Hi Everyone!I just bought a beautiful (will post pictures soon) 1973 Aristocrat Landstar. It is all original and mostly in great shape but still needs a little love. I'm planning to fix it up and want to use this thread for updates as well as for questions if anyone out there knows anything about this model of trailer.To start, after buying it I had a tire shop put new tires on it so that I could tow it home.... turns out the drivers side tires on these old trailers are left threaded bolts and the tire guys didn't know that. They broke off three of them in the hub. Now it is going to take a week to get the trailer fixed.In the meantime I'd love to order a new blackwater tank for it. Problem is, it is 2 hours away and I can't measure the tank until I get the trailer home.I'm wondering if anyone out there has one of these and if they could tell me the dimensions of the area where a blackwater tank will go. I know it is a bit of a shot in the dark but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. Can't seem to find any info on this trailer online at all....Thanks!Kadin

Hopefully someone will know something about an almost fifty year old RV that didn’t really sell that well. A long shot. Personally I’d wait and measure the tank or tank space...carefully.

A “Lo Liner?” Please post a picture if so.

My very first travel trailer was a 1969 Aristocrat. It didn't actually have a black tank. It had a recirculating toilet which uses waste water to flush.It had no gray water tank either, back in the day people just ran a hose off into the weeds.

KadinGoldberg wrote:Hi Everyone!I just bought a beautiful (will post pictures soon) 1973 Aristocrat Landstar. It is all original and mostly in great shape but still needs a little love. I'm planning to fix it up and want to use this thread for updates as well as for questions if anyone out there knows anything about this model of trailer.To start, after buying it I had a tire shop put new tires on it so that I could tow it home.... turns out the drivers side tires on these old trailers are left threaded bolts and the tire guys didn't know that. They broke off three of them in the hub. Now it is going to take a week to get the trailer fixed.In the meantime I'd love to order a new blackwater tank for it. Problem is, it is 2 hours away and I can't measure the tank until I get the trailer home.I'm wondering if anyone out there has one of these and if they could tell me the dimensions of the area where a blackwater tank will go. I know it is a bit of a shot in the dark but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. Can't seem to find any info on this trailer online at all....Thanks!KadinI understand that a lot of people these days don't know about the left handed bolts. But, that is no reason that it should take a week to fix it ! After you get it home I would find a different mechanic. This guy doesn't know what he is doing. Sorry I don't have an answer to your question. They used many different types and styles of tanks on campers over the years. You may not be able to find a answer on line. You might just have to wait until you can look at it yourself.

You don't have to put left hand bolts back in. Any auto parts store should carry right hand bolts and shouldn't take over a hour to change them all with a press. Another thing to be concerned about is packing the wheel bearings and inspecting the brakes, especially if the trailer has been sitting a long time. New tires won't do any good if you lose a wheel. Can't help you with the tank.Just thought it probably doesn't have studs pressed into the drum if it's the old style wheels. If so I would put a modern axle and tires under it. Not that much cost and you would get new brakes and wheel bearings.I only seen land-liner and land-commander when I went to the Web site my vintage trailer. Land commander was 20' and 3100#.

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CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Nov 02, 2019
KadinGoldberg wrote:
Hi Everyone!
I just bought a beautiful (will post pictures soon) 1973 Aristocrat Landstar. It is all original and mostly in great shape but still needs a little love. I'm planning to fix it up and want to use this thread for updates as well as for questions if anyone out there knows anything about this model of trailer.

To start, after buying it I had a tire shop put new tires on it so that I could tow it home.... turns out the drivers side tires on these old trailers are left threaded bolts and the tire guys didn't know that. They broke off three of them in the hub. Now it is going to take a week to get the trailer fixed.

In the meantime I'd love to order a new blackwater tank for it. Problem is, it is 2 hours away and I can't measure the tank until I get the trailer home.

I'm wondering if anyone out there has one of these and if they could tell me the dimensions of the area where a blackwater tank will go. I know it is a bit of a shot in the dark but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask.

Can't seem to find any info on this trailer online at all....

Thanks!
Kadin

I understand that a lot of people these days don't know about the left handed bolts. But, that is no reason that it should take a week to fix it ! After you get it home I would find a different mechanic. This guy doesn't know what he is doing.

Sorry I don't have an answer to your question. They used many different types and styles of tanks on campers over the years. You may not be able to find a answer on line. You might just have to wait until you can look at it yourself.
beemerphile1
Explorer
Nov 02, 2019
My very first travel trailer was a 1969 Aristocrat. It didn't actually have a black tank. It had a recirculating toilet which uses waste water to flush.

It had no gray water tank either, back in the day people just ran a hose off into the weeds.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Nov 02, 2019
A “Lo Liner?” Please post a picture if so.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Nov 02, 2019
Hopefully someone will know something about an almost fifty year old RV that didn’t really sell that well. A long shot. Personally I’d wait and measure the tank or tank space...carefully.

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