Chris, my profound sympathy. What a tragedy. Four years' work, gone in an instant.
I'm fairly new to the forum, and didn't know about your project until I saw your classified ad yesterday. I followed the link to your thread and read most of it. I assumed one reason you picked this particular trailer was the skin was in such good shape, at least the upper sections.
What will you do next? You impress me as the kind of guy who needs projects to preserve sanity. If you are, I not only sympathize, I empathize. I am the same kind of person. I need to have my hands and mind wrapped around something all the time, or I go bugs**t.
I was in the midst of a renovation project on a 28ft sportfishing boat when I met my wife, and the boat just wasn't going to work for the two of us, so I had to walk away from that project when I was only half done. After three years' work, i sold it for a third of what I had spent. We have since moved on to another boat, and plenty of projects await me there. I grieved over the previous boat, but time heals the wounds, and I have moved on. I am sure you can do the same.
BTW, when it came to purchasing our Airstream, I went for a newer one, not a project. You can understand why. I've reached the point in my life where I'm just not up to another total refurb project. I will stay as busy as a bird dog on smaller projects, but no more giant ones. Maybe you're not there yet. Maybe you are. Whatever comes next, enjoy it and move on.
Again, my condolences.
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