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Rebuilding a 1983 starcraft	nivek	9-1-09
Thinking about completely rebuilding a 1983 starcraft 19' starflyer. Would anyone like to talk me out of this project? Any comments or opinions? I was hopeing to pull the entire camper off of the trailer, refinish the trailer and then use the old shell as a model...completely rebuild it! Anyone out there ever done this?
Re: rebuilding a 1983 starcraft	Phil Feinstein	9-2-09
I've never done it, but I've seen it done many times with varying degrees of success. Sounds like an awe-inspiring project! The thing I'd be concerned with would be overloading the trailer with the new camper body. Scales would help to get a rough idea of how much the whole thing weighs and then how much just the trailer weighs. It's a great chance to use non-traditional appliances as well (wood stoves come to mind as well as composting commodes). Take a look at www.mrsharkey.com for some examples. The forum is also a good source for the "Home built" crowd. Best of luck!

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