I DO agree with the poster who noted the lack of design in the new bazillion dollar RV s we have bee

There is quite a community of vintage trailer folks, and next week I m off to the big Pismo Beach Vintage Trailer Rally, where 300 of us will open up our trailers to visitors and fellow enthusiasts for the weekend.
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I just love these older travel trailers, I have a 1986 22 1/2 ft Sunline travel trailer. that I bought brand new right off the showroom floor almost 30 years ago. . It has a front door and a back door. and a picture window on the curb side. Looks like a little 1950 s trailer house. very nice and cozy.. With lots of storage..Everything w hotels thing is all original from the window treatments to the bedspread and pillow shames. I ve kept that trailer in mint shape in all these years. (It s now considered vintage) and now worthy of vintage trailer rallies . Unfortunately there seems to be a biased and prejudice against most trailers over 10 years old now. When it comes to being allowed entrance to many campgrounds.. .. Have you seem some of the overpriced crap the RV industry is putting out there now? Cutting back on production and charging more for your money.. Most Travel trailers now only come with 2 burner cook tops (instead of complete 4 burner with ovens below) Also there seems to be less and less closet space as well having windows on all 4 sides of the rv . You pay more now and get less, Than what these older ones have to offer..And w hotels that is too bad..Wonder if campground owners and RV industry are in cahoots with one another..
Normally w hotels I have no interest in nearly all RVs and trailers, But i do have exceptions w hotels like the converted school buses that have been made into homes, the gypsy caravans and the Airstreams. I really like this trailer. What makes this trailer is the cheerful yellow color scheme. That big yellow/white awning is totally welcoming. Love the funky but chic interior prints. w hotels And the wood interior looks like a beautiful quality veneer and not cheap plywood or fiberglass.
I have an old Dodge Vogue RV that is in deperate need of help. It was emergency living quarters a few years back. Now I would like to get it fixed up. It has been to the shop for mechanical repairs and runs just fine. The interior is in disrepair. There have been some leaks. I would like to get the roof sealed and the interior economically re-done. Anyone w hotels know an individual willing to take on the challenge in eastern GA?
Yes, Kenny helped me to do most of the work on my 1985 pace arrow, It is very nice and I am proud to have redone and then sold it because I have no need for it now. However,he is excellent with tight seems and can do almost anything. It looks great when he finishes any job. (Hope to hear from you soon. Don Dollar.) You may also contact him at 229-726-7082.
I am in LOVE!!!!!! Every time I see one of these I remember the cozy full size trailer my Great Great Grandmother AND Great Grandmother lived in for years my Uncle ran a string of early trailer parks back when. They were in a nice park with a pond and play ground and trees not like the ones I see today which could be easily mistaken w hotels for a bunch of old tractor trailer boxes. In a parking w hotels lot!
Maybe because I was with people who loved me these places seemed very homey and welcoming and because these two ladies were NOT Spring Chickens back then in the early 60 s the small size but complete kitchen was easy for them to work in they baked EVERY DAY.
I DO agree with the poster who noted the lack of design in the new bazillion dollar RV s we have been looking for a couple of years at these and they get worse and worse. One of the BIG things you are meant to LOVE about these is that you don t have to rely on finding w hotels food in your travels or that you can make better food choices. However! The kitchens are either so poorly laid out or so lacking in yes amenities like REAL STOVES! that cooking is a chore! There can be 1 SQUARE FOOT of counter space and that is promoted as a FULL SIZE KITCHEN COUNTER! No! But you can have a FIREPLACE!!! but no place to put your clothing. w hotels You can sleep a PLATOON but why would you WANT to??? And those dining rooms No! No stoopid benches And no stooopid STEPS! The people these are marketed to the ones who can actually AFFORD w hotels them-are NOT teenagers; we ARE upper middle aged and have the various illness and ailments that all people our age are heir to., But the RV designers have FAILED utterly to accomadate people getting IN and OUT of the very RV s they are trying to SELL us! Marketing possibility for some clever designer here!
