1971 Shasta Motorhome

Hi All!

I introduced this little beat-up ole gal in the 'Talk about Your Trailer' - she's a 1971 Shasta Motorhome.  What Shorty found out was that apparently Shasta partnered up with Ford back in the day, and people were able to custom order a Shasta camper on an Econoline chassis - judging from the VIN tag, ours was the 59th sent to the body company for build and was painted "M" - Wimbledon White

Anywho, we drove her back from Albany, NY to Maine and after digging in, found that the PO had basically covered all of the water damage with thick wainscoting (we are new to campers, so we thought it was original when we looked at it) and completely hacked the camper portion to near-death.  Bare wires hidden under the ceiling panels, holes in the copper piping between the wall panels, a mouse Donner party's remnants throughout, a destroyed refrigerator cabinet, and water damage and rot throughout.  We've nicknamed her Dreamcrusher, because well, she crushed our dreams of folly and fun with little elbow grease.

The specifics:
- electric hot water heater (under the kitchen sink - after-market installation - cut out exterior siding and covered area with diamond plate; original was Bowen gas hot water heater)
- Duo-Therm propane furnace
- Mini Monomatic Sanitation System with Mono Pump macerater (electric flush toilet in wet bath)
- Coleman propane stove with Robert Shaw Flame Master Oven Control

What we've done:
Against the awesome advice of soup (we didn't see your msg until after it was too late!), we tore out most of the interior from the inside last weekend (still have some to go) and decided yesterday (against Shorty's original wishes) that we need a new roof.  There's silver goop, black goop, and cracked seams.  We've been watching mobiletec's super helpful vids/posts and are getting ready to order the aluminum sheeting hopefully today.  Most of the cabinets were broken or had rot/water damage, so we are going to rebuild them (we kept the hardware and outer panels).  We also tore out the entire fridge housing/closet since it was horrifically mauled and rotted.  There is a wet bath with rot in the ceiling and wall paneling, so we are going to keep the basin and the toilet and replace the walls with fiberglass.  The sink/stove area actually looks pretty good.

What we have left to do:
- remove 2 of the wall panels in wet bath
- remove ceiling panels/insulation in 3 sections (mother's attic ceiling panel is actually okay!)
- remove wall paneling/bed base board in mother's attic (rot)
- remove roof
- rebuild rotted framing
- replace copper piping, fix wiring issues, test appliances
- install new insulation throughout
- put on new roof/vents (taking old propane fridge vent off; figure out the toilet vent system)
- new exterior trim (maybe?  Shorty's going to see if he can straighten it)
- repanel inside, rebuild cabinets/closets/fridge housing/bar?
- and then all of the cosmetic stuff (paint, flooring, cushions, curtains, etc)

So, I look forward to your all of knowledge and experience when I pester you with questions about all of the above!

Here's some pics of our progress:


Snowed-in in Coxsackie, NY


First day home (before we did anything)


First day home (before we did anything)


Roof


Horrible, terrible roof



Shasta label


Shasta label


RV certification label


Shasta serial number


Shasta Motorhome!


Wimbledon White and original striping probably burgundy?


Bench/closet area (before)


Kitchen/dinette (before)


Bench/closet/wet bath (before)


Cab/mother's attic (before)


Wet bath (before)


Tint scraped off windows, carpet pulled out, cushions dumpstered


Refrigerator housing/closet hack job

Now for the rot!


Wainscoting hiding the rot


Camper


Cabinet


Bench side


Dinette side


Mother's attic


Wet bath

And after digging in:


Dinette seating (removed after pic)


Camper

Now hopefully it will get above 25 degrees here in Maine so we can keep working