[A/S] Airstream issues

["Lisa & Bill" <gray2546@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gang,

You have all be very helpful in our recent aquisition os a 76 31' 
Excella. Tuesday we went to look at it for the first time.  Our 
reaction was mixed.

Our uncle had owned the trailer for most of it's life. For the last 
10 it has sit in the same very nice park on blocks in a semi- 
permanent foundation with skirting around the trailer.  Here is what 
we found.

OUTSIDE: A screened porch had been added several years ago.  It 
appears that there are 3 or 4 screws on each side of the porch 
attaching it to the trailer.  The awning had been moved to the street 
side of the trailer.

The aluminum sheeting looked straight through out with no dents that 
we saw.  The blue stripe is very faded.

Several seems and windows on the street side have been caulked with 
white caulk. A couple windows are cracked and need replaced.

INSIDE: The inside would look okay after a good cleaning.  The 
cabinet under the sink needs repaced and I would put a new sink in it 
if we kept it.

I would also reupholster the couch.  Looks like someone has repaired 
or modified where the table folds down.  Most of the cabinets looked 
okay.  The doors stuck a little in a few that I tried.  Still has the 
original 8 track.

The bathroom looked in good condition as did the center twin beds.

Again, the entire unit needs a thorough cleaning which we plan on 
doing in the next month.  After that we're not sure.  We don't have a 
truck big enough to tow it and would have to buy something.  Sounds 
like we will need at least an F250 and we're not sure if we can 
affored to buy something that big then also drive it as a family car.

As much as we'd love to go camping we have no idea how often we would 
get to go.  We do have two very big boxers at home that act like 
three year olds.  We don't know if we could take them camping, and if 
we could how they would act!  If we have to leave them at home we 
would have to hire someone to sit them which again would limit our 
camping time.

Anyone have any suggestions?  If we tried to sell it how would we go 
about it and what is it worth.

Sorry about the length of this note. Thanks, Bill in Tampa