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Interesting video of the Vintage RV club
Not my style, but interesting.  Some of those people really get into it (vintage dress, tea cups/plates, everything).

Vintage RVs
Jane & Scott
Currently have a 1989 TK  LD we did a lot of upgrades on.
Bigfoot 25RQ Twin on order with early summer 2024 ETA

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Re: Interesting video of the Vintage RV club
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Quote from: Jane and Scott  - 
Not my style, but interesting.  Some of those people really get into it (vintage dress, tea cups/plates, everything).

Vintage RVs

Good post. I got into Vintage Trailers in 2000. Totally Love them. They are like Little cabin on wheels. And just like the LD Rallies we have a great time. I got hooked to say the lest .. My first Vintage trailer was a 1959 16' Dalton I bought from the Original owner, then a 1956 Rainbow, then a 1965 Silver Streak.I also bought and sold vintage trailers. I've always been an old car buff so this fit my style. Thanks for share'n  ;)
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My brother has inherited his father in laws early to mid 60’s Airstream 17’ Caravel.  It was before they changed the shape if that is may help.  I sent him a link.  The trailer is dry, the suspension is good and frame rust, what is visible, minimal. No generator, no ac, no onboard holding tanks.  One external tank for grey water.  They have a head, but it was never used.  Camping was different back in the day.  I suspect the batteries need replacing. 
Currently: 2008 36' Tiffin Open Road
Previously: 2007 Mid Bath
Re: Interesting video of the Vintage RV club
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Wow!  That sounds like fun.

Hold it.  That would be another thing on wheels to refurbish, maintain, insure,  and store.  And I sold my last pre-1980 four wheel vehicle and I'm not going back.

20 years ago, my Dad left to me, and I subsequently sold, the 1946 Cadillac Convertible that my parents brought me home from the hospital in.  Dad bought it for my Mom as a gift a year after they were married.  It hadn't run for nearly 40 years, it was on blocks,  and every part was well worn or not working.  When I looked at the magnitude of the time, effort, and restoration costs to bring it from its well worn and not-running condition, not to mention the storage problem, the nostalgia of owning this family treasure waned.  The things that make my heart sing are boats and bikes, so I turned the money into a deposit on yet another boat.  Dad would have understood.  When I was a little boy, Dad would say "Someday we are going to have a boat" and he shared my love of the ocean and boats.

I sold the car to one of Dad's acquaintances who had lusted for it for years.  It is now completely restored by an expert.  Dad would have approved.

Like boats, antique vehicles have hidden costs that are surprising and it is nearly impossible to get the money spent back out when sold. 

Vintage trailers look fun, but I think I'll pass.

Harold
2014 27 MB
Towd: Either the Jeep Wrangler or trailer containing the BMW R1200GS and 2 E-bicycles
Happy wife=Happy life
Re: Interesting video of the Vintage RV club
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Back to motorhomes and RV's:

Mom always wanted to own and travel in a "house-car".  Our camping vehicle was a converted 1937 Packard 7-passenger limousine (straight 8, louvered grill, Packard swan on the hood) that Dad bought at an auction a few years after The War.  He bought it for 300 dollars in war bonds and we owned it for 52 years, hauling kids to Yosemite, the 1964 World's Fair, and family camping trips. He built a plywood deck in the rear seat area and all of us 4 kids rolled around in the back.   Seat belts?  We don't need no stinking seat belts.  Nobody died.

Dad always bought cars "90% depreciated and 50% worn out."  We always had 10 - 13 old cars around the yard and usually two or three of them ran.  If I need a car for something, Dad would say "find something that runs or get one running."  At 17years old, I decided it would be easier to just buy my own "90% depreciated" car.  Mom hated Dad's old cars and after Dad died, I bought her her first new car.

Mom would have loved the Lazy Daze, a real "house-car."
2014 27 MB
Towd: Either the Jeep Wrangler or trailer containing the BMW R1200GS and 2 E-bicycles
Happy wife=Happy life
 
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Those of you that knew my Mom, Janet, knew she had a great sense of humor and spoke her mind.  I started traveling with her (RV'ing in Blue, 1990 MP), then I bought the 2005 RB in 2010 after Dad passed away because she wanted to travel more and wanted a "bigger bathroom".   Anytime we would pass a huge A class diesel pusher, Mama would call out "WE HAVE THE BEST RV!!!  IT'S A LAZY DAZE!!
2005 RB