Welcome to the RV Dreaming Podcast! In this episode, we dive deep into the world of vintage camper trailers with Paul, the founder of Vintage Camper Trailers Magazine. We’ll explore the charm of old trailers, the art of refurbishing them, and how they can be transformed into modern-day businesses.
About the Host:
Stuart, the host, has been a nomad since 2020, traveling in his 40-foot Super C and 24-foot Sprinter van. He is accompanied by his two cats, Camden and Izzy. You can follow his adventures on Instagram at Stuart Doing Stuff.
Main Discussion:
- The allure of vintage trailers and their significance in the RV community.
- The history and evolution of trailers from the past to the present.
- Paul’s journey in establishing the Vintage Camper Trailers Magazine.
- The significance of rallies in the vintage trailer community.
- The value and pricing of vintage trailers in today’s market.
- The trend of using vintage trailers for Airbnb and other unique accommodations.
- The importance of experiencing a trailer firsthand before purchasing.
Conclusion:
Vintage camper trailers are more than just vehicles; they are a testament to history, craftsmanship, and a simpler time. Whether you’re a seasoned RV enthusiast or new to the world of trailers, there’s something magical about these classic beauties that captivate the heart. Join us in celebrating the charm and legacy of vintage camper trailers with Paul.
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Transcript
Stuart Doing Stuff: We're
going back in the day.
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:In this episode, we're going to
talk with Paul from Vintage Camper
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:Trailers Magazine, and we're going to
talk about old trailers, how you can
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:refurbish them, how you can update
them with modern day amenities, and
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:how you can even take these classic
trailers and start your own business.
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:That's all coming up on this
episode of the RV Dreaming Podcast.
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:And welcome to the RV Dreaming Podcast.
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:In this podcast, we help you
prepare for life on the road.
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:Whether you're in an RV, a van, or in
the back of your car, we teach you how
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:to get on the road and how to survive
your first year as a full time nomad.
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:RV dreaming, start here, go anywhere.
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:My name is Stuart from Stuart
Doing Stuff on Instagram.
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:I've been a nomad since:I split my time between my 40 foot
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:Super C and my 24 foot Sprinter van.
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:And I travel with my two
cats, Camden and Izzy.
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:Follow me on Instagram at Stuart Doing
Stuff for more stories and videos.
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:You know, we spend a lot of time
talking about these new rigs
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:that are coming off the lines.
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:We talk about build quality
from what's being put out by
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:the manufacturers nowadays.
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:And we spend a lot of time talking
about tech and new stuff that's
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:happening in the RV business.
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:But I want to take a step.
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:Backwards today and
not just one step back.
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:Let's go decades and decades back.
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:Let's go back to those classic vintage
camper trailers that we all love to see.
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:And we have so many questions about,
and who better to talk about that then
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:vintage camper trailer, mag trailers,
magazine founder himself, Paul, welcome
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:to the RV dreaming podcast, Paul.
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:Vintage Camper Trailers:
Thank you so much.
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:We appreciate being here.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: No problem.
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:So real quick.
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:Tell me about your magazine
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: Well the vintage
camper trailers magazine, um came about
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:when I wrote an article for another
Magazine because I thought I had vented
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:and had invented a new hobby I had an old
car and I had bought an old trailer to
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:take my kids camping in Mainly because
it was cheap not because I thought
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:it was cool or anything And i'm still
writing that article for that magazine
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:About 14 years later and somewhere in
the middle there, I decided, well, maybe
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:the trailer guys need a similar type
publication that tells them when the
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:rallies are, you know, kind of picture
a hot rod magazine shows pictures of
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:restored trailers, that type of thing.
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:So we've been doing the magazine
and print and digital now for
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:well over we're in our 12th year.
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:Wow.
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:And so you've got the magazine and I know
you also produce a lot of rallies as well.
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:We do, we do . We, we produce a lot.
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:I'm gonna have to take a look at
that moving forward because we've
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:got a lot on our calendar right now.
