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unique concept rv 2000 LaMarr Stiletto - $10,000 (sequim)
2000
LaMarr Stiletto
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This would make for an excellent air b&b type setup. If you have a destination vacation property or a vintage RV park. She would look great as a futuristic space shuttle themed vacation rental. Picture Cape Canaveral or Star base Texas watching the launches from the front deck.
Keep in mind that this is a 26-year-old RV. While it has NO WOOD FRAMING to rot, she has been sitting pretty much unused for most of her life. She did make it to the Louisville RV Show in 2000 as well as the Pacific NW RV show circuit in 2000 and 2001, but she has sat unused since then. She will need some love and skill to truly bring out her true beauty. Most of the interior components are off-the-shelf RV parts, i.e., appliances, lighting, electrical, leveling system, generator. The suspension and the shell is where the mechanical engineering departs from the usual. The 4-wheel independent air-ride system is a marvel of engineering and craftsmanship. This unique system raises the coach for travel and lowers it to the ground lowrider-style for ease of access. The shell is constructed from 9 layers of mat fiberglass and vacuum formed with foam core. A difficult and expensive process. the current owner having previously worked in a shop making vacuum formed fiberglass SUP boards, this is part of the reason he bought it. The braking system is not something that I would trust. Someone made a makeshift hydraulic surge braking system on her before the current owner got her, and it will need repairs before traveling too far. Ideally, it would be replaced with an electric or an electric-over-hydraulic system.
The fiberglass travel trailer is in pretty good shape for its age given that it has been out in the elements for 25 years. The shell is 9-layer vacuum-formed fiberglass and foam and is much thicker in the floors (as seen in pictures). There are a couple of areas that will need some fiberglass work around the rear bumper and the door frame. It really could use a new coat of gelcoat or paint to look its best. The glass is all in good condition, and the windows are like those you would find on a high-end yacht. The white leather chairs and couch are original zero-gravity-style furniture, and they are in good condition. The interior needs to be finished, i.e., some of the smaller panels are missing, the trims need to be rehung, electrical covers, etc., need to be finished.
What it’s going to take to get her home: It will take at least a 3500 dual-wheel truck to comfortably haul this one. The seller never got the chance to test systems and was in a hurry to get it home from Seattle, so the air system is bypassed with a lead hose that is attached to his truck’s air system to air up the airbag suspension. There is an onboard air system that hasn’t been examined yet; it is in the overhang with the air-conditioning system. She will need new batteries. Being that the airbag suspension is 26 years old, I would count on needing new airbags and probably hoses. There is a brand-new set of tires and wheels stored inside for her, ready to install. The lug nuts are frozen on the old set and will need some real brute force or a torch to get off. Seller recalls the leveling system working as well as the lights when he hauled her home. There is a Les Schwab Tire Center in Port Angeles, (360) 452-7691, that works on heavy air-ride semi and semi-trailer components, (They also have a mobile unit) and they would be able to help you with the wheel bearings as well as the brakes. There is a good RV repair shop, Eric’s RV Repair, (800) 488-3697, in the city of Sequim (about 5 miles) that the seller highly recommends. They’ve had been very helpful in getting our Monaco Class A ready for the road and are reasonably priced. Platypus Marine, Inc. in Port Angeles, (360) 417-0709, has been recommended for fiberglass repair, as most of their business is in marine and yacht repair and it may be where the original tooling and molds for this unit landed.
Seller never got the chance to test any of the systems before he departed with his wife on their trip, so he can’t guarantee system conditions.
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