secret for affordable airstreams

[yardleymoon]

I do not know how many of you are uptodate with a site called "copart".
Membership is less than a C note but you can look for free. Caution it is pretty addicting .
Anyway if you type in airstream in to the search engine you will see (today 5/18/25] about 17 trailers in various needs of repair , from water to hail to body damage.
The guys at Oasis RV here in Tucson have been working on AS for over 40 years. and have good prices for body work.
Anyway this is my secret for buying a cheap AS.
Cheers and good luck
ps limit yourself to no more than 1 hr a day looking on this site or you may go blind

[yardleymoon]

Right now there is a 2023 2 ax AS for a buy it now price of 20000 with about 15k of damage on copart.
Have fun and let me know who buys it

[CBWELL]

IAA insurance Auto Auctions also have several Airstreams for auction!

[damonbeals]

While cheap, depending on your state law you might not be able to purchase without going via a dealer on coparts, and good luck with trying to insure with any type of salvage insurance. We looked at a few of the coparts trailers over the years in person and usually the pictures don't tell the whole story.


Damon
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[yardleymoon]

If you get it repaired by a rep dealer or body shop then with a cleared inspection, title is no longer salvage but rebuilt. then good to insure.
but its a great idea to put eyes on at first before plunking down 20k.

[Hermes]

Originally Posted by yardleymoon

I do not know how many of you are uptodate with a site called "copart".
Membership is less than a C note but you can look for free. Caution it is pretty addicting .
Anyway if you type in airstream in to the search engine you will see (today 5/18/25] about 17 trailers in various needs of repair , from water to hail to body damage.
The guys at Oasis RV here in Tucson have been working on AS for over 40 years. and have good prices for body work.
Anyway this is my secret for buying a cheap AS.
Cheers and good luck
ps limit yourself to no more than 1 hr a day looking on this site or you may go blind

Although we are based in Canada, if I am in the Southwest and need servicing or parts, Oasis RV is my goto place! They are Airstream old timers, they've been working on them for many decades, they know them inside out, are efficient and fair. And yes, they have a bunch of trailers in their yard, some belong to customers who have left them there for servicing, but I understand from the OP that some could be for sale? Worth checking out.