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Post by CorvettCrzy on Apr 14, 2014 19:26:23 GMT -8
Petals, the Corvette, originally had regular plywood walls, footballs and all. If I'm going to try to get birch for the front to back, wouldn't it be better to use birch plywood? Or is it more important to stay true to the original? Personal preference aside, if someone is looking for a restoration would it matter to them? |
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Post by pirateslife on Apr 14, 2014 20:01:42 GMT -8
My theory is, if you are going to use it a few years, make it what you want. If you are flipping it, then mostly original. As long as it looks nice, you can always find a buyer that doesn't mind as long as it looks vintage outside. It's like my house, it's 1910s but I have to live in it and it gets the modern inside. I know my opinion isn't much but just my thoughts
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Post by CorvettCrzy on Apr 14, 2014 20:10:28 GMT -8
My theory is, if you are going to use it a few years, make it what you want. If you are flipping it, then mostly original. As long as it looks nice, you can always find a buyer that doesn't mind as long as it looks vintage outside. It's like my house, it's 1910s but I have to live in it and it gets the modern inside. I know my opinion isn't much but just my thoughts We're definitely going to have it a while, seems to me matching birch walls would look better. |
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Post by vikx on Apr 14, 2014 20:22:31 GMT -8
I say go with the better quality. Not a ton of it shows, anyway, but nice birch will look great.
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Post by CorvettCrzy on Apr 14, 2014 20:27:28 GMT -8
I say go with the better quality. Not a ton of it shows, anyway, but nice birch will look great. That's a good point, hadn't thought of that! I'm going to do a quality comparison tomorrow, find out. |
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Post by bigbill on Apr 15, 2014 5:11:48 GMT -8
The average buyer has no idea what it looked like when new so the better it looks now the easier it will be to sell. Very few trailers are restored to 100% original most are update somewhere and some are updated a lot. So I say make it what you want, use it, enjoy it, and hopefully if you decide to sell it you will find the person that loves it as much as you did. The important thing is to upgrade the structure so that it is safe and strong also take pictures as you go along to prove the condition inside the walls. This will help people feel more confident in what they are spending their money on.
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Post by ladywendolyn on Apr 15, 2014 6:29:52 GMT -8
As I have been poking around my camper I am starting to think that the original was some sort of hideous panelling with the black grooves and all.... Wether that was original or not.. I will not be having it on my walls...I am going to make it as beautiful as possible. One of the guys at our specialty lumber store even recommended maple to me as some sizes of birch are special order..
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Post by 59shastadeluxe on Apr 18, 2014 16:13:14 GMT -8
Above all, make sure you're happy.
I'm going to replace with birch considering a future owner wishing for wood but I'll be slapping paint on there to suit me.
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Post by CorvettCrzy on Apr 20, 2014 19:53:54 GMT -8
It's looking like the 3/4 birch ply is a little out of our price range, seeing we'll need at least 6 sheets to do both walls. Since it had reg. ply originally I'll probably go with that, but I'll stain and shellac it to match the birch, as it was. Then believe it or not, I'm thinking of covering all that up with paintable wallpaper, going light on the glue. The Man, thinks all birch will be way too dark. This way we can paint it the way we want now and tear off the wallpaper for the next owner. I like to have my cake and eat it too!
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Post by John Palmer on Apr 20, 2014 20:58:46 GMT -8
It's looking like the 3/4 birch ply is a little out of our price range, seeing we'll need at least 6 sheets to do both walls. Since it had reg. ply originally I'll probably go with that, but I'll stain and shellac it to match the birch, as it was. Then believe it or not, I'm thinking of covering all that up with paintable wallpaper, going light on the glue. The Man, thinks all birch will be way too dark. This way we can paint it the way we want now and tear off the wallpaper for the next owner. I like to have my cake and eat it too! You have already done all of the hard work, so why stop now? When I see a trailer with painted walls, "it says to me", it was the quick and easy way to cover up water damaged paneling, and wood rot. This is not the case on your trailer. The inside of these little trailers get wet from condensation, which the wall paper glue is not going to like very much. Your finished trailer will be much more valuable if it has a "wood finished" interior.
Seems like you could just glue some $18 a sheet birch, to some regular 5/8" plywood for your walls.
I have an early Corvette awaiting a frame up rebuild and will be doing a common "stick and tin" birch panel wall to replace the original single thickness plywood walls.
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Post by CorvettCrzy on Apr 20, 2014 21:23:54 GMT -8
It's looking like the 3/4 birch ply is a little out of our price range, seeing we'll need at least 6 sheets to do both walls. Since it had reg. ply originally I'll probably go with that, but I'll stain and shellac it to match the birch, as it was. Then believe it or not, I'm thinking of covering all that up with paintable wallpaper, going light on the glue. The Man, thinks all birch will be way too dark. This way we can paint it the way we want now and tear off the wallpaper for the next owner. I like to have my cake and eat it too! You have already done all of the hard work, so why stop now? When I see a trailer with painted walls, "it says to me", it was the quick and easy way to cover up water damaged paneling, and wood rot. This is not the case on your trailer. The inside of these little trailers get wet from condensation, which the wall paper glue is not going to like very much. Your finished trailer will be much more valuable if it has a "wood finished" interior.
Seems like you could just glue some $18 a sheet birch, to some regular 5/8" plywood for your walls.
I have an early Corvette awaiting a frame up rebuild and will be doing a common "stick and tin" birch panel wall to replace the original single thickness plywood walls.
I've looked into that as a possible alternative and at our prices it's still coming out over $60 dollars a sheet. I'm planning on finishing it as it was originally, but putting wallpaper over it so as not to actually put paint on the wood. |
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Post by ladywendolyn on Apr 21, 2014 19:48:33 GMT -8
I have decided on a compromise between all birch and painted. I am doing my ceiling in a cream colour, to lighten the interior a bit. It won't matter to me about resale value.. I am going to put it into my will that it has to stay in the family and be continually passed down and restored..lol.. I figure it's a fun way to keep my grand kids hopping from beyond the grave.. lol  |
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