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My attention has been redirected to a new project. A challenging project to say the least.

Many years ago, more than I want to think about, we purchasing an Aristocrat Travel Trailer. We needed it so that the family could remain together while I attended an Air Force technical school is Mississippi. Housing there was limited due to the damages left by a hurricane. I was told, by the Air Force, that if I didn't have a place to live - leave the family behind. Thus the travel trailer.

That travel trailer has been setting in a field behind one of my daughters houses for many years now. It is currently a storage facility for her but it is coming home in a week or two.

My wife and I are going to attempt to put it back on the road. It is going to be a challenging DIY project, to say the least. You can only image what sort of work will need to be done. I can only image just how deep the "money pit" might be. It is, however, going to be a labor of love.

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19' 1965 Aristocrat Landmark II

This is what we used to tow the trailer to Mississippi from Spokane, WA and then later back to Arizona after that assignment.

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1966 Plymouth Barracuda

The Cuda is also undergoing restoration but that money pit is owned by my daughter and her husband

Dusty,
Your photos of your 1966 Plymouth brought back fond memories. My high school year was 1966 in a small town in Texas (Sherman Texas). Back then, we really appreciated cars and they were distinctive.

When that beautiful 1966 Plymouth came down the road, I remember all of us guys used to stop and stare. The fastback was so cool.

Thanks.

wdelliott wrote:Dusty,
Your photos of your 1966 Plymouth brought back fond memories. My high school year was 1966 in a small town in Texas (Sherman Texas). Back then, we really appreciated cars and they were distinctive.

When that beautiful 1966 Plymouth came down the road, I remember all of us guys used to stop and stare. The fastback was so cool.

Thanks.

My mother-in-law loved this car. She was living with us, here in Tucson, at the time. We had just purchased an International Travel All to handle our family car and towing needs so we sold her the Barracuda. Yes, we sold it to her. You would have to have known her to understand that. When she passed, title transferred to my wife. The car has been idle since then. My son-in-law has always wanted it.

But while grandma was driving the car she always enjoyed the attention that it seemed to draw. She enjoyed being the little old grandma in tennis shoes, driving the fast-back.

We traded titles. The car is now his and the trailer is ours.

Me thinks I would restore the 'Cuda before the trailer!!:)
Bill V

wa2crk wrote:Me thinks I would restore the 'Cuda before the trailer!!:)
Bill V

I don't doubt that. I understand completely. The Cuda, however, is being restored. That task is being done by by my daughter and her husband. The car is theirs now and the trailer is, once again, mine.

This may well not sound logical but that is the way it has worked out and for us it is logical. Long story, has nothing to do with wood working just the way us old people think.

dusty wrote:I don't doubt that. I understand completely. The Cuda, however, is being restored. That task is being done by by my daughter and her husband. The car is theirs now and the trailer is, once again, mine.

This may well not sound logical but that is the way it has worked out and for us it is logical. Long story, has nothing to do with wood working just the way us old people think.

Makes perfect sense to me.

Besides your crocks will not pass for tennis shoes.;)

[quote="JPG40504"]Makes perfect sense to me.

Besides your crocks will not pass for tennis shoes.]

My crocks work perfectly fine except when I am running foot races and when I drop something on my toes. I very seldom run foot races and I try real hard not to drop things on my toes; therefore, the crocks are great (except that they are about worn out).

dusty wrote:My crocks work perfectly fine except when I am running foot races and when I drop something on my toes. I very seldom run foot races and I try real hard not to drop things on my toes](except that they are about worn out)[/SIZE].

I said nothing re their usefullness or comfort level (I myself have a bad habit of being barefoot in de shop[but not when lifting heavy objects or operating debris creating machinery])etc.!:D De feet are not worn out yet!:rolleyes:

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This is what we used to tow the trailer to Mississippi from Spokane, WA and then later back to Arizona after that assignment.

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1966 Plymouth Barracuda

The Cuda is also undergoing restoration but that money pit is owned by my daughter and her husband[/quote]


That is a clean cuda sir, nice.

mrhart wrote:[
This is what we used to tow the trailer to Mississippi from Spokane, WA and then later back to Arizona after that assignment.

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1966 Plymouth Barracuda

The Cuda is also undergoing restoration but that money pit is owned by my daughter and her husband

That is a clean cuda sir, nice. [/quote]

There is some rust in the rocker panels but most of it is solid. We had it undercoated when it was new and I think that helped a lot. It resided in Arizona most of its life though it spend one hot, wet, muggy year in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Now that I have activated the brain, I realize that this was not smart at all, but we pulled the Aristrocrat from Spokane to Biloxi and then from Biloxi to Tucson with this car.