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:But we do, essentially for us, a rally
is, I always say it's like a classic
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:car show, but you get to sleep at it.
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:So you've gotta be nice to people
and, and, 'cause you're gonna be
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:waking up with 'em for a few days.
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:So we do several days, typically
Thursday through Sunday, we have,
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:uh, live bands, we have activities.
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:Our events are typically heavily themed.
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:So it might be a Western theme
or we've got a British invasion
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:theme or a Renaissance fair
theme among others coming up.
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:But, uh, yeah, they're, they're a blast,
you know, over the years it's just become
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:a lot of good friends getting together.
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:Several times a year to camp.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: Yeah, I worked in a
radio station back when I was younger.
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:It was, uh, oldies, fifties,
sixties, uh, era kind of station.
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:And I remember doing classic car
shows where traditionally restored
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:or older fifties, sixties, even some
forties, you know, cars, and it was
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:just a lot of fun to, to kind of see
these classics and, and restored.
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:And you guys, that's kind
of what these rallies are.
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: They are.
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:And a lot of our guys actually
tow with the vintage cars.
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:So, um, it's, it turns into a, you know,
a big vintage festival and the people even
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:dress up, especially if there's a theme.
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:So at our, our Western rally,
we have a country band.
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:People will dress up in,
in vintage country gear.
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:They'll decorate their
trailers in that fashion.
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:Um, next year we have a Christmas in the
trailer park, which is a decorate with
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:vintage trailer, vintage Christmas stuff.
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:We'll have an ugly sweater contest.
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:We'll have a potluck, uh, Christmas dinner
and, and, and just a bunch of goofy fun.
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:It's really, if, if you're not willing
to come and kind of be silly, it's.
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:Not for you, because it's just
a goofy time of everything
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:from costumes to decorations.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: So if I wanted
to come to one of these rallies, do I
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:have to have a vintage trailer or can
I come in my other RVs or place for me
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:to park and camp out with everybody?
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:Or do I need to go find my own spot?
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: Yeah,
usually, you know, our, our events
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:have gotten so big that we still
try to reserve some sites for new
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:trailers because we do want to.
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:So as long as we've got room, we welcome
people that want to come and play.
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:And, and a lot of times those people come
in, in their new white box and they end up
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:falling in love with what we're doing and
ended up getting a vintage trailer too.
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:We do a big rally in San Dimas.
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:That's 280 vintage trailers
and about 150 classic cars.
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:And we probably hold back.
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:10 percent or so for,
for, for new trailers.
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:I mean, you know, we let the retros in
and the fiberglass stuff and, and, uh,
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:a lot of those aren't as old as some
of them, but they kind of fit the vibe.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: You know, and that
kind of asks, brings up my next question.
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:What is considered
nowadays a vintage trailer?
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: Yeah.
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:So somewhere in the, in the:
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:The design of trailers really
started to change and, and, and
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:the design of everything, the
use of plastics in, in, in stuff.
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:And, and so you went from a trailer
that was around you, what we'd call a
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:canned ham shape, or before that a bread
loaf shaped trailer to square boxes.
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and plastic interiors.
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and who you ask 72, 75, 70s, somewhere
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:around there is when they really started
to change and they just didn't really
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:have those warm wood interiors and the
classic pastel colors and, you know,
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:the stuff that really looks vintage.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: Maybe this is a
subjective question, but to be vintage.
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:You talked about restoring.
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:You guys also do a lot of
restoring of classic trailers.
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:Can I restore a trailer
to be considered vintage?
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:Utilizing the same color schemes or
the same materials, but also add maybe
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:some modern conveniences like solar
and lithium or does it need to be pure
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:era style to be considered vintage
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: were were really
non discriminating as far as that goes.
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:Because in today's camping world
and things, you're going to need
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:and want some modern conveniences.
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:And so I just saw a beautiful
47 Spartan Manor this last
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:weekend that was stunning to me.
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:But that model didn't
even come with a bathroom.
