It only took 14 months (and one T@B teardrop later), but I finally took delivery of a 1977 Argosy Minuet 6.0 Metre on Monday.
We spent a while figuring out what we wanted - visited two Vintage Trailer Jams, toured trailers at rallies and restoration shops. We prioritized having a lot of light and ventilation, something easy to tow, and after listening to almost every episode of
the VAP, the aluminium composite floor became desirable.
I found it by doing a Google search and just mindlessly clicking through pages after pages. There it was on page 7 - in the online inventory of CanAm RV up in Ontario. I PMed Andy T to get the details, flew up to look at it, and finally got it. Can't say enough good things about the folks there - they did a lot of work to the trailer, and were helpful in every way possible.
That included setting up my Honda Odyssey for towing. Frankly, thanks to properly set-up weight distribution and sway control, the Minuet tows FAR better than the lighter T@B (low tongue weight, just hooked up to the ball, surge brakes) ever did. 15 mpg at 70 mph, plenty of power to pass SOBs uphill.
It's in really good condition - decent paint, no sway in the floor, travel left on the axle, an Intellipower converter, BAL stablizers. Awning in great shape, OK (but ugly) gaucho and dinette fabric. The dealer serviced the brakes and bearings, installed new tires, the front window guard, new bottom wrap trim, a Fantastic Fan, mounted a spare tire on the tongue, and put in a slick deadbolt. No furnace, but we can instead use the storage space - I'll get a catalytic heater eventually.
We love the orange countertops and groovy awning:
So I'm excited, but have the same feeling of foreboding I had when we bought our mid-century modern house (with original radiant heat); there are things here I don't understand that will probably cost money at some point, but it pretty much all works, and damn if it isn't cool!
Thanks to everyone who answered my questions over the year - there will be more....
Tom
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