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impala662d
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Jul 02, 2013

What year is this

I got this camper a few years ago to live in while we cleared a piece of property to set up a mobile home, it wasn't in great shape then but it was cheap and sturdy and old.I am a truck driver and my wife is disabled, we haven't had the time or the money to give it the attention it deserves. My wife wants it fixed she has gone over it but the numbers are dead ends. The tail lights say 64 on them and are round. There is no title we were told it was a sale from a camp ground in southern Ohio an elderly couple had owned it and they died no one came to claim it. We bought it from another elderly couple who were living in it while their house was being remodeled. It still looks great on the inside except where the ceiling has started to leak around the air conditioner and the vents, The water heater and plumbing work great but there is no furnace. I would like to put it back together and get a title. ( The wading pool, we have 11 grandkids that get into everything when they're here it is for one of our rescue dogs to cool off in LOL )
  • Doug33's avatar
    Doug33
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    Jul 02, 2013
    nitrohorse wrote:
    It looks like it's parked in a landfill?


    I've seen a lot of people's backyards look like that. :o
  • weedlady's avatar
    weedlady
    Explorer
    Jul 03, 2013
    I agree with donn0128.
    It a Holiday Rambler. Mine is a '73. Yours looks very similar.
    Martha
  • dadmomh's avatar
    dadmomh
    Explorer
    Jul 03, 2013
    Suggest you start with trying to locate the VIN#...likely on the tongue somewhere. If you don't have a Bill of Sale or a title of some sort, you're going to have to do some leg work, but the license branch will tell you what they need....and it'll probably be a bunch of stuff. If you're going to be taking it out on the road, tires for sure and a good exam of the undercarriage, brakes, etc. Just starting with a good scrubbing and waxing will make a huge difference. When you see pix of campers that are barely hanging together, you're way ahead of that, so be encouraged. I think you can make something comfortable out of this and it will rachet up to "antique" rather than "old". Don't know what the inside is like, but some elbow grease, some new curtains or blinds, fresh upholstery and you should have a comfy place. Pictures.....we LOVE pictures. Good luck.
  • cbconway's avatar
    cbconway
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    Jul 03, 2013
    Doug33 wrote:
    Francesca Knowles wrote:
    the big gold panels say mid-to-late sixties to me.


    It's amazing that those were considered stylish at one time....


    Yeah, well I was considered stylish at one time, too, but........:E
  • impala662d's avatar
    impala662d
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    Jul 03, 2013
    dadmomh wrote:
    Suggest you start with trying to locate the VIN#...likely on the tongue somewhere. If you don't have a Bill of Sale or a title of some sort, you're going to have to do some leg work, but the license branch will tell you what they need....and it'll probably be a bunch of stuff. If you're going to be taking it out on the road, tires for sure and a good exam of the undercarriage, brakes, etc. Just starting with a good scrubbing and waxing will make a huge difference. When you see pix of campers that are barely hanging together, you're way ahead of that, so be encouraged. I think you can make something comfortable out of this and it will rachet up to "antique" rather than "old". Don't know what the inside is like, but some elbow grease, some new curtains or blinds, fresh upholstery and you should have a comfy place. Pictures.....we LOVE pictures. Good luck.


    Thanks, the inside just needs a good cleaning, the wife is partial to mossy oak and has made curtains, she took old couch cushions and replaced the old foam ones the plumbing is great thank goodness. She will post more pics as we go, it will be slow can't find parts. I am not home much and she doesn't get around to well but this seems to be a good project other than the unwanted animals she takes care of.:)
  • nitrohorse's avatar
    nitrohorse
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    Jul 03, 2013
    Doug33 wrote:
    nitrohorse wrote:
    It looks like it's parked in a landfill?


    I've seen a lot of people's backyards look like that. :o


    Same here. It's the low maintenance look.....
  • joeprinter's avatar
    joeprinter
    Explorer
    Jul 03, 2013
    I wanted to say maybe and older Shasta model, see if at the rear sides near the top if it looks like some wings were ever there, mid 60's my guess

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