Finding Sweet Pea

Found: A Sweet Pea! October 8, 2009

October 8, 2009
We have owned several travel trailers and always loved camping with family. The atmosphere of campgrounds was one which our family enjoyed. We are now retired and hoping to do more camping. We had a 2001 R.V. we had sold on ebay, we just didn't like the floor plan. My wife spends a lot of time on the internet, and she began to read about vintage trailers people have purchased, and restored. She  read about vintage trailer clubs they had joined to travel with and meet new friends.  I have always enjoyed working with my hands and trying new things. Our dream begin with restoring Sweet Pea.

 We searched high and low for a vintage trailer, and finally found one in the R.V. Trader. We found a 1962 Shasta in Chicago owned by Robert, it looked to be exactly what we were searching for and at the right price, $400.00.  We had some very close friends that lived within about 30 miles of Robert and spent several days with them before starting home. This was in October 2009 and the weather was rainy, and chilly but the leaves were beautiful. After a scary drive through Chicago without tail lights we found Mike's house and  I got to spend part of that time in that weather working on trailer lights.

 We arrived safe and sound at home and began to have a closer look at our little Shasta. I have a1965 GMC V6 truck that my dad bought new in 1965 that I am in the process of restoring. Sweet Pea will be painted to match the truck. We are excited about the prospect of going "on the road" with the GMC Truck and Sweet Pea.