johnnygrace
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Post by johnnygrace on Oct 13, 2018 20:12:16 GMT -8
Hi Guys, I'm just starting to pull all the skins. To my surprise it looks pretty good underneath. All the inside ceiling panels are damage free except one spot roughy above the stove. It has pretty standard corner water damage and the previous owner used some horribly inferior products to try and refurbish the trailer. I'm looking forward to replacing the little bit of rotten wood and getting the skins back on. Still doing a lot of research via this site to determine the proper products to use during the restoration. Trying to figure out if there is something I can put under the skins where the j-rail will be, like a wide waterproof tape, to shore up all the little holes, dings, and tears over the years. I'm on the fence about just replacing the ceiling panels all together but with the bent edges already fitting so well I'm hoping I can find a solution to the large tear that has caused the small water intrusion. It smelled awful inside so there is a source of mildew/rot somewhere I believe under the gaucho bed that needs to be completely cut out and replaced. You can see the Lowes $10 luan repair in the bottom right of the photo.  |
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Post by vikx on Oct 14, 2018 18:43:11 GMT -8
Welcome Johnnygrace,
We are here to help, so feel free to ask questions.
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Post by aslmx on Oct 16, 2018 17:32:02 GMT -8
Forklift wheels to make it low enough to fit under the cover! That’s a very good idea.
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Post by debranch on Mar 10, 2019 15:29:52 GMT -8
Does your 1500 have a external compartment door over the bumper. I also have what I believe to be a 1500. Where was yours built. Mine was built in Leola, Pa. I'm trying to figure out what year mine was built. my street side has the same window layout as yours. Can you post some pictures of yours. Thanks Debra
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Post by aslmx on Mar 13, 2019 18:12:08 GMT -8
Does your 1500 have a external compartment door over the bumper. I also have what I believe to be a 1500. Where was yours built. Mine was built in Leola, Pa. I'm trying to figure out what year mine was built. my street side has the same window layout as yours. Can you post some pictures of yours. Thanks Debra If it has the original sink there’s a date painted on the bottom of it. If not post the serial number off the trailer tongue in the Shasta forum and someone can tell you the year. Mine was under the sink. I didn’t have a title and the guy told me it was a 67 but he was wrong. It’s a 65. |
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Post by johnnygrace on Mar 13, 2019 20:53:24 GMT -8
Does your 1500 have a external compartment door over the bumper. I also have what I believe to be a 1500. Where was yours built. Mine was built in Leola, Pa. I'm trying to figure out what year mine was built. my street side has the same window layout as yours. Can you post some pictures of yours. Thanks Debra If it has the original sink there’s a date painted on the bottom of it. If not post the serial number off the trailer tongue in the Shasta forum and someone can tell you the year. Mine was under the sink. I didn’t have a title and the guy told me it was a 67 but he was wrong. It’s a 65. I think mine was built in Grapevine, Texas. That's what the placard says by the door. I can check the serial number later and let you know. The PO said it was a "compact" but it's obviously not. From looking around online I think it's a 1500. I finished tearing off the back-end and replacing the critical framing. It had to have a dado for the interior panels to set into. I took some photos of the interior ceiling panels and talked with a guy at crosscut hardwoods in Seattle. He had an idea of what the type of wood used around that time period was, I can't remember what he said, but it's not birch. It's likely some cheap species of mahogany. I purchased a couple pieces of 1/4" Meranti which is basically a luan. It was pretty cheap, $18-$20 a sheet. The PO painted the inside and since all the paneling was faux wood except the ceiling I'm going to replace some of the painted faux wood paneling with the Meranti luan and likely repaint some of the faux stuff in order to avoid removing all the interior cabinets and so forth. I've put one coat of amber shellac on a piece of the Meranti already and I think I will get a decent match. |
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Post by debranch on Mar 14, 2019 3:46:19 GMT -8
Aslmx thanks I will look under the sink this weekend and see if I can find a date.
Johnnygrace,
If the plate by the door has Tx on it I would say that’s correct for where it was built.
if yours has the same panels as mine you can still find them at some builder supply stores if you want to keep the late 60s look.
I’m using Luan in my 71 Compact rebuild and am liking the results I am getting with it. I’m not sure what I’m going to use in the my 1500 yet a lot will depend on the look that my daughter wants because we are going to be redoing it for her. The panels are prefinished, that would make it faster but what you see is what you get.
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