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1972 shasta fin and feather inn skip to main skip to sidebar thursday september 1 2011 spartan 3 yep we now have three spartans sitting on the property we found a very rare 40 1953 imperial spartanette this trailer was only in production for about 6 months in 1953 it has been bumped up to the top of the list for restoration this one really is a long long trailer so it will reside on our lot at the lake we have spent the summer working on the lake project but not working on the trailer we had to do a ton of clean up dismantle a mobile home make repairs and side the garage we also rehabbed a small building as a bunkhouse for the grandkids for now our 24 fan is at the lake only down side to that arrangement is that we don t have a working hot water heater this means luke warm showers after long hot days have to say that mark has been a trooper about it we actually planned on installing a on demand water heater just haven t gotten around to it once the weather turns cold we ll put the fan into winter storage we ll still have the bunkhouse in case we want to do any winter camping not too sure if mark will be game for that but i m up for it posted by the fin and feather inn at 7 30 am no comments sunday april 10 2011 vintage trailer count six happy to report that the trip to mississippi was uneventful had to replace a missing u bolt on the axle but nothing compared to the trip to south carolina for spartan 1 we met some very nice people on our trip those folks in ms are great happily spartan 2 has all of the exterior lights we were missing along with most of the interior lights as well we knew before going to get the trailer that it was in rough shape but was still disappointed by how bad it really is guess we were kinda hoping that we might be able to save it it s just not going to happen it s sad to sacrifice a trailer but at least the good parts of the trailer will be used to bring others back to life and back onto the road mark has started the rear door repair and i ve started the polishing process for some stupid reason i thought the spartan would be easier to polish than the fan maybe due to the smooth aluminum guess what it s not it is going to take me forever to get this thing done it will be awesome when it s finished posted by the fin and feather inn at 8 47 am no comments thursday march 24 2011 newest member of the family last month mark and i took a trip to south carolina to pick up our 1950 spartan royal mansion one week from today we ll take a trip to mississippi to pick up another 1950 royal mansion that will be used as a donor trailer since picking up the spartan we have been busy collecting parts and supplies prepping if you will for the rebuild of the trailer as of now we have all of the 1 8 birch for the interior as well as most of the window and vent seals we located a missing step for the rear door and have replacement cranks for the rear windows rivet gun and rivets have been purchased 12v and 120 wiring has been stock piled the nuvite polish has been replenished as well two new door handles 3 gear sets for the roof vents are on hand wish i could say that we have all necessary parts and supplies but that wouldn t be true we do have a good start but many more supplies and materials will have to be purchased for now we have enough to get started and weather proof the trailer this is a project that the two of us are looking forward to and we re both anxious to get started camping season is quickly approaching and even though i made a resolution last fall to not attend as many rallies as the past few years our schedule is full once again just can t bring myself to turn down the opportunity to take the trailers out and spend quality time with good friends and family the reason i mention this is that we ll be taking the 72 shasta out for the first trip of the season we re meeting 10 couples in sw indiana for a weekend get together and it will be the first time the shasta will be out sporting her new original rear window and step after years of keeping my eyes open i finally found a window last fall and we ll be installing it in the next few weeks as much as we love our shasta and we really do we have found that it is just a tad too small to spend more than a weekend in she s our first love and we ll never get rid of her if not for her then we wouldn t have found our passion for vintage trailers and she ll always be our baby once again we ll be towing her with our 72 f100 just love taking these two out together and touring the indiana covered bridges while in the area it should be a great weekend and a great photo opportunity for the rest of our camping season we ll be using the fan she s bigger capable of carrying her own water and much more comfortable than our shasta having the separate sleeping makes a huge difference i m an early riser and mark enjoys sleeping late the fan just works better for us speaking of the shasta and the fan each have found their own use and function in our vintage trailer family mark and i are blessed to have them going into the rebuild of the spartan we have no reason to be rushed or to feel any type of anxiety or pressure in regard to the spartan project so why do we both feel that we have to get it done now when we decided to purchase the spartan we both agreed that it would be at least a two year project well that lasted until we pulled her onto the property heck i thought we d wait till warmer weather not be obsessed with getting started not be busting our butts on getting er done maybe after the newness wears off mark will settle down maybe after the anticipation to see how well she ll shine up then i ll not be rushing the weather to warm up just enough to polish her we shall see posted by the fin and feather inn at 10 45 pm 1 comment wednesday february 24 2010 it s true i m an unfaithful blogger seriously i knew it had been awhile since i d updated here but had no idea it had been this long this is a picture of our 1976 fan luxury