SusieQ
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Post by SusieQ on Dec 30, 2013 6:54:38 GMT -8
Wings did seem to appear on 59 models, possibly some 58s. Pre-60 wings were said to be wooden on the inside rather than hollow. But I have seen pics here of pre-60 barn stored, original condition, titled with all metal wings. The info out there is basically all speculation as there is nothing that specifically documents with certainty when the wings appeared. Some people removed them or possibly ordered them without them and others added them. It was obviously a marketing ploy that worked! May be a discussion for the wings area, but they do seem to be quirky when it comes to their composition and the way they were attached. Mine is def. a 62 and has no cut out in the J-rails, and is attached with spacers away from the body. There's also a lot of erroneous info out there that comes from people not knowing for sure what they have and just calling it something. Because, everything on the internet is true;) Big error here, this is called a 58 Compact and it is not a Compact, didn't exist then, and whatever year, it has no wings. vintagetrailerfan.smugmug.com/CustomVintageTravelTrailer/SLC-Vintage-Trailer-Gallery/21501480_83Dd7q#!i=1718629851&k=2tNFGtj |
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Post by bigbill on Dec 30, 2013 8:02:19 GMT -8
I remember when a lot of people thought the wings were ugly and stupid so they took them off. Now they have a nostalgia/classic effect so everybody wants a set, myself included. Many things that are now popular on classic cars and rods were in movies but in real life not cool at all, times change as we all try to relive our younger years.
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Post by mobiltec on Dec 30, 2013 8:25:03 GMT -8
I thought that the wings started with '58 models?? They did. But they were still an option at that point. |
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Post by cowcharge on Jan 1, 2014 15:05:09 GMT -8
My '76's belly pan says "2050 bad back" on it, lol.
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Post by pirateslife on Jan 13, 2014 19:04:06 GMT -8
Found a weird "quirk" on mine already.....on the rear side of the next to last cross member is a drop down steel bar that appears that it was used for leveling? Anyone else ran into it?
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Post by SusieQ on Jan 13, 2014 19:42:19 GMT -8
Yes, Pirate. The early models have one, too but they are wooden. It's just a little leg to support the back. I also found leveling blocks in my baggage compartment. They look just like the wood used for the cross members, so i think they must have come with it!
What are the cross members treated with? Mine are black. I thought it was creosote but it doesn't really look or smell like creosote.
And I have a new one to post from today, too when I get a chance.
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Post by Nomad95336 on Jan 14, 2014 1:07:56 GMT -8
Maybe not the right subject heading to field this in, but when I pulled some of my aluminum skin off a couple months ago, I was a bit surprised to find the wood framing didn't quite meet the adjoining piece of wood, or else they were nailed such that they didn't seem too secure to one another.
Was that so the trailer "shell" could flex while traveling down the road or is this shoddy design/quality control issue?
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Post by Nomad95336 on Jan 14, 2014 1:11:15 GMT -8
Found a weird "quirk" on mine already.....on the rear side of the next to last cross member is a drop down steel bar that appears that it was used for leveling? Anyone else ran into it? Ay, Pirate; She be the Rudder, mate!!! Welcome to the Board |
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Post by pirateslife on Jan 14, 2014 5:14:32 GMT -8
I was hoping I found the holy grail lol. Thanks nomad, I hope it's not for the shell flex, lol. Mine had 2 where the staple wouldn't even reach. It's amazing how much mor solid they feel after just a little work
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Post by mobiltec on Jan 14, 2014 9:23:10 GMT -8
Here is a problem I have run across with Shastas but also the 57 Westerner Im working on now has the same problem. The street side wall is one inch lower than the curb side wall... Go figure that one out...
It's not that the wall was built one inch too short on the street side. It's that the entire wall was mounted one inch lower on the frame than the curb side wall. |
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Post by bigbill on Jan 14, 2014 15:04:14 GMT -8
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Post by mobiltec on Jan 14, 2014 17:07:56 GMT -8
Larry this is very simple: The right side didn't know what the left side was doing.  Larry this is very simple: The street side didn't know what the curb side was doing.
There fixed it for ya Bill. LOL
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Post by bigbill on Jan 14, 2014 18:24:26 GMT -8
Larry this is very simple: The street side didn't know what the curb side was doing. There fixed it for ya Bill. LOL _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Larry I used left and right because I wasn't sure which side was doing it wrong and that way I had to be right if you was standing at the proper end of the trailer.  Of course if you were standing at the wrong end then it would be your fault it was wrong. This just proves if nothing else just baffle them with anything you got. |
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Post by mobiltec on Jan 14, 2014 18:52:38 GMT -8
For a long time when I got out of the service, even though I was in the Air Force, I used port and starboard for the sides of a trailer. That's when I got my first Shasta Compact. I sailed with my dad on his racing yawl when I was a kid before I went into the service. I still think it's a better way of globalizing the sides. No matter which side we drive on.
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Post by txoil on Jan 15, 2014 12:44:41 GMT -8
Aye, Mobiltec! Port and Starboard, Fore and Aft, overhead and deck, and let's not forget those birch bulkheads we love so much! We already call the food prep area the galley, and the place where the Porta Potti lives is the head. Nautical nomenclature seems appropros in this setting, does it not?
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