After calling around to the State of Iowa and finally getting a complete fax of the privacy act paperwork, we submitted the forms and a letter along with a $6 check to the Department of Transportation to see if we can locate a title for the Shasta Compact. The guy we bought it from had no clue how long it had been since it was titled and it had been sitting on his property for years. No one seems to know if it was even titled in Iowa or not. So I guess we have to wait for Iowa to get back to use to see if they can locate a title. If not, then we have to check Missouri and Nebraska and beyond. Hopefully this won't be a decades long process. At least we do have a VIN # that I was able to locate on the tongue so that's a start.
First step in the renovation is to flip the axle back to a normal state. I'm not a huge fan of jacked up cars and this camper looks crazy being up so high, not to mention at 5 feet tall I have to basically throw myself into the thing.
Hubby went over and looked at a friend's camper to see how the axle is supposed to look and then came back and with a lot of straining and some Liquid Wrench, he was able to get the axle removed and the U-bolts flipped over to where they were supposed to be. Tonight we're going to hopefully put the axle back on and tow it around the block to make sure he did it right. Then we can proceed to the more fun and entertaining stage ... ripping out the interior! Yay!
Edit: Axle is flipped and camper is sitting at a normal level now. Let the deconstruction begin!
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