Alot of people follow my FB but I thought I would post that I pretty much have found my final camper. Yes, I still have five more, but they are all projects that will be finished and sold except my moms camper which will be rebuilt into my guest accommodations.
At any rate, I recently bought a '65 Scotty for $200 which won the ugliest camper award and I have been busy working on in and it has been coming along nicely when the stars aligned... Right after I got my yearly bonus from work, I see a CL ad posted on a Scotty forum and while I knew I didn't need another camper, I reviewed the ad and I realized that this was a ''66 silverside in 100% campable condition. It has been redone (not restored) on the inside which was a drawback, but it wasn't too invasive that I couldn't correct and again. It was campable today and I have been wanting to downsize to the smallest standy possible and also mingle my love for vintage campers, so this fit the bill to make the transition right away rather than wait for my other Scotty to be done. It was for sale an hour and a half East of me, which was great because I love a nice East Texas dive anyway, and the price was right at $1500. After negotiating for the non-original style restoration, I brought it home for $1200. I was shocked when the original tail lights worked! When I got it home I did a deeper dive into the redo, and the prior owner actually did a very competent job even if it wasn't my style. Moreso, I don't know who did this, but this year model Scotty didn't come in bare aluminum, so they must have painstakingly removed all of the paint which is an incredible job. (I tried, I failed, I will never attempt again). The camper is actually still reasonably shiny too!
Here are some pics, I am so glad that I am ready for a long trip that won't break the bank hauling one of my very cool, but heavy campers!!! This standy is rated from the factory at 975lbs!