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:And they were able to incorporate
a bathroom in their brand new
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:floor plan and everything.
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:And so that's a real common upgrade.
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:And of course, air
conditioning and things.
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:But a lot of the trailers
back in the 40s and 50s, Were
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:designed for people to live in.
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:So 25 foot Spartan Manor, for instance,
doesn't have a bathroom because it was
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:made to go into a trailer park where you
would have had a bathhouse that you could
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:use and you might live there for several
months while you worked at the factory
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:until you move to go work somewhere else.
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:And so Uh, some of these, uh, like I have
foot:
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:more of a mobile home back in the day.
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:People didn't necessarily camp in it.
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:So we've added tanks and things to make
it much more campable, but from the
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:exterior, it looks like a vintage trailer.
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:Now there's...
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:Flat screen TVs hidden in, in
closets and things, but to just walk
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: You know that,
that's kind of an interesting,
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:'cause it is a subjective thing.
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:It's kinda like if you're restoring
a classic car, but you wanna put
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:in a, a stereo with Bluetooth
and a CD player or whatever, or,
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: or
upgrade a motor, you know?
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:Yeah.
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:Have a motor that will
run on today's freeways.
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:You know, I mean, so, Yeah,
it's, uh, there's both.
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:There's certainly both.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: You know what, I
would ask, what shocks you the most
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:between, like, the progression between
these trailers that you were saying
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:pre:
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:I mean, we know they're getting bigger,
but what would you say as far as the
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:build quality of the stuff that's
coming off the line now as opposed to
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:the stuff that was produced back then?
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:Vintage Camper Trailers:
Well, they are getting bigger.
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:My 28 foot Spartan is considered a
big trailer in the vintage world.
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:And if I'm in a truck stop with,
with a modern trailer, I'm dwarfed.
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:I mean, it's, you know, it's minuscule.
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:We do have little tiny, you
know, a 14, 16 foot Shasta is
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:a real common trailer for us.
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:And they don't have a bathroom
and they don't, most of them
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:even have a refrigerator.
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:They ran with blocks of ice and
things, but it, the new ones.
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:You know, I mean, they are what they are.
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:They're coming off a production line.
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:There's certainly different
levels of quality, but man,
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:these, these vintage trailers,
some of them have lasted already.
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:For decades and decades.
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:And they were built with real wood,
real metal, you know, their, their arch
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:nemesis is water, but if they don't
get wet, they'd probably last forever.
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:You know, we're still finding barn finds
sitting in, in sheds and things that
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:look like they're off the showroom floor.
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:We were featuring one of
the next magazine that.
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:Still has the tags on the
seats, and it's a, it's a 40,
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:I want to say a 49 Travelees.
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:It's still got the original tags on the
seats from when it was manufactured.
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:I mean the thing's just an
incredible time capsule.
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:. Stuart Doing Stuff: You know, so
who are these vintage trailers for?
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:It doesn't sound like a modern
day full time digital nomad would
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:probably be very comfortable
in one of these smaller things.
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:Are these mostly for weekenders or
retirees or just people looking to try and
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:get out or who's buying these nowadays?
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: You know, I, I, I
think it's, I think it's people that have
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:some connection to the culture and, you
know, I, I, I describe us as old souls.
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:All right.
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:But honestly, to me, it's about the
vintage trailers and the classic cars.
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:That's where my real passion lies.
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:Not necessarily in the camping, although
we camp, you know, we have a cab
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:over and we camp otherwise as well.
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:But I think that it's, it's more of
a, more of an activity for most people
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:going to the shows, going to the
events, you know, for a few hundred
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:bucks, you can go for the whole weekend
and get a pancake breakfast and live
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:music and see your friend it's even
though those prices have gone up,
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:especially on the West coast, truthfully.
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:It's a few hundred dollars
for several days of fun and
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:entertainment and camping and food.
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:And, um, even though we've seen
those prices rise, you know, really
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:it's not, not a huge investment.
