure he’ll appreciate it!
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05-10-2008, 07:03 PM
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Old Paint, rolling again.
1973 Argosy 20
Lorain County
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Originally Posted by yukionna
Where did you see "60' of frontage"?
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Yup, U-R right. I misread the listing the first time. Thanks
Steve
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