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 Oct 29, 2020 16:11:45 GMT -8
I have a '60 Shasta Airflyte. It has a section of trim that covers the wheel well cut-out. When I took mine off it was ROUGH... oxidized, screw holes torn through, bent and twisted in every which way, multiple layers of paint, etc. Has anyone reproduced these or know of a place to source them?
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John Palmer
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Hi, From a vintage trailer guy located in Santa Ana, CA. It's good to see lots of activity here.
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Post by John Palmer on Oct 29, 2020 16:44:07 GMT -8
You use 1/16" thick extruded angle aluminum available at any local metal supply store for about a buck per foot. They sell it in both 8' and 16' sticks. They also sell "offset angle" which has a longer leg on one side, which prefer. The one inch leg is the largest reach that the shrinker/stretcher tool will accept. You actually need both a shrinker, and a stretcher tool to use during the shaping.
Lancaster made the original shrinker tool, and still does in Lancaster, PA. U.S.A.
Harbor Freight "as you would expect" has a cheap copy of the Lancaster tools. They work, but offer "no parts available".
After your done shaping the aluminum trim to your liking, you take a DA (dual action) sander and sand out all of the small marks, then you hand sand the sanding marks to 320 grit, then polish to a chrome like finish.
If you take your time, they turn out really "top notch" professional.
This is one of the metal shaping topics I teach in my class each March.
If you want quick and dirty, just use some rain rail turned with the lip out.
John
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Post by theresa on Oct 29, 2020 17:48:52 GMT -8
I do want quick and dirty. What mine has (had) is very similar to the chrome-look table trim, just obviously thicker and with longer "legs" on both the underside that would go along the wheel well base, and the side that would show on the side of the cab. I hadn't even thought about my wheel well trim all along -- it just fell off my radar. For many many reasons, time is of the essence right now. So I was definitely looking at an off-the-shelf product.
But I'm very intrigued by your time in figuring this all out John. I did TONNNSSSS of research both in preparation of this now 6-year project, and all along the process. And never have let time and rarely money be my deciding factors. Unfortunately, both have had to come into play this late in the game.
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