1957 Shasta 1500 Project for the year 2020

Today I got the following done.

I cut the angle iron of the frame and had it welded back on
I had to touch up the paint
Bought the stain and flooring
Ripped the 2x4 so we could start building the floor back up
Cut the fiber board and fitted it
Cut the floor plywood - made a mistake so had to buy 1 new board

My son came out and helped with all of this. It was great working together on this.

20200523_163504 by Tom Ress, on Flickr

Tomorrow I will have to put in more floor supports and paint the plywood. I think by Monday night if I keep at it I will be ready to put the flooring down.

I was going to use an oil based rustoleum. I used that for the outside coat on the frame as well. I have found that if I use that I can match it when I add parts or bang stuff up. A good car paint may be better but in the long run you can't easily patch or match. Also a friend of mine who knows more about this type of stuff told me to use it on the floor when I built the 54 and when it came to flooring he has lots of knowledge.

Like I did in the 54 I plan to put the fiber board down, then a layer of tyvek, and then the plywood. My hope is that any water that gets through the fiber board will hit the tyvek and stop and if for some reason water gets under the plywood, the tyvek will allow it to escape since it is meant to breath. The other thing I do with the fiber board is offset it to the seams of the plywood. I made sure I didn't get a seam to seam lap, I also made sure on the plywood I didn't put the seam in the door entry area being that gets so much use.

I am trying something new this time, the kids wanted vinyl plank flooring and that should add some additional strength to the floor and hopefully get rid of some of the flex, but it is thicker so I will have to account for that in everything I do.

Something I think will be useful since everything is in fractions, MM or inches is a chart that shows this. I found a good chart at this website and I put it into a spreadsheet so I can print it and reference it when needed.

www.reade.com/reade-resources/reference-educational/reade-reference-chart-chemical-conversion/40-fractions-to-decimals-to-inches-to-mm-millimeters-conversion-chart

Here is a link to the spreadsheet if you want it. 

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i9GATYHvdf3or8lKxcwnLy5BFX-wzkjxw50xMWgjLb0/edit?usp=sharing

looking good. We don’t camp on Memorial Day either but I did luck up and get a spot for next weekend.

I was kind of slacking today. I only got the floor down.

20200526_190949 by Tom Ress, on Flickr

If you notice the board between the wheel wells was cut to short. I read the wrong side number on my square. But the next board had some cupping but being it is only 3/8 inch thick the nailing took care of wave in the board.

What I did for the door area, drilled some holes through the C channel and also trimmed the board to fit inside the curve of the inside of the C.

I got some work done tonight. I finish the street side frame. A picture says it all.

Will do one more test fit to the tin tomorrow and then move on to the curb side. 
20200529_192023 by Tom Ress, on Flickr