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SaabLover · 02-22-2009, 09:16 PM

Congrats on your new charge. Well it's to late to turn back now you are hooked. Truly amusing that a 35 year old can look so good.

The first Airstream I looked at was a disaster and with the help of the good people on this forum I was able to make the right choice. I can tell you that living with a 35 year old has been great. Good luck and happy Airstreaming, see you on the road.

SL

Distantdrummer · 02-22-2009, 09:24 PM

Well 27' is IMHO the optimal size. If you plan to tow and breathe.
'74 us almost the optimal year. I prefer 75 or 77, but 74's fine.
6500 from what we see is a great deal.
And you live right up there somewhere near the factory. Sweet if you need something. In fact you can pick up your axles and save a barrel of freight. (Your money will still go to California).
Now you do owe us the courtesy of goin to the auction and letting us know what happens and what the 77 looked like inside...don't you.
We never forget.
Well some of us anyway.

Congrats

funkill · 02-23-2009, 07:32 AM

Congrats on your purchase!!! I started a couple replies to your initial post but deleted them --- just figuring you had some really great responses thus far. I got my 73 Overlander about 6 months ago --- paid a smidge more and probably not quite as good shape. But, she was ready to camp and that turned out to be really important to me. If I had found more repairs necessary than expected, I think I would have fallen into that category of regretment. I did replace my axles DIY - more of a job than expected (mostly due to the weight) but completely do-able in a day.

Please post some interior pics!!! She sure looks great on the outside.

WineStream · 02-23-2009, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SaabLover

Congrats on your new charge. Well it's to late to turn back now you are hooked. Truly amusing that a 35 year old can look so good.

It's older than we are, but we love it anyway

utee94 · 02-23-2009, 08:48 AM

Congratulations, from the picture you posted, it looks to be in great shape.

Looking forward to seeing more pictures of it, you might want to start a new thread in the "Overlander" sub-forum with all of the details of it.

I am quite partial to Overlanders myself, so I'm always glad to see a new Overlander owner on the Forums.

Enjoy camping!
-Marcus

Pepsi · 02-23-2009, 10:04 AM

Well done.

mutcth · 02-23-2009, 10:50 AM

Congrats! I think you did a good thing here by passing up the field-find. It looks really sharp.

Out of curiousity, is yours a rear bath or a center bath? Most are rears...

WineStream · 02-23-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by mutcth

Congrats! I think you did a good thing here by passing up the field-find. It looks really sharp.

Out of curiousity, is yours a rear bath or a center bath? Most are rears...

Rear

After looking at the center bath design, we decided that rear would work better for us. The field one was center bath. That along with other probable issues was what pushed us to look around a bit more. Now we're glad we did.

WineStream · 02-23-2009, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by utee94

Looking forward to seeing more pictures of it, you might want to start a new thread in the "Overlander" sub-forum with all of the details of it.

We hope to go pick it up tomorrow, so we'll have lots and lots of pictures in a couple days. I'll make sure to post them over there for all to see.

SteSpot · 02-23-2009, 01:45 PM

What happened at the auction? Good luck with your new baby....looks like you made a great choice......pj

Distantdrummer · 02-23-2009, 01:54 PM

Might be nice now if you'd post the locale and name of that auction & auction company in case other forum members in the area might want to attend.
Not much reason now to discourage interest in it is there?
Yall have given no indication of whether you will attend that auction now that you have a prize in hand. Will you still be going?

dd

No Listing I could find here
http://www.ohiorealestateauctions.com/Upcoming.htm

Here it is
http://www.ohiorealestateauctions.co...6%26nojava%3D0

WineStream · 02-23-2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Distantdrummer

Might be nice now if you'd post the locale and name of that auction & auction company in case other forum members in the area might want to attend.
Not much reason now to discourage interest in it is there?
Yall have given no indication of whether you will attend that auction now that you have a prize in hand. Will you still be going?

dd

I have told anyone who sent me a PM where the auction was, but I never thought to post it on here.

KIKO Auctions - View Upcoming Auctions

It's the one in Navarre on the 26th.

We won't go to the auction. It would require time off from work and it's not exactly close to our home. I would love to know the condition of the trailer, but it's hard to justify a vacation day just because of curiosity. That time could be better spent with the one we do own

Aage · 02-23-2009, 09:34 PM

That's a beautiful coach for that kind of investment! When are you going to show us the insides?

WineStream · 02-27-2009, 06:39 AM

We didn't go, but a friend did.

77 Sovereign Condition:

all original inside
no obvious soft spots or rot, but carpet not pulled back to check and no ice pick test
curtains were falling apart
auction co. stated that new tires and bearing work would be recommended before transport
awning questionable

sold for $1800. Friend said the bidder was reluctant to go that high. He also said that there was a large crowd of people that just disappeared after the trailer sold. First bid was $500.

Hmm... was the winning bidder someone from the forum?

adonh · 02-27-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by atobols

sold for $1800. ... was the winning bidder someone from the forum?

Lets hope so, it would be interesting to see what happens to this one. Its always nice to see old Airstream's rescued and brought back to life.

Don
1976 31' Sovereign