1972 COMPACT JR CAMPER MADE FOR VOLKSWAGEN BUS

Who knew they made a hippy trailer to outfit the VW bus? Like it's owner, perhaps, this puppy needs a shower and shave. Otherwise, I've got to say that this is such an inspired design, a matching trailer and truck. I'm feeling something like "free love" for this trailer. It's no crime to love many, many trailers! How could you not? It's like a canvas on wheels, just waiting for flower power symbols and decals. I'd very much like to own one some day, just for possibility of decorating it in fabulous 60's decor and colors, of course with a lean towards the minimalist 60's rather than the walled carpets 60's decor that thank God grew moldy and died. I picture a built in stereo system with a record player that blows the pop-top off this baby, something to showcase a collection of psychedelic garage rock records from Aquarius Records, such as the Yodeling Astrologer. Far out, friends.

RARE 1972 COMPACT JR CAMPER MADE FOR VOLKSWAGEN BUS WOW
Vehicle Description

WOW RARE 1972 COMPACT JUNIOR CAMPER THAT WAS SOLD AT VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIPS TO PULL BEHIND YOUR BUS.LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURES IT IS IN DECENT SHAPE FOR THE YEAR. ORIGINAL COLOR WAS MINT GREEN, FIBERGLASS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE, TIRES ARE LIKE NEW WITH NEW SPARE INCLUDED, AC WILL FREEZE YOU OUT, CANVAS IN GOOD ORIGINAL SHAPE.

1963 Shasta Aqua

some updates as you can see.

this is a 1963 Shasta camper.

this camper does have a clear title and I have it.

Installed all new marker and tail lights and reflectors and installed new trailer wire and plug(which is now a flat 4 connector), installed wide 2 inch vintage style white wall simulator tires all the way around with outside chrome trim rings, packed wheel bearings, caulked and sealed all outside roof areas to avoid leak damage, repaired drop deck floor and recovered it with laminate flooring, has original 3 burner cooktop oven and sink top, and counter top, all windows installed puddy tape and silicone around all windows and door, as you can tell the door is the original.

The inside upholstery has been replaced with custom made vinyl material in a heavy duty material in a rich color.

I did install a window AC unit in rear, I do have all the glass and things to put back to origonal.

Also included in this sell we have all inside accessories such as the matching dishes, forks, spoons, knives, cookware, and place mats ect.

this camper is in good condition for its age, showing slight dings and dents thru out the outside aluminum construction.(see pictures) some small hall damage nothing major just small dings and dents and scuffs..

This camper weights approx. 1100 pounds , and would require a 2” ball on your vehicle.

Travel light, travel right. The Scotty Way!

The 1972 Serro Scotty Sportsman

In researching the Serro Scotty Sportmsan, I've uncovered some interested tidbits about this particular Make from the website of the Antique Warehouse in St. Louis, Missouri. I came across their website and was excited to learn that they not only are from St. Louis, but have an antique museum with four restored travel trailers. One is a 1959, Sportsman. The 282nd one ever made!

The Serro Scotty Sportsman was manufactured by Serro Travel Trailer Company in Irwin, Pennsylvania. Serro began making this particular Model, the Scotty Sportmans in 1958, when it was given the classic nickname of "SilverSides" for it's shiny aluminum finish. In 1958, it sold for a whopping $795 dollars. Sportmans were manufactured into the 70's. Past 1963, they were painted white and turquoise on the outside. The serial number of the Sportsman can be found on the tongue and read as Year-Length-Production Number for this particular trailer in this model. ie....72-13-xxxxx.

One of the nice things about the Sportsman is that some of them featured a step down interior for added height for about a 6' 2.5" interior height and 6' 7" width for tall sleepers. So if you could use the extra height, this is the 13 footer for you.

Ebay Description: Dry weight: 1500 lbs $4250 winning bid
This is a 1972 Serro Scotty Sportsman 15 ft trailer from California with no rust, sleeps 4, large Sanyo refrigerator, 19in. flat screen with DVD player, water and power hookups,Potable water tank with hand pump on sink, brand new deep cell battery with a Chicago brand inverter 1,200 watt continuous 3,200 watt peak, great tires have two Scotty hubcaps one fits one doesn't ?, all exterior and interior lights work great, three burner gas stove top, huge closet that could be a nice bathroom, a person 6’4” can stand up in the middle of the trailer, front window fiberglass awning is perfect, all windows and cranks are in perfect working condition, the fiberglass in the sink basin is a little rough, upholstery has a couple stains and some tears in the piping, it has a set of forest green slipcovers that come with the trailer that are very nice, the outside body is in good shape for being 37 years old with a few dents & dings, the front door has a very large vertical dent.

P.S. I have a ½ ton Dodge truck and the trailer pulls so easy you forget it’s on it.
Thanks for looking!

Aluminum duct tape!

