Posted by katydaly on April 02, 2005 at 14:52:54:
Sounds great! Where does one post an ad like that? On eBay?
1958 Detroiter mobile home - Posted by katydaly
Posted by katydaly on March 30, 2005 at 13:38:21:
Trash or cash?
My husband and I recently purchased a beautiful 22-acre lot that came with a mobile home in pathetic condition. We spent this past weekend pulling up old smelly carpets and repairing, or at least covering up broken windows.
My question to you all: Is it worth trying to fix this up? Is there any market out there for “antique” mobile homes? It still has the original label and warranty in the kitchen cabinet.
The siding on the front of the trailer has been “protected” by having an addition put on, so that it has not been exposed to the weather for a long time. It is a beautiful (I like it!) turqouise and cream, with a black horizontal stripe. This siding, and the interior built-in wood cabinets and paneling are about the only things I would say are in good condition.
Parts of the other sides of the trailer have been removed to make room for other additions. Other parts have been painted over, badly. The missing sides may still be somewhere, hard to tell, kind of a cut-and-paste job.
Do you think we should just pay to have it hauled away to the dump? Or try to sell its good parts? Or try to sell it as a whole, however poor its condition?
All opinions would be appreciated.
Re: 1958 Detroiter mobile home - Posted by rise2it
Posted by rise2it on March 31, 2005 at 02:23:20:
Bought a small park which included a 1962 model home that was/is being used for storage. (Tree fell on it, so it’s not liveable).
However, I was impressed with the construction - it had real wood floors, etc - not particle board.
Re: 1958 Detroiter mobile home - Posted by John Merchant
Posted by John Merchant on March 30, 2005 at 14:02:43:
In the booney’s N of Seattle, a year or so back I saw a MH that was being lived in by an elderly couple.
I wouldn’t personally have even wanted to go into that little old tin box that had to date from the '40s, but that couple had, I was later told, lived there for more than 20 years.
Morale? You don’t know until you know what people might go for.
Re: 1958 Detroiter mobile home - Posted by Steve-WAA
Posted by Steve-WAA on March 30, 2005 at 13:46:09:
never know till you try
What are you doing with the lot? If you just want the MH gone, with all the add-ons, is it movable? If so, what the hey - for sale, old SW mover, first 500 takes it. Or will part out.
Give it two weeks in the pennysaver, then trash it.
1958 has no antique value, unless rehabbed for more money than you can sell it for.
Re: 1958 Detroiter mobile home - Posted by katydaly
Posted by katydaly on March 30, 2005 at 14:17:49:
We want the land because it is gorgeous! In NY, near Cooperstown,
with a creek stocked with trout winding through, old apple trees in
good shape, few neighbors close by. Eventually we will build a new
home on there, so it was useful to have electric, well, septic, phone,
etc. Probably we are going to fix it up enough to use as a vacation
“home” for awhile, until we pay off the loan we took out to buy the
land. Just wanted to know if there was any market for, if not antique, at
least retro trailers. Once completely cleaned, it is pretty cool.
Thanks for your quick responses!
Re: 1958 Detroiter mobile home - Posted by John Hayes
Posted by John Hayes on April 01, 2005 at 21:01:56:
I bought a lot here in Michigan, near a lake, for storage of my boats. There was a 1955 ABC Coach on it, it needs a lot of work; but it is sooo kewl!!!
All birch wood inside, 2 bedrooms, full bath, and 50’s metal kitchen cabinets!
I wish you were closer, I want another old trailer!!!
Re: 1958 Detroiter mobile home - Posted by katydaly
Posted by katydaly on April 02, 2005 at 10:01:13:
If I thought it would move easily, I would find a way to get it to you!
Actually, it is very cool, also with great built-in cabinets in both
bedrooms (drawers, shelves, sliding wood doors over large closet
areas). Real wood, but don’t know what kind. And a full bath. But the
kitchen was cleared out at some point, and redone pretty poorly with
not enough cheesy wood and formica cabinets.
Personally I am in love with the turqouise and cream and black siding,
on the outside, but I think there is far too much work to be done
overall, and we probably won’t be sinking any money into it if we are
just going to build new someday.
But I really hate to haul it off to the dump…
Re: 1958 Detroiter mobile home - Posted by I.R.
Posted by I.R. on April 02, 2005 at 10:24:32:
I can just see the ad I’d run now:
“Old Classic.'58 Mobile, turquise, cream and black, real wood, needs work but restorable. $2500 and buyer can take it with $500 and note for balance. (222)333-4444”