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Post by coldham on Jan 12, 2015 14:06:42 GMT -8
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Post by wisconsinjoe on Jan 18, 2015 20:35:36 GMT -8
This is a great project. Waiting for more. Good luck.
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Post by coldham on Jan 19, 2015 16:24:47 GMT -8
Thanks Joe!
Made little more progress today. I installed the threshold, new lights, stove and the ice box. The new lights were from lowes and are pretty similar to the originals. They are aren't that great but for $7 I couldn't pass them up. The stove and refrigerator were given a makeover with rustoleum appliance paint and look great compared to old primer and stickers from the PO.
I brought the door home to rebuild it hopefully I'll get it done next week.
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Post by coldham on Jan 19, 2015 16:25:51 GMT -8
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Post by coldham on Jan 19, 2015 16:26:55 GMT -8
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Post by coldham on Jan 19, 2015 16:28:22 GMT -8
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Post by coldham on Jan 19, 2015 16:29:23 GMT -8
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Post by coldham on Jan 19, 2015 16:31:05 GMT -8
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Post by coldham on Jan 19, 2015 16:41:34 GMT -8
Still left to do...
Measure and order new roof Make new front sheet out of old roof Rebuild door Reframe door Install door Attach bed slats Trim interior seams, ice box and door Buy new tires Inspect bearings Buy hub caps Buy new window glass Aluminium trim around baggage door and man door Attach roof Attach vent Straighten J rail or replace Reattach J rail Towing lights Upgrade 110 paint or polish
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Post by vikx on Jan 19, 2015 22:18:13 GMT -8
It's a 54 all right...that stove screams 1954. Great build photos! Really enjoying this.
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Post by coldham on Feb 2, 2015 19:54:10 GMT -8
Thanks vikx. The stove turned out pretty good considering my impatience for prep work. Has anyone actually used the stove after a rustoleum appliance paint rebuild? I left the inside of the stove alone and only painted the outside. The knobs all cleaned up with simple green. Here's a portion of the old roof which I put some lines into according to the old pattern on the front of the skin. It's really nice and rigid now. I was able to get most of the dings out but added a few more in the process. The brake made lots of scratches. I am leaning toward a light polish on the top of the skin with paint on the lower...the original pattern..
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Post by vikx on Feb 2, 2015 23:17:22 GMT -8
I think cooking on the stove top the paint will be fine. Depends on insulation if the oven will get hot enough to mess the paint up. Some of these old stoves had none...
Skin looks good. I would think a mild steel wool and maybe some wheel cleaner would even out the look.
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Post by SusieQ on Feb 4, 2015 7:46:08 GMT -8
You are absolutely glowing! I love that stove and fridge. Absolutely beautiful work! I put a coat of the high heat paint on the back of my stove where it had a few specs of rust. I think it will do well. We used it on our cast iron chiminea on our deck and it has held up well and the chiminea gets really, really hot!
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Post by Ken on Feb 4, 2015 8:53:27 GMT -8
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Post by coldham on Apr 12, 2015 20:45:15 GMT -8
Thanks SusieQ Vikx and Kenstoy!
I tried to install the front and rear skins and it was a total disaster. I ended up with buckles wrinkles tares tears and broken dreams. It had been a while since I watched Mobiltecs videos on the subject. I came home and watched a few. He made it look easy and I clearly did it wrong... but I'm a little worried about ordering replacement panels and trying this again. My main problem was I didn't get these pulled tight enough to the curbing and when I did start to buckle I tried to power through instead of splitting the difference in buckle and working my way back. I also didn't cut relief cuts on the tight bends. I did try pretty hard to pull it tight and I thought it would work itself out. Now I realize it only gets worse and you go. My dilemma is that I'm really happy with the results from most of the work I've done so far and I'm afraid the roof and front rear panels might look bad if I do it myself. I'm considering driving the naked camper 3 hours and having a pro install the rest of the skin... Then the other hand where I'm kinda cheap.
What are your opinions? Is it pretty easy to skin the roof and get it wrinkle and buckle free (armed with fresh you tube knowledge) or should I leave to someone with some experience?
The good news is that the panels I ruined really needed to be replaced anyway and it was probably good practice for learning what not to do.
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