[VAL] we found one!

["zoe bleck" <zbleck@xxxxxxxxx>]

well, we found a Safari--it's a 65--Bob went with me to check it out 
yesterday (he sold Airstreams, said it's amzing how it all came back to him) 
and although it has some issues, he doesn't think any of them are 
serious--of course, as we all know, there will be horrible surprises, but 
that's in the future--I'll think about them tomorrow!

Mostly it needs cleaning and fixing up--I'm excited to re-do the interior, 
being a shallow person, and have some questions for the list about this---

it looks like a lot of people are putting down Pergo floors--is this the 
best return in terms of value?  the pics I've seen look great --it just 
seems a little too fancy for an Airstream--I was thinking about vinyl 
flooring--a few years ago Armstrong ran ads showing retro look vinyl--it 
looked like 50s linoleum --with boomerang designs.  This looks as though it 
could be fun to use.

I'm going to try and hunt some down today after I pay for the Safari.

Another question--the Safari has beautiful dark wood cabinets--except over 
the kitchen sink--these are lift up doors faced with tan vinyl and have 
aluminum across the bottom--look like airplane doors.  I found a pic of a 
Safari interior online last night and it showed wooden doors in this 
spot--does anyone know if my doors are original or replacements?

And thanks already for discussing issues I need to know about--the epoxy 
thread, and I found some mention of  window handles--at least three of the 
windows have sripped knobs--now i know how to fix this!

Zoe