The dent that did no damage!

[2airishuman]

6) Oven does work great for heating the trailer (1 hour on 400 will bring inside of trailer to 100+) at -35 outside.
(again i guess i have to spell it out for some people).



somehow the above fits so well with the pending holiday...

what temperature is needed inside of the trailer for fully cooked?

will the little red thing pop up?

dot dot dot
2air'

[summerkid]

for what it's worth, welj31, we pick on a LOT of ebay listings. we watch them religiously and even buy on occasion ...

[RichardT]

I will bet this one may even make it into Airstream Life magazine!

[clancy_boy]

Wow, cross border communications (digital borders) between EBAY and AS Forums - imagine that.

Who would of ever thought that we would be looking at ebay sales here.

[ALANSD]

I looked at an airstream for sale in Atlanta. The guys advertised it as needing a little restoration.When i got there..it was amazing....not only was the rear bath missing, the floor underneath where the bath had been was gone, as were most of the supports. The front inside had been trashed and was painted in multiple shades of latex. All the doors.access covers were missing, the covers for the heater and so on. The axles were obviously shot.
The roof had holes were the vents used to be. And so on. But to them this was a minor restoration job. Oh yes and it was priced at 4500.

[Foiled Again]

It may heat your trailer, but it's also pumping carbon monoxide into it unless you have the fan running and the oven door closed.

Please be careful!!! CO has no color or scent and you don't know how bad it is without a CO detector. It also builds up in your system from multiple exposures and prevents your red blood cells from carrying oxygen.

Using a stove to heat your unit can mean you never wake up!

Paula Ford

[Pschoerrn]

Using the stove or cooktop for heating is a good and save way to die, so don´t try it... At least I won´t...

I think it was great that welj31 came to these forums to answer some of the existing questions. One answer I really miss is: What happend to the furnace??

Maybe we´ll never know...

Happy biddings and good luck (for the bidding and heating with the stove...)!

Bjoern

[muddy_hollow]

Rich Luhr took a pretty good stab at catagorizing the state of trailers found on ebay... I recall one about a Polished Turd.... but this one isn't polished

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by muddy_hollow

Rich Luhr took a pretty good stab at catagorizing the state of trailers found on ebay... I recall one about a Polished Turd.... but this one isn't polished

But it IS kind of brown...

[Jim & Susan]

Wow, what a thread. A couple of observations here. One that has already been made is that this forum is filled with experts on the subject of Airsteam/Argosy trailers. It takes these folks a few seconds to find the obvious problems with these trailers. A few minutes to conjure the correct questions to ferret out the unseen. The cited advert clearly is over the top in hyperbolae . This could be a sales tactic, or deceit. Ebay is a place of public auction AND opinion. Nothing more, nothing less. If the seller is offended by the comments here, on this forum, then perhaps he should do a little more research and discover what a jewel he really has in his possession. Perhaps disclosing the known problems with the camper would be a better approach? Take the high road? The interior of this camper looks wonderful, short of the obvious problems. The exterior skins need work, that is obvious to even the novice observer.

One more thing. Knowingly speaking falsehoods about somebody is called slander. Knowingly writing falsehoods about somebody is known as libel. Please note the careful wording here.

Jim

[RichardT]

Following is a question from the auction answered after the reply from the seller to this post.

It is copied directly from the Ebay auction site.

Q:
Hello What can you tell me about this trailer? Thanks
Nov-20-06
A:ALL BIDDERS SHOULD READ THIS EMAIL QUESTION I am glad to have the questions everyone bidding should ask questions It is a old trailer it has a dent and dirt on outside of it also paint is pelling off on a few spots the water tank/heater is bypassed so as not to freeze up we do not know of any leaks in system or roof we have not seen any the in side has stains on the curtins from waht we were told was a cooking smoke (smells like chicken) but everything else looks good to us we have not had the trailer very long and found we needed something smaller for a smaller auto. As with most older trailers it will need a good bath on the out side and it may need a few small things here and there but we have tried to be as honest as we can with listing. Please Please if you have any questions at all no matter how silly please ask before bidding we will do anything we can to answer them. WE are not trying to get over on someone just need to get rid of it. If you need pics of something special please send a email address and what you need to see and we will try to get it. We want the buyer to know what they are getting so we dont have a problem later on.AGAIN PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS

Wow they are really honest! Very very cool.

[balrgn]

Does not look like a bad rig. The dent will take time @ $ to repair. Heck , Too bad it's not closer, I have that panel Not seeing it, it is @ a good deal for both parties...

[balrgn]

Bidding ended, some body got a nice, unique project! Bidder #9 $2,026.00