ChrisK1911
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Greetings all,
I just acquired a vintage Jayco travel trailer! I believe it is a 1974 Jayco Queen….maybe.
It came with no paperwork, a difficult to find vin/model number (still working on finding it,) and a ton of work needing to be done. Hopefully one of you can help with where I need to be looking for the vin haha. I am going to be doing a before, during, and after storyline so stay tuned. Hopefully my experiences can help someone else along the way.
Anyways we were looking for a camper for some time now but we couldn’t decide if we wanted to get a newer one and have it all set up and make monthly payments on or if we should get an older one that needs a new life and make it our own. Well I stumbled upon this listing that said “come get it, need gone” so I jumped on it. Tires were aired up and it hooked to my truck…. No working turn signals or brake lights though… I rolled it onto its new piece of soil it could call home for the time being and started lookin into what exactly it was. First I thought it was a ‘72 Raven, but the rear storage door was too big and in the wrong spot. There was also a second window on the Raven that mine didn’t have.
I realized that I may have a “‘74 Queen” when I was looking through a group on Facebook called Vintage Camper Trailers. It was the exact same as mine. I’ll let you know just as soon as I can find the VIN on the trailer somewhere. Well, my wife and I started ripping in to it and taking the cabinets, drawers, vinyl floor and walls off to uncover an unholy mess of rotted wood and an awful patch job from the previous owners. I located the battery and took that to get tested. The tester read 1.4V and recommended a charge. Tried to charge it but the charger stated that it couldn’t locate a source to charge.
So far we have only stripped the wall on the passenger side. I am looking forward to using this 4 day weekend I have to diving in to it deeper and maybe, just maybe, weatherproofing it from the inside seeing as the next few days are about to rain. I am jotting down all of my measurements and how much everything I am replacing is going to cost. One of my unknowns is the electrical and the other is the propane system. My wife insists on trying to keep the fridge if I can… we will see.
So, after that long read you probably would like to see some pictures! If anyone would like to offer some helpful insight, I would appreciate it very much. I hope you enjoy this journey as much as I do.
I just acquired a vintage Jayco travel trailer! I believe it is a 1974 Jayco Queen….maybe.
It came with no paperwork, a difficult to find vin/model number (still working on finding it,) and a ton of work needing to be done. Hopefully one of you can help with where I need to be looking for the vin haha. I am going to be doing a before, during, and after storyline so stay tuned. Hopefully my experiences can help someone else along the way.
Anyways we were looking for a camper for some time now but we couldn’t decide if we wanted to get a newer one and have it all set up and make monthly payments on or if we should get an older one that needs a new life and make it our own. Well I stumbled upon this listing that said “come get it, need gone” so I jumped on it. Tires were aired up and it hooked to my truck…. No working turn signals or brake lights though… I rolled it onto its new piece of soil it could call home for the time being and started lookin into what exactly it was. First I thought it was a ‘72 Raven, but the rear storage door was too big and in the wrong spot. There was also a second window on the Raven that mine didn’t have.
I realized that I may have a “‘74 Queen” when I was looking through a group on Facebook called Vintage Camper Trailers. It was the exact same as mine. I’ll let you know just as soon as I can find the VIN on the trailer somewhere. Well, my wife and I started ripping in to it and taking the cabinets, drawers, vinyl floor and walls off to uncover an unholy mess of rotted wood and an awful patch job from the previous owners. I located the battery and took that to get tested. The tester read 1.4V and recommended a charge. Tried to charge it but the charger stated that it couldn’t locate a source to charge.
So far we have only stripped the wall on the passenger side. I am looking forward to using this 4 day weekend I have to diving in to it deeper and maybe, just maybe, weatherproofing it from the inside seeing as the next few days are about to rain. I am jotting down all of my measurements and how much everything I am replacing is going to cost. One of my unknowns is the electrical and the other is the propane system. My wife insists on trying to keep the fridge if I can… we will see.
So, after that long read you probably would like to see some pictures! If anyone would like to offer some helpful insight, I would appreciate it very much. I hope you enjoy this journey as much as I do.
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