Meet Zippy Lee!

Hell's Belles needed a home, and I'd decided a vintage travel trailer would be perfect. I set my sights on a Shasta... relatively easy to come by, but not as common as an airstream, which are a dime a dozen out here. I want to stand out don't I? So after a few weeks of searching, a '58 appeared on Craigslist just a few hours away. At a whopping $2500 asking price, I expected it was in good condition with only moderate repairs needed, but it was $1500 over my budget.... Being a girl, I said well let's just go "LOOK at it"... yeah right. I had every intention of buying it. So we drove out and looked at Willie's Shasta. I was immediately disappointed. It was a poorly painted black and gray and looked sad, lifeless. No matter!! A new paint job will fix that! Show me the inside! I couldn't wait to see the birch... Um.... Black. Everything, painted black. Everything. I wasn't about to pay $2500 dollars for a trailer that I would need to gut. So we drove away. Just 2 blocks away my dad and I both said "STOP - there's anther one!" And there he was, a little 66 wings and all parked half hidden behind a shed. An old man was working on his truck in the yard, so I made my dad get out and ask him if he'd be interested in selling the trailer. Surprisingly he was. We looked inside and, well, he (I'm calling it a he since I'm a girl, and I just think it fits) was a rotted out wreck to say the least. But the windows, doors, screens, emblems, wings, etc. were all intact and immaculate. I figured those parts are hard to come by, so it might be worth it to gut it and fix all the rot. We made a deal with the man and bought the trailer for a mere $300.00. But now we have to figure out how to get it home...

Meet Zippy Lee: (Named after the street we found him on, and his former owner Mr. Lee!)