Vardos / Gypsy caravans

[Texjbird]

I think we've decided on the type of paint job for the outside when we finally get back stateside and bring a TT home.  I'll have to dig out the old air compressor and air brushes but this is pretty cool looking.  Amazing what you can do with a little paint and patience.  I'll pick up a couple of old car hoods to practice on till I get it right.

 Queenie and I like that!

TJB & Q

[Motrukdriver]

I really like the Dutch door but no idea if it is real or just paint. The window screening is probably just tape. Can't wait to get back home.

[Cammalu]

That really looks neat


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[TrainChaser]

That looks great! Is it just a paint job??? If so, it's perfection.

Here's a skoolie for a YARC member: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/b3/2a/...c4a08f.jpg

[Motrukdriver]

That looks great!  Is it just a paint job???  If so, it's perfection.

Yeah just paint.  Might be some wood trim strips here and there but basically just an airbrush, patience and practice.

[Optimistic Paranoid]

That looks great!  Is it just a paint job???  If so, it's perfection.

Yeah just paint.  Might be some wood trim strips here and there but basically just an airbrush, patience and practice.

Patience, huh?  That leaves me out . . .

[Optimistic Paranoid]

I see the home-built tiny house/truck camper I linked to in post #23 is now up for sale on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Ford-Flophouse-Tiny-House-Truck-Camper/202146172504?hash=item2f10d9ce58:g:Yi4AAOSwxzdaMGdq&vxp=mtr

[Optimistic Paranoid]

I want to add that one of the problems they mention is that the skylight - right over your bed - has a "minor" leak, and it's best to "Put a tarp over the roof if it's going to rain".

I can't say I'm surprised.  Stuff that works just fine on a non-moving house has a way of failing miserably when you start bouncing it around driving down the road.  Whoever buys this may need to do away with the skylight and put on a new roof.

[TrainChaser]

Yes, many people don't think about all the movement. Another problem with towed units is that want to build windows that open or some extra storage in the front (above the hitch), not realizing the driving force of mud and rain that will be pounding on it.

[MN C Van]

Sure an advantage of a one-piece steel stamping; in 40 years when the vans retired and sitting in the pasture, it's still not going to leak