Darrel Smith. I have had a Hunter II since 1975. I purchased it new in Reno, Nevada for the lofty price of $1,625.00. I bought it because I wanted a
light trailer in which to take my two children to ski races all over the West. It was beautifully designed. I installed a good
furnace which has worked perfectly ever since. I've had it burried in 5 feet of snow and needed someone to dig me out at Mammoth Mt., Calif. The lowest temperature that I can remember was -30 degrees F at Big Sky, Montana and I could actually have made it uncomfortably warm by turning the
furnace higher. When my boys left for college, I took up Masters ski racing and used it for many years chasing my own races. In the summer, I windsurf and use it to travel to great windsurfing spots from the tip of Baja to the Columbia River Gorge. Two summers ago I even wet to Brownsville, Texas to windsurf. On my way there, in southern Texas, I saw a Hunter II in similar shape as you found yours, barely visible from the highway, sitting in an old barn. I turned around to go in and look at it and a lady hanging clothes to dry said her husband dragged it home a few years ago to fix up. (Yea sure!). It was a mess, but the basics were there. The only other one I've ever seen in all these years, was one waiting on a detour in an arroya about 100 miles North of the tip of Baja, Mexico. (Another windsurfing trip.) This was about 13 years ago. My Hunter II has had the frame strengthened and the insides have been completely redone in a
light white, pickeled paneling. Inside the only thing that is original is the stove and the
furnace. The material around the pop-up top has been replaced by an auto upholsterer with a very tough and heavy, white material. My Hunter II did not come with the
electrical refridgerator or the bathroom. I still find a built-in ice box adequate.The
fiberglass exterior is the original gel coat off white, and is in like new condition. To prevent rocks from chiping the front, I originally coated the lower front with a spray-on rubbery layer that rocks bounce off of before they get a chance to do damage. I re-apply this when needed. The door has been replaced with one that opens and closes like a vault. A little expensive, but it has been well worth it. A sloppy door drives me nuts! The quilted,
light yellow, wall naugahide has stood the test of time. Its like new, and has provided just enough insulation in the heat and cold. The
windows have light yellow, metal venetion blinds and the formica counters are white. The pickeled white paneling is offset by dark blue fabric cushions. (very nautical) The serged carpet is light tan. The interrior is very plush with a totally different floor pattern than the one with which it came. The interior is a joy to come home to after a hard day skiing, windsurfing or mt. biking. A stereo and tv has been permanetly installed. The
electrical has all been replaced with sturdy wiring, securily afixed. Insulation was installed in all the storage areas not covered with the naugahide. As I sit here and look at it, ready to go for the summer, I have to say I'm emotionally attached to it.(Oh man, did I really say that?) I can say truthfully that I've camped in it for more than a year of my life, and it has given me the freedom to move around with a minimal amount of stress with all my sporting gear.The main reason it is still with me in the condition it is, is because I spared no expense in maintaining it, and I took it to the best, not the cheapest, people to do the work on it. You just can't spend too much money on something this small! The people who made the Hunter II (Calif.) only made them for a couple of years. I think they were just too expensive to build for what people would pay for them. My camper was nicknamed "The Port-a-pottie". Everyone who knows me refers to it by that name. Twenty-five years ago a girl in a ski shop ask me where I was going in the port-a-pottie? The name just stuck. Anyway, thats my story; I hope I didn't bore you. Lynn Johnson