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 I don't have a computer so everything comes to me through my daughter and granddaughter.
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+Hello!!
+I am writing as my parents years ago had a family travel trailer being a 1954(?) Sportcraft.  They are both gone now but the memories live on.  I have only 2 old photos of it and am making a miniature one from memories from my brother and sister and myself have got together.  We are all 60 years old plus and this project has brought back a lot of good memories.  In looking at your website Tin Can Tourists for reference on things there is a picture there of a Sportcraft owned by Jon Hockersmith.
+The outside looks just like the one my family owned many years ago.  With the green stripes on the side.  Was that standard?  It too also had a gas light inside that my Dad installed as we (a family of 5) were going on a vacation to Mexico City back in 1959 and knew we would not have electric to plug in anywhere down there.  Can you contact Jon Hockersmith for me and ask him if he knew the exact year of his trailer?  Also, was that gas light factory installed?  It would really be something if it happens to be THE trailer we had years ago.  (Mom and Dad sold the Sportcraft several years later for a larger trailer.  Us kids were growing and needed more room.)  It's a long shot that's for sure.  We used to live in Bedford Ohio back in 1959.  I now live in Alabama having moved here with my husband 15 years ago.
+I am sending you a photo of the miniature Sportcraft travel trailer in 1:12 scale I am working on.  I can send more as I finish it.    I am sure your membership would be as delighted with seeing them as I am making the model that brought me so many happy memories when I was younger.
+{{:sportcraft:dscf2041.jpg?200|}}
+Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
+Sincerely,
+Sandra Stillman - stillman211@peoplepc.com
+Robertsdale, Alabama
+p.s.  The painting of the mule deer on the side was done by my Dad from a magazine he got before the Mexico City vacation to make us appear  friendly to the people at that time.  It sure brought a lot of smiles!!!
+UPDATE:
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+Just wanted to send these photos along to show you the  scale model of the 1955 Sportcraft family travel I completed and entered in the Baldwin County Fair just last week.  I came as close as I could in details based on family memories and some reference to your web page.  I will always remember the great family vacations we had in the real Sportcraft so many years ago.  It has been a labor of love for me to create this model.  And 3rd. place is fine with me!!!
+Happy camping!
+Sandra Stillman
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