The bathrooms unless you have a super model are so small and absurd and some of the Bathtubs are SO SMALL you can only get your FEET into them you CANNOT ACTUALLY SHOWER! And I AM talking $250,000 rigs here! BUT you have THREE BATHROOMS!!!! None of which are really functional. And a thousand mirrors can you imagine if they break? w hotels And soooooo much wasted SPACE I know people who have been carving out space in their RV s where the RV maker chose to ignore or cover it up -but they are promoting LIVING in these. They put so much stock in matchy-matchy drapes and valances which cover HALF THE WINDOW and matching bedspreads and couches and carpets maybe it s just ME but they have not moved beyond MAUVE in the past 30 YEARS here!
I have seen the various parks tell people==-OH too bad so sad if the AGE of your RV is over whatever arbitrary number THEY choose you are not ALLOWED to stay there! Some have a policy that IF you feel you are up to their standards you can APPEAL this so you can hang out with the other billionaire RV snobs. No thanks!
I also have been looking into the fees at various RV parks here in the Lake George region it can be as much as $75 PER NIGHT now that is a RV RESORT but still. For less than $75 a night I can find a perfectly FINE hotel room with a real shower and probably nice owners and interesting guests and not have to feel I am being judged by my bank balance. I also looked at areas where we have stayed w hotels farther South and noticed the same thing for what the RV places are charging you can find cheaper hotels. Helps that we are not hotel snobs but still. And I am SURE that for those $300,000 RV s with the Mercedes SUV s I saw pulling into that RV RESORT that $75 per night IS a cheap place to stay.
For us who have been seriously thinking about re-habbing an older RV for long term travel it is almost cheaper TO stay in hotels. Figure in the cost of the rig; the re-hab (which we would do ourselves) the cost of anything we had to sub out; the cost to register, insure, travel clubs, any repairs while under way, the cost of TIRES is staggering by itself and add in for US that we are doing this to take our large motorcycle and travel using THAT for part of the time so we would need a trailer and tools and it is exhausting just to THINK about! AND THE GAS!!!!! OMG the GAS costs!!!!
So we are thinking buy a decent w hotels sized enclosed trailer. make a portable kitchen ie grill with side burner and 5 gal pail of water and perhaps a toaster oven or small convection one of those fireless cookers made like a heavy duty Thermos that cooks the food after you bring it to a boil and a blow up bed JUST IN CASE put the bike in there; put the small tow-behind-the-bike trailer we built in there; tools, my handicapped scooter and our clothes in the tow vehicle and GO. Could easily make a meal in the AM; stash it in our saddle bags; both of us can pack for a weekend trip in a Zip loc bag and GO! We easily travel a few hundred miles a day and we love Mom n Pop motels. Longer ride planned? Hook up the trailer behind the bike! Best project we ever did was to build that lil trailer.
The comment about RV parks putting the squeeze on people with older RVs why I want to go the stealth w hotels tiny house route, like the subject of this article. I need a different w hotels kind of roof on this travel trailer, and I want to do something about the interior layout to make better use of my space, as it is my home since this past March.
What a fabulous restoration on this trailer! The woodwork is beautiful and its artistically designed and compact yet comfy. I also appreciate the elimination of ladders/lofts in the design, which is a huge plus. Thanks for sharing. Happy trails to you!
I love recycling these old RV s. My husband and I restored/remodeled a 72 Frolic camper that I ve named the Pink Paradise. And it is my paradise. Check it out on my blog if you get a minute. Love all these cool tiny living options!
The comment I read was I know you are not really about trailers which made me scratch my head as I wonder why most of your tiny homes are just that trailers! homes built on wheels! These expensive, heavy, non aerodynamic homes either regularly move around or plan on moving around at some point.
Why dump 20 or 30 thousand into these tiny homes on wheels when you can acquire an old travel trailer for a thousand dollars or less? The continent is full of storage yards full of these things w hotels because people can t get rid of them. I can buy a running Class C Motorhome for $1500 any day of the week! Someone please explain w hotels this to me this fascination with constructing a building w hotels on top of a trailer?
Gary, I ve been thinking the same thing; although the constructed tiny homes are very beautiful with the cedar wood and all. One argument I have read for them is the insulation/keeping out the cold. The cost, however, is a hurdle for most people, including myself. I have started my tiny house journey with my two children. We purged a lot of belongings and are living in an old mobile home on my parents property w hotels (rent free yes, I m lucky). After all debt is gone I was hoping to purchase a tiny house either a remodeled travel trailer o