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:Uh, if you can find a little trailer,
fix it up yourself and then go
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:meet a whole group of people that
will welcome you in and you can go
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:have fun with a few times a year.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: I'm looking
on your website right now.
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:And on your website, there's a section
where there's a classifieds where people
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:can buy and sell different trailers.
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:And I'm looking at some of these and it,
it really is just a blast from the past.
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: Yeah.
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:Yeah.
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:And by and large, that section of our
website is our most traveled by far.
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:I mean, people looking to buy selling,
um, we just opened up the ability to
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:take your trailer to auction for you
with And so the classifieds are really.
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:A big part of what we do in helping
people buy and sell trailers.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: So I would
love to get your help on this.
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:Okay.
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:Cause I'm a total novice when it comes
to these old school trailers, other
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:than I think they're really cool.
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:All right.
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:So I'm looking at one here.
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:It's a very rare:
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:Vintage Spartan trailer, everything
is new, clean title, pink slips, ready
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:to go, designer features, and it looks
awesome, the shine on this thing is,
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:is amazing, and it looks great, I
can't get the photos to load right now,
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:but that just might be my internet.
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:Um, the um, the thing on this
is uh, 125, 000, the asking
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:price, I'm trying to find out.
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:How, how are these valued booked at?
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:I mean, is it, we know that
a lot, let me rephrase that.
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:I think a lot of times on classic
cars, there's, there's a book,
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:you know, like a blue book, just
like you have these normal cars.
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:But as any, as, as anything else,
something's only worth as much as
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:someone's willing to pay for it.
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:So if I wanted to do this, if I
wanted to restore one of these
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:trailers, what makes, yeah.
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:These old ones valuable and, and
what is it that, that, what, what
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: Well,
you hit the nail on the head.
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:They're worth what you can get for them.
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:And we've seen just a crazy escalation
in prices go up and everybody keeps
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:pushing it and pushing it and pushing it.
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:You know, it doesn't necessarily.
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:just because you put a lot of money
into anything mean that you're going
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:to get that money back necessarily
and so you've got to be smart
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:about that doing a restoration.
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:I just consulted with somebody selling
an Airstream trailer the other day
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:and they literally want almost double
of what That type of trailer usually
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:goes for trying to justify the money
they put into it in their time.
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:And unfortunately, if nobody's
willing to pay it, it doesn't matter.
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:You know, and so trailers up over the six
figure mark, you know, obviously there's
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:a more limited customer base for that.
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:And a lot of those end up.
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:Going to the auction to the bigger
collectors and stuff that that will
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:bid them up But most vintage trailers
a finished vintage trailer that you can
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:camp in that's you know reasonably clean
and stuff are probably going to be more
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then you know up around the 30 40, 000
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:mark you can get something pretty darn
nice and and then beyond that, you know
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:You're looking at collector stuff or maybe
it's loaded with Solar and boondocking
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:Bathrooms make a big difference
if it's got a bathroom in it.
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:It will bring markedly
more than if it does not.
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:So yeah, there's some factors Spartans and
aluminum frame trailers will bring more,
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:cause they're just more durable, you know,
like your airstreams and your streamlines
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:and your silver streaks and, and those,
they're just a more durable going down
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:the road, you know, they're not going to
wiggle apart like, like a, a wooden frame
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:trailer may have more of a propensity
to, so yeah, all of those things.
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:They're just worth what
people will pay for them.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: I'm looking at one
and and I see a lot that are in your
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:price range So the ones i'm pulling
out are more exceptions, so don't get
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:scared There are exceptions on there,
yes, there there are exceptions i'm
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:looking at one that is marked as sold
it is a:
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:vintage travel trailer fully restored?
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:This thing's amazing It's
sold the asking price on this.
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:I don't know if that's
the sole price 175 000
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like a spaceship, man.
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:This is really cool.
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:And, and so that bolus
did sell in that range.
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:I don't know what the final price was,
but that's a professional builder with.
