After seeing lots of cutesy campers on Pinterest (if you aren't on Pinterest, you need to be, but that is a whole new post in itself!) I fell in love with the idea of a vintage trailer. Yes, it is a huge project, yes, I will probably lose interest before it is finished and we will have to sell it half done, but as of now, today I am in it 100%... so we better move fast on it!
But I digress... so I set out looking for a vintage trailer.... now, here in Texas they are not plenty. I saw about 4 on Craigslist and none of those in the 50's or 60's that looked to be in great shape. I sent out pleas to friends that if they new of one to let me know. Much to my surprise a friend actually had one that her mom who had recently passed away had. We looked and unfortunately it was not the one for us. We knew in our amateur state we at least needed a camper that the skins were good. This one was not. I felt awful telling her no.
The next day while at work my mom emailed me there was a 1970 Scotty on Craigslist that was actually in the town that I worked. So of course her and I went that day and looked at it. It is small no doubt, it is a 1970 Serro Scotty Gaucho. 13ft from hitch to tailight. The price was pretty close to what we could afford, the skin looked good, it had just been been painted over a couple of times. Steve and I went back a couple of days later, we settled on a price and we brought our Lil Scotty home. And tada, here "IT" is.
See the outside skin looks great. The window tint was an extra that the previous owner added... that and the air conditioner has to go!
Here are some pics of the inside. Now, keep an open mind please, we have bones to work with here... we can do this...
and another one
I know, I know, it is a mess... but really, you haven't seen anything yet... this stuff is nothing, paint cabinets, paint walls, ceiling, recover cushions, heck we've got this...
This is what I am worried about.....
And more water damage:
Stay tuned as we get this project started..
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