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[special-K]

Yeah, you know how it is. Just like with the old GM trucks, someone sees how high a fine example sells for and they think they are all worth that. She has no clue how much time or money it can take to restore something. I'm not interested in that deal. I was excited until I walked over to look and took these pictures. I was disappointed. She didn't even buy it, so every dollar she gets is free money. And it's worth a good bit to someone wanting to bring it back "for themselves". I'm still smelling money. I'm going to offer to sell it for her for a piece of pie

It could be left funky looking, but made useable, and be a great swap meet motel. It would get the attention and I imagine offers to buy. It has '19 registration

EDIT: Is today duplicate day? Yep, deleted my fourth post for today. And yep, took me back to Eric's original post

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by special-K

First time in my almost 67 years I've seen mail delivered with no address or at least have resident as the recipient and my town with zip. I guess everybody that gets USPS delivery got one. Drop mail, what a perfect name. Without knowing that dropping it in the trash is exactly what I did. I'll end up joining AARP but not because they are handing out tote bags
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I'm doing work for a gal who owns this Avion Twinkie camper she wants to get rid of. She talked to me about partnering on me fixing it up and we split the money. She has the idea it can bring $15k. I'd have to check into that but I'm thinking this won't be a high-end candidate with the areas of external damage. I don't want to take on those repairs and it wouldn't be cheap to pay whoever can. If it was just interior and minor cosmetics and repairs I'd be all over that deal. I think she'd be best off selling it as is with not another dollar spent on it. Opinions and knowledge welcome. The appliances are light pink!!
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Her boyfriend bought that for her a while ago and nothing came of it. She just did go out and buy this:

These trailers bring big bucks redone . But you need to spend good money to do it . If your doing it for yourself then it’s like doing a truck . I’ve been looking for a Airstream and or Avion but even junkers are bringing 8 k

[72c20customcamper]

Don’t think this is what GM thought was flow through ventilation. Only rot on my 85 I’m figuring it was from the aftermarket AC . I fixed the AC the other day and was under the truck and water was dripping from the drivers side . The drain was plugged on the evaporator. The jute was soaked . Little grinding and some sealer and it’ll be good to go . As you can see it rotted the top of the rocker where the drain is

[CG]

Got myself a Silhouette Cameo 4 cutting machine. After I figure it out I want to make some stickers and stuff. I already made it a “guy” machine with some of my own stickers I had sitting on my desk.

99 percent of the YouTube videos are of women making crafty stuff. But it’s all helpful =)

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by CG

Got myself a Silhouette Cameo 4 cutting machine. After I figure it out I want to make some stickers and stuff. I already made it a “guy” machine with some of my own stickers I had sitting on my desk.

99 percent of the YouTube videos are of women making crafty stuff. But it’s all helpful =)

The Cameo part of the name has good truck heritage.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by CG

Got myself a Silhouette Cameo 4 cutting machine. After I figure it out I want to make some stickers and stuff. I already made it a “guy” machine with some of my own stickers I had sitting on my desk.

99 percent of the YouTube videos are of women making crafty stuff. But it’s all helpful =)

How do you make stickers?? Wouldn't you need some sort of machinery to do that???

[Steeveedee]

You live in southern California. You know those sticker weeds grow everywhere! That's what we called what some people call "goatheads". I was four and my younger brother was three, and we were to stay out of the back yard because of those stickers. Of course, we were chasing each other around, and ran out back, into the sticker patch. There we were, crying our eyes out, trying to pick our feet up and not succeeding! My dad came out and carried us both into the house with dozens of those stickers in our foot soles!

[68bowtie]

Oh yeah goatheads. That brings up so many memories. Between picking them off your feet after walking barefoot in the garden, and getting hundreds of them in your bike tires. Tough little boogers.

[FleetsidePaul]

Oh boy do I remember those things. Nasty little suckers. They grew all over the place. We got them in the planters when I was a kid and my dad would make me go and yank them out. They didn't come out easy They had strong roots and I got jabbed every time.

I hated those and stinkbugs. We had both. Stinkbugs were like a miniature skunk. Sticking their rear end up and blasting away. Even if you smashed one it still smelled awful.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

These trailers bring big bucks redone . But you need to spend good money to do it . If your doing it for yourself then it’s like doing a truck . I’ve been looking for a Airstream and or Avion but even junkers are bringing 8 k

I was wondering what hers is worth as is but haven't looked into it, yet. I was thinking probably about 1/2 what she is thinking she'd get when restored. I figure that's pretty sweet considering she has nothing into it. It's that old vicious cycle. Why put $7,500 into something to get $15k when you can do nothing and sell it for $7,500? That's great for a hobby!

[72c20customcamper]

Grandson loves the horn on the 72

[72c20customcamper]

Think I made the rocker too shiny . I’m hoping the SEM chip guard tones it down a bit

[yuccales]

Went to the "Great Western Steam Up" in Carson City today. Great time, great weather and lots of smiling people.

[FleetsidePaul]

That Model T rail car is too cool. And you never have to worry about buying tires.

[Rich84]

Originally Posted by dave6672

Two random phone booths I have come across over the years on the side of county roads. One in southern IL and one in the mountains of VA.

My Father worked in a factory that made the stainless steel cord covers for pay phones. He made miles and miles of it. The factory went out of business in 2000.

[special-K]

Paul's interest in air-cooled VWs got me to digging for pictures. Want to see some crappy pictures? No? Ok, have a look!

The '56 Bug I had through HS. I had stashed it in the barn on my folks' place while I was living on CA. I had the chrome Porsche wheels but the tires rotted up and when I got new tires I discovered one wheel was messed up, so grabbed the star spoke for cheap. Not the look I wanted, but it looked alright I guess. It was still a blast to drive!




The '66 Bus I had made into my camper I sold to my gal. She got run off the road coming home from the beach. I found a '63 Kombi that had camper windows to restore and put all the goodies in it. This is about as far as I got when she broke up with me. I remember saying, "But I haven't finished the bus, yet"

The '66 picture was taken at a weekend bull roast field party.

[CG]

Cleaning out my little shop hoping to have enough room in there to easily move about this fall and winter. Down to 18 boxes of magazines (99% car) ranging from the 40’s through early 70’s. Water stain was on the box pre stuffing with mags.Winter project to scan what I want and then probably toss.

[Warrens69GMC]

tarantula wasp

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by Warrens69GMC

tarantula wasp

Yikes!

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by Warrens69GMC

tarantula wasp

You can keep that thing!

[special-K]

I just looked that nasty thing up. Dang they are big, too!

[Warrens69GMC]

I zoomed in 3.5x to get a good picture. I didn't want to get near it. It flew in to one of the bays at work, landed on overhead door. Not of fan of this one.

for size

[Boog]

It must have sounded like a helicopter when it flew in.
That thing looks like trouble.

[Steeveedee]

All you have to do to avoid trouble with it is not be a tarantula. Nobody here is a tarantula, right? Better keep those bushy eyebrows trimmed!

[CG]

I don't like tarantulas or tarantula wasps but I to like Tito and the Tarantulas

Tito & Tarantula - After Dark (Official Music...