New gargage
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New gargage
Been doing some wheeling and dealing. I bought a leaning old cedar sided one car garage just up the street for $250, planned to move it here for the rpu and some storage. I do a lot of work for the guy who sold the property and he really wanted the garage too after he found out the new owner was selling it. So I'm over talking to the new owner and he tells me the guy across the street is building a new garage and wants to give away his 2 car. Same vintage, cedar sided and has the col roll around doors. I go speak for it. So I make a deal with the guy who wants the one car and tel him he can have it if he will have the 2 car moved for me. So now I will have a cool vintage garage set on my place for $250. I think it will cost me about $800 to pour a slab and have a concrete floor. Stylin
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You have a picture of this new structure? Sounds cool. I don't think an old building would stay together coming up my horrible, rutted, steep dirt road. Our vehicles barely do. I love old buildings too!
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I'll get some pictures up in a couple days. I have an art show tomorrow and another load of campers to haul Monday, pretty busy. Tree guy was supposed to be here today, I have a giant dead elm tree to take out where the garage is going to go.
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Seems like the vintage camper thing is blowing up!!! I have a friend here on Orcas that was traveling through S. Dakota two years ago and dragged home a 1948 Shoult 28' single axle camping'house trailer. Thing is really, really cool and unrestored. Perhaps he bought it from YOU! I'll get a picture. It's 4 miles from here and he's restoring the interior this winter, but leaving the faded green exterior as is.
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Some of those 30s and 40s campers bring crazy money, even in rough shape. I've never sold any but I have a friend who has. He got 7 grand from one called a trolley top and it was rough. It's hard to find a canned ham around here without hail damage. My 56 pathfinder got one side hammered last summer.
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We took our '58 aloha to a vintage trailer meet and the people were still up at midnight drinking and carrying on. 'White trash street bowling' started at 11:00 pm and that was just the beginning. Was thinking of dragging a couple of them (canned hams) there next year and sipping spring water and at midnite auctioning them off.
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Maybe you don't remember when Hormel and others sold a ham in a tin can. It was packed in agar, which is this clear slime that plopped out all over the linoleum kitchen counter when the ham was lifted from it's can. Set on it's side this can had a somewhat teardrop or oval shape. They opened with a special key which was attached to the outside of the can. Many of the small travel trailers from the 40s - 60's had the same shape, thus they are commonly known in the vintage trailer crowd as 'canned hams'. As for white trash street bowling, We didn't sign up but suffice to say it lived up to it's name. Really fun and not many rules.
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