A'ight, we're hooked. Need Scad-A-Bout S/N info.

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A'ight, we're hooked. Need Scad-A-Bout S/N info.

Postby Y.T.Russell » Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:53 pm

We attended the Perris gathering with our as-yet-unidentified and unrestored Scad-A-Bout. Had a great time matching names to faces and rigs and enjoyed the infectious enthusiasm of folks such as Roly, the Lockes were a wealth of info for us as beginners and then there was that crazy lady with the "Amer. Bag" teardrop (Thanks, Lora :lol:).

Now that you've all ruined our lives for the forseeable future we're about to embark on a full ground-up resto, beginning with an effort to narrow down its exact vintage, straighten out the paperwork and ensure that the trailer is registered properly as a Scad-A-Bout, possibly through a referee.

Ours is a 4' x8' (base?) model with a single door on the right, 3-pane louvered windows, half clamshell rear door, gravity feed water tank, 2-burner Modernaire stove on the left counter, sink in the right.

We're trying to narrow down the the year model. This unit sat in an oddity museum in Oregon for 20 years. There was a black California plate from 1963 we found in the storage area but the P.O. believes it came from one of his old cars rather than the trailer, so no help there.

It lacks the diecast "Scad-A-Bout" nameplate that we're told is indicative of very early models and instead has an embossed "California Division of Housing" tag to the rear of the side door and the serial number on this tag matches the frame number stamped in the tongue. There is another foil tag in the rear which indicates that it may have been first sold by "Alpine Trailer Sales, Gardena, California".

Anyway, we're hoping to narrow the year model down by serial number and would like to compare numbers with other Scad-A-Bout owners.
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Re: A'ight, we're hooked. Need Scad-A-Bout S/N info.

Postby StanDahl » Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:20 pm

Wait - was that the one with the "Famous Museums" or something mural on the galley door? I've seen that one on Craigslist now and again, with different dates on it, from 1965 to "50's". I thought that one had a Scad-A-Bout (?) plate on the side above the door. I hope this doesn't scare you, but IIRC Googling Scad A Bout links you to a makeover on one that ends up with just about nothing left but the aluminum siding remaining(!).
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Re: A'ight, we're hooked. Need Scad-A-Bout S/N info.

Postby Y.T.Russell » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:27 am

We ain't skeert. It's 3 sheets of plywood, no? What could possibly go wrong? :lol:

I forgot. Our S/N is 5100-ish.
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Re: A'ight, we're hooked. Need Scad-A-Bout S/N info.

Postby Y.T.Russell » Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:05 pm

No Scad owners?
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