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:Lots of credentials and a bolus is
literally, uh, for most people in
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:this hobby, that one of the Holy
Grail trailers, I mean, there's a
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:handful of them, um, they're highly
sought after that one in particular.
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:Um, I saw it being built
and it was literally.
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:Fabricated better than brand new, but
with all original styling and really
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:And, and this builder has a
reputation that they demand,
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:And I, I do know that they wouldn't
have sold that trailer if they didn't
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: I mean, it's
on the, uh, vintage camper trailers
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:If you want to look at these photos
and we can probably link it into
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going through these pictures, man.
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: And it's
like, it's honestly better in person.
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:That was at our big rally in San Dimas
last year where they took those, but
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:yeah, it's, it's a stunning trailer
and all of their trailers are, I mean,
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:that's the type of quality they build.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: Yeah.
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:I, I, I.
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:I have a, a friend, two of 'em, as
a matter of fact, that went out and
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:this might not be considered vintage
and it's definitely not a trailer, but
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:there's only, I think they researched
probably only a dozen left in the world.
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:And I don't know if
you're familiar with them.
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:. You know, and, and I remember
we were, we were at an event and
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:they, the two of them, we were
all talking and they're like, we
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:The only two that are, you know, that
are running in the United States are both
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:right here, right now, you know, and,
and so it's interesting to see as we move
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think they were built in the eighties,
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:Those are the ones that, that are
considered older, more vintage, still
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:on the road, still up and running.
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: Yeah, and and
motorhomes we have a little forgiveness
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:for and I think revcons even dated back
into the 70s, but we have Um, like at our
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:san dimas rally, we have a whole section
of the gmc rvs those big tandem axle gmcs
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:um, and they're mid 70s and Yeah, they
they continue to build some pretty cool.
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:Uh, rvs even a little later into
the 70s and 80s that still kind
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:of have a Classic vibe to him.
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:And the next issue of the magazine,
we have a 72 Barth, which is a
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:Yeah, we love, I mean, we're
Vintage Camper Trailers is the
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:name, but we like the RVs and
the vans and stuff just as much.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: There's a trend
growing on Airbnb for unique, uh,
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:kind of things, and I've heard of
people buying these vintage trailers
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:and putting them just on their land.
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:Maybe they have two or three or five
or whatever acres, and they just
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:put these trailers on the land and
they're renting them out overnight
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:for hundreds of dollars a night.
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:Are you familiar with any of those?
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: Uh
have stayed in several of them.
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:Um just gave away packages at our event
last weekend for uh, free two night
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:stays for a couple of them procure
trailers for some of them and um, Yeah,
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:it's a it's a huge deal people love it.
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:I love it when we travel we try to
find one and I've stayed in them around
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:the country and we've seen uh, wedding
venues With six or eight trailers out
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:there that the bridal party can stay in.
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:And then they have the
weddings on their grounds.
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:There's campgrounds that offer multiple
vintage trailers for overnight stays.
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:People, you know, people like
that connection with the old
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:stuff and it is great eye candy.
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:I mean, I'm sure a lot of people that
subscribe to our magazine have no
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:intention of owning a vintage trailer per
se, but, but, but they're fun to look at.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: You have a lot
of followers on social media, mostly
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:because of the images, and it is
really just cool to scroll through
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:all of these and look at Things that
I've never seen in real life, but just
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:go, wow, those are, are so amazing.
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:What are your social handles?
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:If people wanted to go
and check those out?
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: It's
all vintage camper trailers.
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:So vintage camper trailers.
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:com at vintage camper trailers
on Instagram and Facebook.
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:And then we have groups and
things under the same name.
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:So yeah, we're pretty easy to find.
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:Everything's accessible
through the main website.
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:Of course.
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:Stuart Doing StuffS: I'm just
looking at some of these.
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:What are your personal favorites?
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: I,
I would have to say that, uh,
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:number one, I like unique stuff.
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:We've really, we just
became empty nesters.
