Buying another Vintage Camper

BadgerMcAdams wrote:

colliehauler wrote:

BadgerMcAdams wrote:
Saw "vintage" in the title and thought "Canned Ham" style late 50's to late 60's trailers. I would love to get one and fix it up, but here in Arizona (and Phoenix in particular) people think that Howard Hughes or George Washington slept in these things and want completely stupid money for something that is barely road worthy little alone camping ready.

I saw one on craigslist recently...mid 60's style canned ham type trailer. Outside was a little rough...Inside was gutted...Completely. They wanted $4500 for it. The ad went something like, "It is a fresh palette so you can make it your dream come true"...Uh, yeah. Right.

Good luck with your trailer and I hope it brings you and yours many happy memories!

Most of those little trailers you see around here are rotted out and they want around $500. For the shell

Oh not here...This must be the Land that Sanity Forgot when it come to these trailers. The absolute cheapest I have seen one listed for on Craigslist recently was $1000.

And it would have required you to get air-holding tires first (the ones on it were totally dry-rotted) , Find a way to keep it from disintegrating while being moved (All the outside sheet metal had been removed), and a way to haul off all the stuff that went with it (the floor had been completely removed).

The average for a "camping ready" (When the ceiling and wood around the windows have water damage, I can't agree that it is Camping Ready) canned ham here is between $2500 - 4500. For one that has been supposedly restored, $8500 to $14,500...some even higher.

Glamping is big business here in Arizona I guess.

Well after looking on craigslist all I found were adds to purchase vintage campers for up to $1000. A couple of years ago you could find them in the 300 to 500 dollar range. Did see a 49 Spartan shell for sale in Fayetteville