It's unusual to come across R Vs of any kind in the Hawaii. So you can imagine my surprise when a good friend said there is one on a property he is thinking of buying.
So I went with him to have a look at the place, he is a good friend and wanted my views about the property, and of course to check out the airstream.
It's a very nice piece of farm land, all planted in exotic fruit trees, garden plots, big banana patch, all irrigated and producing. Sweet.
And there she sat a relitivaly intact 310, clearly it had been driven onto the place sometime in the last 10 / 15 years and used as a guest/ farm hand quarters.
Still mostly intact inside, rear bed layout. Pretty dirty, but useable with lots of cleaning and restore able looking to my eye .
Hard to imagine the shipping cost to get it to a Kauai 4 or 5 thousand I'd guess.
No place to go with it, as there are no parks on the islands for R Vs.
A truly unexpected find.
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Richard
I'm shooting in the dark here, but most gassers tended to have the 7.4L emblem along side the 310 at the front. As I don't see it, could this be a diesel? If it is, it would indeed be a very rare bird on the islands.
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It may well be a diesel Tony. But do we really want to know?
It will most likely be gutted and turned in to a shell of a thing used for guest quarters.
I tried to let him know that the rear bedroom was a big plus .
No interest in restoring it. Just getting some use out of right there.
I'll keep trying to inform him about the rarity of coach if the deal goes thru.
It would be interesting to find out the history, might have been brought to the Islands by a senior navel officer, senior officers seemed to be able to bring all kinds of vehicles with them to stations all over the world.
A couple of interesting points above.
I do plan to dig in to the story and possible outcome if the deal goes thru.
Wow Roscoe are you in Moloaa , or was that an uncanny guess? That is the area where the coach is located. Are you thinking of shipping you trailer to the islands?
I'm thinking of calling the shippers to find out the cost of shipping to the mainland. But the possibility of shipping down under is a good thought that hadn't occurred to me.
I so wish now that I had pulled the doghouse when I was there, but focus was on the property at that time.
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I so wish now that I had pulled the doghouse when I was there, but focus was on the property at that time.
Cheers Richard
Here is another pic
Too cool, Richard!
If I would be buying the property with the 310, I would consider restoring it as a very unique vacation rental. Can't beat this so unique double appeal
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That was where my thoughts went too Peter. Then talking with my brother ( also a streamer ). And he ran with the idea. Bring in some trailers and make an airstreams in paradise vacation park!
Wee, how easy it is to develop someone else's place.
Minor issues like zoning, infrastructure, and finances etc are nothing to worry about. :-). I do like the idea tho.
Mike I hear you, it does look very interesting it this setting. I'm thinking 4/5 hundred dollars for a sunbrella cover on the pipe frame and you are good to go for many years of indoor/ outdoor living.
My buddy is suggesting I plan to come over for a couple of months to stay there and replace floors, clean it up etc.
He was my main crew and dog body, on my boat ( Tevake ). For years, and may be looking to reverse the roles, for his own whip cracking pleasure.
I clearly hadn't thought this thru, Mike.
I do like the thought of him buying the pau Hana ( end of the work day) drinks.
Ah but there is one fly in this ointment, ALL of his money, and some of his friends cash too will be tied up in closing the deal. I'm sitting here with hand raised.
Got to remember this is Hawaii land prices we are talking about here.
Where even "affordable ag land " goes for over $100k per acre. Ouch.
Why do you think I'm looking all over the mainland for a place to settle?
Considering the prices of real estate and construction in Hawaii, that Airstream is definitely worth restoring and using. I keep telling my daughter on Oahu to buy an Airstream instead of spending a million dollars for a house about the same size! ;-)
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I can relate to what you are saying about realestate prices on Oahu. Especially when looking from Miss. crazy isn't it?
My first inquiry about shipping costs to the mainland for the 310 got a quote for $7,800 this is part of the premium for living in Hawaii I guess. And part of what makes building here so dear.
It turns out the 310 is a gasser not a diesel, And my buddy is starting to realize its value with the original interior. So it may have a life there on the farm for a while.
Then could serve as a nice guest house for someone here on Kauai if he decides to sell it on.
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this is part of the premium for living in Hawaii I guess. And part of what makes building here so dear.
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