Jim,
You have to understand that a BIG part of owning a Vintage A/S isn't in
the actual using of it, but in the fixing it up. It's the same thing
with Vintage car owners, they don't do a bunch of (hard & expensive)
work to make 'em into daily drivers.
If you're to full-time in ANY trailer, you need to learn how to "do more
with less". <<grin>>
<<Jim>>
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> I often wonder how anyone can live full time in a little bity A.S. trailerMy
> 24 ft Silver Albatross could not hold my library to say nothing of my
> personal possesions. Just taking a long trip in it can be a royal pain in the
> lower part of my torso. It has taken a full size woodworking shop jest to do
> the necessary interior maintaince to keep it looking half way decent inside I
> have spent some time replaceing the plumingto the kitchen sink which broke on
> our last trip(tubes sweated to the fawcet) I had to teare out the cabnet top
> to get at it .I was dismaied at the horrable workmanship in the cabnet. had
> to fabricate a new fiberglassand epoxy interior for it.While I was at it I
> hah to make a new top and stove crover the 1960s formaca looked like hell so
> I chose rosewood for the top.It will be done shortly I re inspected the floor
> and found a couple of imperfections so it will be necessary to re glass it.
> Next it will be necessary to replace the terrable overhead compartment doors
> with raised pannel walnut doors and to scribe the frames to the contour of
> the trailer .
> If I were a full timer I could not possably do any of this work. I dont think
> any othis work will add any value to the Silver Albatross.I keep seeing where
> people on this list are buying similar vintage trailers for less than I paid
> for this one. I dont know what I will do when I finish it. I can travel a lot
> cheeper and with less work with out it.
> Jim Smith
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