line it was taken at the lake shelbyville rally that mark and i hosted in october we had a great turn out and the rally was a blast a leason learned was that i need this years rally to be closer to home so with that decision made we have decided to hold the 2010 rally at 34 ranch here in southern illinois it a great location and think that the rally attendees will be pleased with the new location please note that the fan is sporting it s new polish and paint job wow that was project was very labor and time consuming although the result was well worth it posted by the fin and feather inn at 9 00 am 1 comment labels camping trailers tuesday august 4 2009 new vintage tin 1956 arrowhead well it s official i m now the proud owner of 4 vintage trailers i could say that i wasn t really in the market for another trailer but that wouldn t be 100 true there are a few models on my most wanted list but can say that a 1956 arrowhead wasn t one of them last fall while my older sister was here for dad s funeral she saw our 72 shasta i have to thank my youngest daughter for this one cause i really didn t want to show it to her it s not that we aren t proud of the shasta of course we are it s gorgeous but it is sitting next to the 70 dodge challenger that i purchased from my sister in the early 80 s i had actually gave this car to my son years ago with the agreement that he would restore it while at college in nashville he decided to start on it pulled the engine and trannie and that s the end of that story so now it sits torn apart in pieces and looks very sad when my brother in law saw it i thought he was going to burst into tears this car was my sister s high graduation gift from my parents we lived in vegas at the time and they search high and low for this car and finally found it in scottsdale arizona it had to be plum crazy purple and have a white interior so after finding it they traveled to arizona and drove it off the show room floor let s say it wasn t one of my proudest moments to have them see the shape that it s in anyway she saw the trailer and decided it would be her mission to make sure i received the old trailer that s been sitting out on our ranch in colorado now here s a fact this trailer has been a staple on the ranch and has been sitting there since before i was born i haven t been out there since 2003 and at that time i hadn t caught the vintage tin disease yet so paid as much attention to the trailer as i always had in the past which is none let s face it folks it s pink now i know for some people this would make this trailer even more desirable but i m just not a pink kinda girl not even when i was young anyway while in colorado last month my sisters and brothers took a vote and have decided that the trailer now belongs to me so now i have to figure out a way to get the trailer from colorado to illinois get it rebuilt and then back to colorado this trailer really does belong in colorado it s a part of the scenery i do know that it will cost at least 650 to have it hauled to illinois no telling how much it will take to rebuild plus the cost of taking it back so here it is my latest addition posted by the fin and feather inn at 8 20 am 1 comment labels trailers thursday july 9 2009 summer update as with most of us i ve been very busy over the past few months and have found that i m way behind here since i ve updated several things have happened we finally finished the 1400 can you see me doing my happy dance it turned out wonderful and i couldn t be happier with the result we took it to a rally in southern indiana and came home with a 1976 24 5 fan good thing we had taken two trucks so we tucked the 72 shasta and 72 f100 into the pole barn cleaned the fan moved the camping supplies from the 1400 to the fan and hit the lake for 10 days we had to be able to check all the systems right so far everything works although the fridge did give us a scare a friendly neighbor said that it may take up to 6 hrs for it to start working correctly guess he was right as it did start working and continued to work just fine the rest of the trip we really didn t have any intention on buying another trailer we already had the 20 shasta waiting in the wings for her rebuild but the hubby really liked the fan and i must admit that the idea of having a dedicated sleeping area really appealed to me so here is our plan the 1400 will be used for vintage trailer rallies the model twenty will get a face lift verses a rebuild and will find it s home in the backyard in a permanent camp spot and the fan will become our traveler and everyday camper our plans for the fan include removing the carpet and the 1970 s paneling new birch walls tiled floor curtains cushions and polish the exterior and it should be ready to roll we ll start on it this fall after the camping season is over posted by the fin and feather inn at 8 14 am no comments labels camping fan shastas saturday may 9 2009 a very lucky shasta all i can say is she is a tough old bird i felt for sure that it would have a branch going through the roof a broken window some type of damage after coming home today being dead on my feet i just couldn t stand it anymore i pried open the door crawled inside and to my amazement no damage at all thankfully our pole barn did not receive any damage so our other shasta and matching truck are still tucked away safe and sound the only other damage we received on our home property was loosing a apple and pine tree which sits on the 2 acres behind where the pics were taken thanking god for our good fortune posted by the fin and feather inn at 8 07 pm no comments labels shastas older posts home subscribe to posts atom 1972 shasta fin and feather inn homestead happenings 1972 shasta 1400 click on the trailer to visit my photobucket album to see pictures of the rebuild my blog list flyte 63 new brunswick nova scotia quick tour 2 years ago pawsh poodle s 1961 fireball nuggets easy chicken nuggets weelicious each nugget 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