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impala662d
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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 )
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OregonTRX4
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I had a 70's holiday rambler that looked just like it but mine was not as long and a single door. Great trailer.

Francesca_Knowl
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Thanks for that little trip down Memory Lane, but you forgot the most important deco-rage of all: shag carpet! I think I still have my rake around somewhere...

Those were the days! :B
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dadmomh
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Sure, but how many of you remember coppertone appliances....if you didn't have coppertone, you were just "nobody". Before you had a chance to get used to the coppertone, here came harvest gold and avocado green . Then white and off white finally came back around and then stainless. Can't keep up! BTW, we LOVED our stainless, but the word "stainless" is an oxymoron. And IMHO, a PITA to keep looking streak/drip/fingerprint free. We didn't get in on the pink or turquoise, so just waiting to see what's new. I refuse to have a red washer and dryer - no offense intended.
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uzikaduzi
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i had a 73 holiday rambler that looked extremely similar minus the extra door

joeprinter
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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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nitrohorse
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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. 😮


Same here. It's the low maintenance look.....

impala662d
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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.:)

cbconway
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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
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Cuffs054
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Ya know, it is kinda cool. Hope you can make it work.

dadmomh
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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.
Trailerless but still have the spirit

2013 Rockwood Ultra Lite 2604 - new family
2007 Rockwood ROO HTT - new family
2003 Ford F-150
4 doggies - We support Adopt/Rescue.
Sam, you were the best!
Cubbie, Foxy, Biscuit and Lily - all rescues!

weedlady
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I agree with donn0128.
It a Holiday Rambler. Mine is a '73. Yours looks very similar.
Martha

Francesca_Knowl
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Heck, it looks a lot BETTER than MY backyard...
" Not every mind that wanders is lost. " With apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien

Doug33
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nitrohorse wrote:
It looks like it's parked in a landfill?


I've seen a lot of people's backyards look like that. 😮
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nitrohorse
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It looks like it's parked in a landfill?