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:So, we've kind of reduced our big
collection down to something more
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:manageable so we can travel more.
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:Our main trailer...
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we ever bought, which was a:
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family that we've stayed in contact with.
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we'll never get rid of.
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:We've got a vagabond, a 48 vagabond
that we'll never get rid of.
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what I think are just neat little
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:They're small, they're good
for displays and stuff.
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I didn't say the short answer to the
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: So on these rallies,
you talk about like, I love looking at
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you got to see these things in person.
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:So if I want to come to these rallies,
but I don't want to camp or I I've
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just, do you do day passes or is
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: Our, our
rallies are like most, and I would
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there could be variations, but
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:You can walk in and look around like
you were at a car show and most of the
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answer questions and many, many will let
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:There's always trailers
for sale to at rallies.
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:And if you are looking to possibly
get into the hobby, I would strongly
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:recommend that you walk into a few
trailers and get a sense of the space.
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:Some have taller roofs, some have
rounded walls, some have straight walls.
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:I would try to get a sense for the
space and what you really want.
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:Don't just go buy something because it's
the first thing you see on Craigslist
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:and, and you gotta have it because it
might not be the best trailer for you.
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:If you go walk in and out of a
few and get a sense for the space.
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:I think you're better off.
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:So yeah, at our rallies and most
rallies, I would say there is some open
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:house period where you can just come
in and look around and talk to people.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: You know,
I think that's the same advice
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:that we give to people looking
to buy a new trailer nowadays.
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:You have to go and see them or rent
one or, or go to one of these little
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:lots where you can stay in a vintage
one overnight and make your pros and
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:cons list, you know, cause no one.
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:Camps and RVs the same way and so you got
to find something that meets your needs
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: I would also
add just as an aside if you are gonna buy
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:something free isn't necessarily here Bet,
you know spend as much as you can afford
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:to spend to get something that's more
decent and campable because Sometimes free
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:is free for a reason, and unless you just
get real lucky, you're better off spending
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:a little more money to get something
that's usable that you can kind of finish.
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:Unless you've got great skills and
you're just gonna do a real awesome
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:restoration, they can be a lot of work.
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:I would think that it's the same
amount of work possibly as a, uh,
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:as restoring an old car, but you
don't have the motor, which is a huge
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:Yeah, and that's why I restore trailers.
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:I love hot rods.
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:I have some, but they cost
me a fortune because I don't
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:like doing mechanical work.
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:I muddle through some of it, but
most of it I have to pay for.
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:And so I got, that's part of why I
got into doing trailers, but if you're
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:at all handy and can screw and glue
stuff together, honestly, you can
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:figure out how to fix the trailer.
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:They're not that complicated.
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:So, um, you take them apart,
you see how they're built.
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:Chances are you're going to build it
better than it was ever built originally.
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:Just putting it back together because
they really were thrown together quickly.
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:It's amazing.
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:They last as long as they did.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: And especially the
older ones, they don't have the kind of
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:tech that the new RVs and the new trailers
have out there with the touchscreens
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:and all the, and all that wiring tech.
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: At best you
might have an extension cord that turns
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:on a light and powers two plugs, you
know, I mean there is no tech For people
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:again wanting to try and take a look
at your awesome photos following on
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:social or subscribe to your magazine
Tell people one more time how people
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:can get in touch with you Vintage
camper trailers.com or Instagram and
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:Facebook at vintage camper trailers.
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: Well, I'm gonna
try and make it a point to get out
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:to one of your rallies sometimes good
if I'm in the area, because it just
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:Real, and, and, and healthy, safe,
family friendly, fun too, you know?
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:Where you can kind of take a look back
and, and be a little nostalgic on stuff.
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:Vintage Camper Trailers: And there's a lot
of characters there that you can talk to.
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:So we have some pretty
eclectic folks in our, in our.
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:Crowd
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:Stuart Doing Stuff: that's awesome all
right paul thank you so much for joining
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going to go and make sure i subscribe to
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does that too all right super thank you
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