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utee94 · 08-20-2010, 06:32 AM

Hey Dave, I'll keep an eye out for you as well, though I suspect you'd beat me to any local listings anyway.

You can use craigslist helper or crazedlist to search multiple craigslist listings at once. I found them both useful during my own Search.

I look forward to following your project once you get the right coach, I love the radical reconstructions.

-Marcus

Dave Park · 08-20-2010, 12:10 PM

Hehe, you say radical, but in some respects it'll be very conservative.

My emphasis will be for a quality, light, open and spacious look, with most of the central area being open, and most of the plumbing/wiring/waste also being concealed central, and a front kitchen. The depth of all counters/cabinets will be reduced, and so will the height just a little.

I tried hard for a rear bedroom, but the weight distribution doesn't work out on paper - the nose weight goes over 15% with empty tanks. To manage a rear queen I would need to construct an entirely new frame, or move some things back under the bed - and I'm firm that heavy items need to be over the axle.

I'll post plans in a few weeks.

vhariable · 08-27-2010, 08:37 AM

There is one here in Abilene that might meet your requirements. I haven't seen it in person so I'm not sure what overall condition it is in.

1971 31' Airstream Needs Work

Dave Park · 08-27-2010, 09:22 AM

That does look ideal. I will just have to wait until I have the funds - I sold my Tradewind but haven't been paid for it - and I have the funny feeling I might never... :/

bsshrink · 09-05-2010, 12:03 AM

Any interest in a 1969 Overlander International? Last year for real wood cabinets, first for the triptych front window. Butt sag fixed, new floors, upholstery, hw tank, Cd player, Intellivolt. In Kansas City

Dave Park · 09-05-2010, 10:58 AM

I intend to completely replace the interior, and I would be ashamed to do that to a real-wood interior A/S.

Also, with the loss of my Tradewind, I don't really have the funds to put into a trailer right now - it's going to be a few months.

Thank you for thinking of me

mistral blue · 09-28-2010, 09:14 PM

1971 Sovereign - Airstream Trailer Classifieds - Airstreams Trailers For Sale

Dave Park · 09-30-2010, 08:02 AM

Ooooh, I emailed him - hopefully he still has it!

**DKB_SATX** · 09-30-2010, 08:29 AM

That one in Princeton, TX really, really called to me. Just around the corner, really... about 75 miles from me, but I'm not ready (we won't know if we're staying in TX or pulling up stakes and moving wherever my partner's residency match sends us until March) and it's LONG. I was hoping it would at least "go to a good home" so I wouldn't feel like a putz for not jumping on a freebie.

Dave Park · 09-30-2010, 08:56 AM

I suspect I'm too late, but I have emailed and can only hope

If not, I'm sure it's going to a different good home, instead of mine.

**DKB_SATX** · 09-30-2010, 09:48 AM

re: the good home thing... well, there are pictures of Airstreams converted to chicken coops, and I grew up in NE Texas... there are lots of Boomhauers who'd just drag it home to use as a storage shed or something.