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Post by archer1961 on May 9, 2022 11:51:01 GMT -8
New to the site and also owning one of these campers as my daughter and daughter in law bought one for business plan. Of course dad will have his hands full at some point, but got for a good price and unit is in really good shape, already gutted, and some framing redone so this is where we will start. Need info on where to get parts or start looking. Any and all help is greatly appreciated and hopefully we can learn and maybe even pass on some knowledge as well. I am an electrician so that's where I will come in, but can do most anything. Looking forward to sharing our journey and successes and fails
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Post by Hamlet on May 9, 2022 12:35:30 GMT -8
First, welcome! If you are looking for excellent help and moral support, you’ve found the right place. You mentioned that the trailer is “gutted” and that there’s some new lumber. Almost all trailers of that vintage were constructed opposite of what one would expect. Gutting ruins the strength of the entire unit. In order to maintain the integrity of the box, the skins must be either lifted or removed in order to repair the framing safely. The inside walls continue down past the flooring rather than sitting on top of it.
I’m not good at explaining this. The first thing you need to do is NOTHING ELSE until you’ve looked at Mobiltec’s videos. It will save you time and money in the long run. Again, welcome. And please post pictures. We love pictures here!
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Post by mobiltec on May 9, 2022 12:52:30 GMT -8
I'm Mobiltec. Larry... Welcome to the board.
Unfortunately too many people buy gutted trailers from someone who realized that he had made a huge mistake by gutting his trailer. Then they try to recoop their loss by selling it to someone else and telling them all the hard work is done as it has been gutted and now you can make it yours. Well you can't These trailers are engineered to be held together by the cabinets. So if you don't have the original cabinets still in place you have no idea how to make this trailer safe again. And if you've never properly restored a "vintage" trailer, or any other trailer for that matter you are basically sunk. You can't just gut these things and expect them to hold together on the road. They won't. And I don't teach people how to build a trailer from scratch. Especially kiosk trailers. I teach people how to properly "restore" a trailer back to it's natural beauty. So there is nothing I can do for you other than warn you not to waste your time or money on a gutted trailer. It's junk now. Sorry for the bad news. Just being honest.
Here's the only video you really need from me.
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Post by kirkadie on May 9, 2022 14:47:05 GMT -8
Since you already own the Glendale you might try stabilizing the walls from the inside so you can safely pull the skins and rebuild it the way it was originally constructed. I'd buy a half sheet of 3/4" plywood, rip it lengthwise into 3" strips and with a framing square and some 2X blocks, attach a strip to the curb side wall where it meets the roof and attach the other end to the street side floor. Move the 2x back and forth until the wall is square. Do that a couple more times: middle, back and up front. Once the curb side wall is square to the floor do the same on the street side; upper wall to curbside floor in a way so you have 3 X braces holding both as square as you can. Now it's safe to pull the skins, J rails, roof, windows etc. Watch Larry's vids or Vikx' E-manual on pulling skins. You'll be able to see how everything went together originally and how cabinets etc. will keep repaired wall framing square.
I'm probably getting some stink-eye from others but in my opinion there are so few early Hams still out there that it's worth going outside the box to correct the "Gutters" that spend too much time on fakebook doing things wrong. I wish you luck.
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Post by nccamper on May 15, 2022 15:32:21 GMT -8
Welcome!
I think the comments above pretty much cover Our feeling about gutting a vintage camper. But anything that’s been done can be undone. It just makes more work when the camper is gutted and the template is lost. But we’re here to help.
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