They only went camping with the Argosy
once during the next year before taking
it in to a body shop to have the tornado
dents repaired and a brand new red paint
job in April 2015; a process that the
Spains say took about four months.
Whilst that was going on, Lorenda had
all of the cushions recovered in red, even
though they were still in great condition
for their age. She also pulled up the old
carpet, pleased to find that the original
floor was also still in good shape, before
installing new green carpet squares
over the top in keeping with the trailer’s
1970s origins.
“After enjoying her for a while, we
decided it would work better for us if we
took out the front gaucho and build in a
dinette. So that’s what we did and we like
it so much better!” Lorenda tells me.
“We just love our ‘Jelly Bean’ and enjoy
the nice comments she receives”.
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