Vintage Caravan Magazine Issue 34 | Page 30

With three teenage daughters and a busy auction business, time to spare on a restoration was limited; so Amy and Brian decided to call in the experts to tackle what was to be a complete ground up rebuild on the Scotsman. “I was very fortunate to stumble across David Northcraft of Northcraft Restorations in Boring, Oregon”, says Amy “He is a true craftsman and rebuilt just about every inch of her from the frame up. After decades in the wet Pacific North West, her wooden interior had seen better days. David consulted with me every step of the way and gave me the opportunity to make decisions during every step of the restoration. I chose to stick to a fairly traditional rebuild – with the idea that she would look very similar to how she would have looked when she rolled off the production line in 1957 but with some modern touches added to increase safety factors”. Amy also chose to keep the trailer in its original yellow color scheme and was lucky that the original yellow Princess stove was still in excellent working 28 | vintagetrailermagazine