It was lovely and dusty and I used aluminum duct tape to keep the front end of the trailer from ripping off and killing us. Oh wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. After driving a whole day through minimalist landscapes of sage green and brown, you drive into Sante Fe and instantly buy every trinket imaginable in every bright color in the spectrum. It's like "Color! How novel! The folks back home would love it." I'm on to you New Mexicans with your turquoise jewelry and red pepper wall ornaments. We spent the night in Sante Fe with some friends and headed into the dustbowl of Albuqurque around 9 am. Trailer, Brett, and Brett's father were waiting at the T/A Travel Center truck stop off of Hwy 40. It wasn't hard to miss, blinding early morning pedestrians as it sat in the sunshine looking dreamy. Brett's dad talked shop talk with Gary about California gun laws and Brett informed me of how to get the sticky duct tape residue off that was covering the trailer windows and parts of the frame by using carburater cleaner. It was going to be a project trailer. I could see daylight between the floor boards and the thin aluminum walls. We hooked it up to my four cylinder 4 Runner and drove towards the sunrise, well for about seven blocks to a Uhaul to get the trailer lights working. Hours and a pizza later, we drove into the high deserts of New Mexico. We drove. We got gas. We drove. We got gas. We did however find a deserted desert town called Cuervo and stopped to take pictures of the trailer with an adobe Church in the background. We established a good driving rhythm. I drove daylight hours. Gary drove well past midnight every night. It was four days behind the wheel with a one day vacation in Sante Fe. The characters we met were charming. We learned that water is not taxable in Texas. We were wierded out by Oklahoma, though all the goat farms made me want to like the place. Through indian reservations along a long Toll Road called Highway 44, we rolled. Around Joplin, I ran my fingers lovingly across the sideboards of my travel trailer and noticed that the wall had ceased to be attached to the floor on the front side of the trailer in front of the door. The dinette seats had come loose and wedged themselves in such a way as to push the wall away from the frame and turn my trailer into a death trap. Picture driving at 70 miles per hour down the highway with a parachute attached to your vehicle. I did.... for the remaining 5 hours of the drive. We drove up my mom's drive way, Gary eager for the smell of my mom's house and a vodka tonic. Me, eager for daylight so I could learn every square inch of the undercarriage and structural components of the Scotsman.

Cuervo

My First Travel Trailer

Do not try this at home! I bought this shiny hunk of aluminum last week from off a craigslist ad in San Deigo. I live in St. Louis. That's about a two thousand mile distance. So I kindly asked the owner, Brett (a vintage car aficionado from sunny Southern California) to meet me half way in Albuqurque, New Mexico. Amazingly he agreed. The worst part of buying a trailer 34 hours away and planning to meet half way is closing the deal. I was speaking regularly with the owner of this trailer, Brett, for about a week. He was a really nice guy and it was a gut feeling alone that he was an honest guy that kept the deal alive. Once my mind was set that I would buy the trailer, I just went to work making it happen. We both had so much to do.

He had to get plates, apply for a California title, repack bearings, buy new tires, and work his regular job. I had to get roadside assistance, have trip check inspection done on my car, get two new tires and a spare, work weekend hours to build up time off at work, talk Gary out of thinking I had finally lost my mind, and talk myself into giving my new San Diego friend a big old deposit, trailer sight unseen. And work a regular job. Exactly 12 hours after sending Brett the deposit, we get a call from him saying that a photographer wants to use the trailer in a GQ photo shoot in Malibu. This was the one moment in the whole deal when I hung my head and kissed my deposit goodbye. I don't even know why it sounded whacked out all of a sudden. After all, I was the girl driving half way across the country for a trailer like it was no big deal. What's a little detour for a GQ photoshoot. It just sounded too surreal, like a joke. So I called Brett back and told him that the idea of the trailer going to Malibu instead of straight to New Mexico was giving me heart palpatations. Without another word, Brett says, "Ok, then I won't do it." I'll leave Friday morning to meet you. And he did. We met up in New Mexico and the trailer looked lovely.

1968 SHASTA 15' LO FLYTE TRAVEL TRAILER

Road Wings. I love them. The wings were added in the 60's and became an identifying feature for these inexpensive but sturdy travel trailers. Seems to me that they have cheaper laminate walls inside and the shelving and wood work looks flimsy to me. This 1968 cutie is very clean though. I've seen a few of these Lo Flytes for sale in my search for my own travel trailer, but not in this shape. This trailer was probably manufactured in Goshen, Indiana unless it ended up in Michigan from California where the original Shasta manufacturers were. This one sold for $1812.87 A great deal for the shape this trailer is in. I'm a little envious of the winner. I'm also surprised that a trailer from Michigan has so little water damage. This baby was kept inside most of it's life. Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and surrounding northern midwestern states are what us travel trailer searchers affectionately refer to as the rust belt of America. That translates into Lots O' Water damage, dry rot tires, and rusty underbellies. Well ususally, there are exceptions such as this one. So check out those windows! When it comes to windows, I'm old fashion. Meaning, I adore those super cool Jalousie crank windows even if they rattle sometimes and don't create a perfect seal. Oh well. If perfection is your cup of tea, then you are probably not reading a travel trailer blog. One more thing about that trailer that I find interesting, I don't know if it will affect the resale of these vintage travel trailers, but Coachman who owns the Shasta name, started making a vintage replica trailer in 2008, complete with wings and it apparently includes a 19" LCD television. Fancy!

As usual, I included the original seller's description with a very thorough description.

Description as found on Ebay:
1968 SHASTA 15' LO FLYTE TRAVEL TRAILER VINTAGE LOFLYTE
Vehicle Description
Up for auction is a: SHASTA 15' LO FLYTE TRAVEL TRAILER VINTAGE LOFLYTE
This is an all orginal 1968 Shasta Lo-Flyte Travel Trailer that is 15' in length(including tongue) and just over 7' wide. The interior head room measures in at just over 6' from floor to ceiling.