Re: [SilverStreak] RE: First Trip

["Ralph Cooke" <rcooke78@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mitch,

Glad you two had a good time.  Even though these trailers are 25-45 years
old, they are less trouble than the new ones, and are a LOT less money, and
more fun.

Ralph

----- Original Message ----- 

> Greetings all,
>
>        This week we took the 73 Saturn on its first trip. Went to
> Manhattan, Kansas for the weekend. We left Wednesday and returned tonight.
> Had a great time. The trailer pulled easy with my Dodge 1500 w/5.7 Hemi. We
> ran 65-70 all the way. We had a blast with the camper and really got to
> check it out. Will have to run all new water lines. And redo the seal on
> the
> refridge. The A/C worked great and we found a cool little fan to move air
> to
> the rear bedroom. I used an air mattress for the boys and am pretty sure we
> will be putting in a wrap around dinette in the future. Had a pretty good
> test on how weather tight the old girl was as we had 5.5 inches of rain on
> Sat. We have a couple issues around two windows to deal with but nothing
> major. Al and all I give the trip a 9 out of ten. Not bad for the first
> trip.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mitch
>