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[VAL] rebuilding a classic



if you do all the labor yourself and have no skin damage and get the absolute
rock bottom price on all the parts IF you can even find them, yada -- you MIGHT
get it done for  7K$...
I was quite happy to turn mine over to a great friend who has since
reconstructed his trailer although it is one size down from yours.  
I had an easy $1.5k in its running gear/tires, etc when I swapped it to him for
considerations unstated here.  perhaps he will own up as to how much more he put
into fixing up the interior and windows, appliances, etc.  Most of us really do
not count the $$$ because we would never take on such a project if we were
empowered to be able to look down the road and foresee the cost in labor and
dollars.  
As stated, it is a hobby that keeps us busy in our retirement fixated on an
object we hope to get done while we are still young enough to enjoy the trailer.
For some of us, it is a last effort towards "accomplishing something with our
lives" as we near the end of our trips thru life.  

I do much the same thing with vintage single shot rifles, etc.  

fwiw
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Charles L Hamilton,  chasm@texas.net  Houston, TX
WBCCI/WDCU #1130  VAC   S*M*A*R*T
'76 Sovereign   '02 E350 SD PSD, Prodigy, Pullrite