Do you think this can be repaired?
My father passed away a couple of years ago and left 2 truck campers behind. One is a Lance, Squirelite 186. I recall he would use this to drive down to his place in FL. It seems the overhead se...
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Deb and Ed M wrote:
I have seen folks who carefully take a whole camper apart; rebuild the wood sides and bed floor, redo the cabinets; then put the thing back together. It's a HUGE project, figuratively and literally - and when you are done, you have the sentimental value, but no financial value because it's still an "old" camper.
Humm.... campers, cars and dining room tables.
Only one has a odometer on it. All three might have year built.
While for the table maybe only the finish needs to be restored. The car no matter the year or mileage might have lots of new parts (new engine/trans perhaps?). When it comes to RV's the appliances (at least older ones) seem to last forever but the seals and framework (if the seals are not maintained) don't last very long.
So a 'free' camper with ~<$10K parts and labor put into it making it 'good as new' (usually better) might be worth at least what was put into it, given the cost and shoddy workmanship of new stuff these days. Still a mere fraction of the cost of a new one.
To me the $64 question for the OP is: how long are you willing to be a 'camper builder' rather than a 'camper user'?
While I've seen some projects on here take <=2yrs there are equal numbers of examples that take MUCH more than that.
JMHO,
- Mark0.
