Does our perfect trailer exist?

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The trip home.

[Jon in AZ]

Looks very clean. I'm surprised to see 4-lug wheels and round taillights on a 1997, though. Is that right? Could it be a 1987? Is the back window solid plexiglass or a slider? Is the inside of the shell lined with vinyl covered foam or fuzzy headliner (looks like foam I'm your pictures, but hard to tell for sure)?

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Originally Posted by Jon in AZ

Looks very clean. I'm surprised to see 4-lug wheels and round taillights on a 1997, though. Is that right? Could it be a 1987? Is the back window solid plexiglass or a slider? Is the inside of the shell lined with vinyl covered foam or fuzzy headliner?

The title says 1997, but I believe it is earlier. The walls are elephant hide, round taillights, 4-bolt wheels, brown and beige plaid tweed upholstery under the slipcovers, an older looking stove and heater... and it has a non-17 digit VIN. I looked on the tongue near the receiver, but could not find the serial number without scrubbing the paint. It has to be somewhere between 1978 (intro of the 16') and 1987 (end of elephant hide). The back window is solid (though both front and rear were just replaced). The VIN on the title ends in '2118'. Maybe it was a partial VIN? By chance is 2118 the production sequence number?

[Jon in AZ]

I believe they used jalousie windows through 1984, so that narrows it down to 85-86, perhaps even early 1987. Seems a more plausible misread/typo on a title, though anything is possible and we've seen stranger. Scamp's changes do not always coincide with model or calendar years either, so it can be hard to pin down.

As you've clearly done some research, I'd be curious to know if you found out exactly when they made the switch to rat fur.

[madjack]

...absolute CONGRATULATIONS ...I was conceived on a camping trip, have camped regularly ever since and 63yrs later it is still my favorite thing to do..you and the family will be making memories for a lifetime and you won't be starting out with tarps and tents, like I did so long ago......
madjack

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Originally Posted by Jon in AZ

I believe they used jalousie windows through 1984, so that narrows it down to 85-86, perhaps even early 1987. Seems a more plausible misread/typo on a title, though anything is possible and we've seen stranger. Scamp's changes do not always coincide with model or calendar years either, so it can be hard to pin down.

As you've clearly done some research, I'd be curious to know if you found out exactly when they made the switch to rat fur.

I found this link here that points to 1987 as the switchover:

So that puts it between 84ish to 87ish.

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Just for historical purposes, I thought I'd note I was able to find the VIN under several layers of paint. 11th digit was a [G], which put it as an '86. There was also an [11-86] stamped above the VIN, which helps confirm it as an '86 as well.

There's more info, here: https://www.scampowners.com/scamp-trailer-vin-decoder