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
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