theresa
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from Northern Maine ~ Proud new owner of Lola, a 1960 Shasta Airflyte and Pearl, a 1962 Mobile Scout
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Post by theresa on Feb 7, 2017 12:21:56 GMT -8
Theresa… thanks for sharing. I think this is reenforcement that "lipstick" on a deteriorated trailer is a heck of a lot better than the uninformed "gutting" we're seeing in your posts. My '60 Mobile Scout had just gotten one of those clever cosmetic makeovers when I purchased it, so when I decided to rebuild it I had an intact original specimen with A LOT of old material, appliances, and cabinetry available to make the restoration a satisfying experience. In my travels (I live in the southwest) I'm still seeing lots of those deteriorated, but intact specimens that have not been gutted or tampered with too much and are great candidates for proper restoration or rebuild. I'm seeing more of the "greedy, uninformed gutters" all the time. Sad. Very sad. I'd much rather have a deteriorated but intact specimen any day.
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mobiltec
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I make mistakes so you don't have to...
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Post by mobiltec on Feb 7, 2017 13:30:31 GMT -8
Theresa… thanks for sharing. I think this is reenforcement that "lipstick" on a deteriorated trailer is a heck of a lot better than the uninformed "gutting" we're seeing in your posts. My '60 Mobile Scout had just gotten one of those clever cosmetic makeovers when I purchased it, so when I decided to rebuild it I had an intact original specimen with A LOT of old material, appliances, and cabinetry available to make the restoration a satisfying experience. In my travels (I live in the southwest) I'm still seeing lots of those deteriorated, but intact specimens that have not been gutted or tampered with too much and are great candidates for proper restoration or rebuild. I'm seeing more of the "greedy, uninformed gutters" all the time. Sad. Very sad. I'd much rather have a deteriorated but intact specimen any day. I have been doing all I can to educate people about the practice of gutting trailers and lip sticking them. But when people have dollar signs in their eyes, their ears and brains go out the window.
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barefootonthefarm
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Post by barefootonthefarm on Feb 7, 2017 17:34:43 GMT -8
I get tagged in all those Facebook posts too. I'm guilty too of jumping into a wreck of a trailer, actually one and now another not knowing what I was doing. Google is my friend though, and I quickly found mobiltec and this forum. Thank you for that!! Reading posts quickly showed me that outside in was the only way to go and that's how I restored the first one and how we are doing the Shasta now. Not to say we haven't patched an interior piece here and there to eliminate replacing the entire wall. But every single piece of lumber that looked like rot has or will be replaced. I'd never pull a camper very far after seeing what ours looked like between the metal and the interior birch. I'm in a local "glamper" group and I can't believe how many posts during the summer of people trying to get rid of ants and spiders in their camper. Lol. they are living in the rotted walls. Ew.
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