New Metal Skin vs Old

Mobiltec I like the wrinkles and dents better The new skin really looks nice Hemet Valley did a good job of reproducing the pattern

The use of a block of wood to hold down the metal while banging and stapling the fold-over in is what does it. 

If you email Steve Loomis, owner of Hemet Valley RV and Siding, he can give you an exact quote for your roof. The roof is all done to stay together. The seams have to be put together at the factory and they are locked permanently. So the cost will depend on the length of your trailer. The roof will span from the top of the front window to the top (or bottom) of the rear window. It's not as expensive as one might think but the shipping runs the cost up a bit. But think about it. It's a 50 year investment.

I have links on my website along with videos of the metal being made at Steve's shop. You can contact Steve at, steveloomis@verizon.net. His website is www.hemetvalleyrv.net

I have videos on my website showing you how to install this stuff. It's actually pretty easy. We hired one of Steve's employees to put a new roof on an Airflyte and it was only $800 including materials. So drop Steve an email or if you want you can go to his website and call him on the phone. I like a company owner who talks to the customers.

Just ordered a roof skin for our 66 compact from Steve.
Reception dept. there, scores about a 4 or 5 out of ten, but Steve is a 9 on a ten scale! (I never give perfect score before seeing product)
Anyway, was just a little under $600 with shipping from west coast to Cin. OH area included.
Steve knows his stuff and you can tell that on the phone.
Ordered on Mon 7/29 and should be here by around 8/8 or 8/9 I hope.
Roof being put on will be posted here;
vintagetrailertalk.freeforums.net/thread/479/compact-bring-boil-reduce-simmer?page=2

Hey Eliz, let me just chime in with another recommendation for Steve at Hemet. He did my new skin in 4" run, and that "one piece" roof panel is great. Mine is kind of a pebble emboss, and it does have seams, but they're double-crimped and the won't leak, so should never need any of that goop folks love to smear on.

My roof panel actually ends just short of the turn of the roof on both ends, but I don't have a canned ham - my Aristocrat is a bit boxier. So my front panel overlaps the roof by several inches, with double putty tape and a screwed-down molding, and the rear skin comes up over the turn and tucks several inches under the roof, with the same molding/putty arrangement.

Not sure why I didn't get it long enough to come all the way down to the windows. Maybe he couldn't order it in the 4" run pattern. He puts the pattern in the side metal at his own shop in Hemet, but he orders the roof panels, so maybe they couldn't match the pattern. You'll have to ask Steve.

Anyway, good luck,
Gary

I have to replace the roof on the 59 Shasta I just picked up and it will be the first part of the project. That will also be the first series of videos that I do on that trailer so stay tuned for it. A brand new roof on a 50s canned ham is something I haven't put on video yet.

I just replaced the roof on our canned ham. There was a trucking supply dealer nearby who sold 40 ga. aluminum by the foot. A piece 108" (standard width) x 11' cost me $116 and then another $25 to have a local sheet metal shop cut to size, square it up, bend hem edges for front and back, and put some line breaks in. Simple to attach with stainless steel staples ($20) and NEW J-rail ($90) from a local camper store who provided 14' lengths. We pre sanded the aluminum on the floor prior to attachment using a random orbital sander because we wanted to paint it. The aluminum was mill finish, but they also sell it with white anodized paint.