Cool

[thomasgunnar]

So yesterday heading home from the grocery store I see a truck pulling a trailer. I always look at this style of trailer closely because it is the same as the first travel trailer we owned, thinking that one day I may see the one we owned.



So I drop off the stuff I bought and head back out to see if it is still downtown. Our trailer had some little dimples on the driver side so that is what I always look for. I find it parked on the main street. I stop on the other side and my first sight is confirmed. This is in fact the first trailer we owned. We sold the trailer in 2004. Had a little chat with the current owners and bid farewell to the trailer once more.

[BubbaChris]

camperforlife wrote:
We once looked at a new trailer and went back 2 weeks late to buy it and it was gone. We really loved the floor plan and did a search and could not find anything else like it so we moved on.

Fast forward 2 years and I found the same brand and floor plan used at a dealer 200 miles away. We went to look at it and commented it looked exactly like the one we looked at before and proceeded to buy it.

We took it home and found paperwork from the dealer we originally looked at that model. Curiosity got the best of me so I call the original selling dealer and they confirmed that they had only sold one of them confirming that we bought the same trailer we looked at 2 years prior.

Nice, you really knew what you liked. Along the way, the cost went down and it likely collected a few upgrades.

[camperforlife]

We once looked at a new trailer and went back 2 weeks late to buy it and it was gone. We really loved the floor plan and did a search and could not find anything else like it so we moved on.

Fast forward 2 years and I found the same brand and floor plan used at a dealer 200 miles away. We went to look at it and commented it looked exactly like the one we looked at before and proceeded to buy it.

We took it home and found paperwork from the dealer we originally looked at that model. Curiosity got the best of me so I call the original selling dealer and they confirmed that they had only sold one of them confirming that we bought the same trailer we looked at 2 years prior.

[icanon]

It would be 'cool' to see 30yrs from now our TT' s of today on the road :h
Hmmm now that I think about it maybe not, they don't last week after leaving the dealers let alone 30 yrs!

[CavemanCharlie]

I've sold all my old TT to friends of mine so they could go camping with me. I have slightly lost track of my 2nd TT but, last I heard some different friends of mine had bought it. I don't know them as well and don't have their number so I will wait to see if I see them camping with it next summer.

[deltabravo]

Tequila wrote:
Remember the plumbing company in Texas whose truck ended up with ISIS, somehow? Maybe you don't wanna know.

Last I heard (read), the previous owner of that truck is suing AutoNation.

I've got a pretty good AutoNation horror story to share some day too.

[tommy2bits]

That's awesome! I had a similar experience when a guy knocked at my door and said he thought that her used to own my '75 Trans Am. We went outside and he showed me the tail lights and where he drilled tiny holes in each corner because he said they would collect condensation. Must've been so cool for him!

By the way, I own currently own a '74 Prowler :B

[Doug33]

About 15 years ago we traded in our first PU and upgraded to a larger one. The dealer was about 20 miles north of us. A few months later my wife and I were walking around the other end of our large subdivision and lo and behold I saw our old PU parked in the driveway of one of the townhouses! I didn't think to knock on the door and ask the owner. I was afraid if there was something wrong with it I didn't want to get blamed. LOL

[campigloo]

Very cool. On the flip side of that, we were at a state park several years ago in our Trail Harbor. A young lady in her mid twenties came running up all excited. She had found her daddy's old trailer. She could tell because there was a perfect ring in the door skin where the furnace had disfigured the fiberglass. It was a great find for her.

[dcb17b]

It is kind of cool to run into something you used to own. My wife and I were camping and a few sites down was a car that I thought was the one she traded in a few years earlier. She didn't think it was,but a closer look at it as we walked the dogs revealed the scratch on the rear bumper from a close encounter with a rock. I didn't make any mention that I was right,hense we are still married.

[Tequila]

pira114 wrote:
That's pretty neat. I often wonder what became of some of the vehicles I've sold.

Remember the plumbing company in Texas whose truck ended up with ISIS, somehow? Maybe you don't wanna know.

[K-9_HANDLER]

Awesome story. I guess it didnt go far from home. My first was a 68 Monitor, last I heard it was a hunting shack on the upper shore.

[gmw_photos]

That's very cool. Just goes to show with a bit of care and attention, these campers can go on for a long time providing a new family with enjoyable adventures.
Glad to hear you got to see "your" camper again.

[ahamil]

A survivor. I love it! Thanks for sharing.

[CavemanCharlie]

I agree "Cool ! "

It's always fun to once again see a old friend.