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Post by PT on Jul 2, 2021 11:05:45 GMT -8
Awesome - I lived in OC for 40+ years... Irvine, Costs Mesa, Lake Forest, Silverado Canyon and just moved full time to Oregon a few years ago. PM me with any specific questions and maybe I can help you avoid some of the mistakes I made and a rally meet up down the road would be cool.
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Post by vikx on Jul 2, 2021 11:42:37 GMT -8
Often the mistakes teach us more than the things that go right...
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Post by PT on Jul 12, 2021 10:31:12 GMT -8
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Post by PT on Jul 14, 2021 17:25:58 GMT -8
Our recent guests and I had a coloring contest to help figure out the paint job that will eventually end up on the HH. I'm staying with a traditional approach that's mainly bare aluminum so the psychedelic options are off the table. The one in the center seems to be winning so far...
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Post by PT on Jul 27, 2021 18:19:51 GMT -8
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Post by mobiltec on Jul 27, 2021 21:19:34 GMT -8
You are going to need to strap that roof down with four straps. All the way from the tongue to the bumper and if it has no bumper you need to make a temp out of a 2x4. The edges need to be down tight before you begin or you will have buckling.
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Post by PT on Jul 28, 2021 7:30:31 GMT -8
Thanks for the reminder - I have the straps and will get it done!
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Post by PT on Jul 30, 2021 16:49:05 GMT -8
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Post by mobiltec on Jul 30, 2021 18:41:27 GMT -8
I put two by sixes under the straps on a flat trailer. Did that with the 66 Super Shasta and it worked well.
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Post by PT on Aug 1, 2021 15:42:44 GMT -8
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Post by mobiltec on Aug 1, 2021 20:14:45 GMT -8
Never set deadlines for a trailer restore. It's finished when it's finished.
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Post by Teachndad on Aug 2, 2021 5:48:43 GMT -8
Hi Friends, As I was reading this page in the saga, I found myself on the edge of my seat. I can't have been the only one. Geeeeeeeze. Talk about having the Right Stuff. You got this PT. Cheers, Rod
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Post by aslmx on Aug 2, 2021 12:55:01 GMT -8
Never set deadlines for a trailer restore. It's finished when it's finished. Then he’ll be like me and it will be 2 1/2 years. It is better at the end to make a list to keep marking off. It’s nice to put a line through something that’s finished.
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Post by PT on Aug 2, 2021 17:10:22 GMT -8
Ha - it's going to be three years in October . Between exterior paint and a half dozen other things I still have a few more months of work and I guarantee I'll keep tinkering on it as long as it's mine... I'm just hoping to have it mobile and presentable by early September for the rally up in WA state.
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Post by aslmx on Aug 2, 2021 19:13:58 GMT -8
Ha - it's going to be three years in October . Between exterior paint and a half dozen other things I still have a few more months of work and I guarantee I'll keep tinkering on it as long as it's mine... I'm just hoping to have it mobile and presentable by early September for the rally up in WA state. I’d love to have my deluxe done in a year. We’ll see.
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