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Post by nccamper on Jan 10, 2016 11:42:05 GMT -8
I mentioned this in another thread but now I'm sure. The paint for this camper was one color with a double stripe like the later toasters. According to Ross, this camper was the very end of this style 1500. As far as I can see online, they usually had the Z paint job with (as Ten mentioned) a solid or two tone paint job. Now, having stripped both sides, I see it was an off white with the double stripe only at the rear. I thought this camper was strange because the framing meticulous for a Shasta and a lot of the skin was painted on the back as if it was left over. I think it was the end of the run. Has anybody else seen this paint scheme on a 1500?   My wife wants a Z paint job but the vent is right where the Z lands. |
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Post by vikx on Jan 11, 2016 23:33:52 GMT -8
To be honest, I like the idea of the Z stripe. The trailer has the shape and it will enhance the "look". You can always extend the Z thru the vent.
Interested in what others have to say...
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Post by Ten on Jan 12, 2016 4:58:36 GMT -8
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Post by nccamper on Jan 12, 2016 6:26:46 GMT -8
I like the Z better too. It allows me to do a two tone paint job. I'm apprehensive about painting a Z through a louvered vent. The darn vent on the driver's side is right over the wheel. Another oddity about this camper is this vent...a vent to nothing but solid wall.
Has anyone tried painting through that kind of vent?
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Post by kirkadie on Jan 12, 2016 6:59:05 GMT -8
Open the vent and tape paper or cardboard on the inside, so no overspray gets in there, then close it and mask off the Z, including on the vent. Don't see any reason it shouldn't match up just fine.
You using a gun or a rattle can?
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Post by nccamper on Jan 12, 2016 8:56:56 GMT -8
Tricky. I hadn't thought of that. So after painting the top one color and bottom another I need to remove the vent without messing up the paint job to get the cardboard out? I guess nobody will see the overspray unless they are eye level. Not ideal.  Ten, is that a polished stripe on your example? It must be painted. |
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Post by Ten on Jan 12, 2016 10:42:41 GMT -8
It is a "paintless" stripe, I'd hardly call it polished yet.It was originally bare aluminum, and what you see is 40+ years of patina following a simple soap-and-water bath.
Was there any clue in the interior as to the reason yours has this mystery vent? Perhaps a removed appliance, or maybe a ding in the siding that is easier to cover than replace?
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Post by nccamper on Jan 12, 2016 10:54:21 GMT -8
No clue at all. It has a birch panel behind it. It appears to be factory original. My guess is this camper got whatever skin, vent or not, was still on hand as this model came to a close.
I wonder how they did a buffed Z through a vent. Started buffed and taped it off, I guess. Tricky.
do you have a close up photo of the vent Z? Are the lines through the fins fine and straights?
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Post by Ten on Jan 12, 2016 11:57:57 GMT -8
I didn't have, but I do now!    I'm no painter, but it looks to me like it was taped off and hit and peeled the tape. Notice the inside of the bend in the Z, upper portion of the first photo on the right. It looks like some spray made it under the straight edge of the tape at the louver. It does not show from a distance, but it shows right up in a real careful look. There doesn't appear like there is any spray in the inside edges of the louvers. So far as protecting the siding under the vent, I am not sure the best suggestion. You will be creating the stripe, so nothing to line up with, it will be much easier to create it with the vent cover in place. I cannot imagine what the vent could have been in place for, unless it was done on a Monday morning just before lunch. Since it was done over new aluminum siding, I am not sure how much polishing was done ahead of the paint process, perhaps none until after the paint set. I don't know if it will work for you, but clicking on the photo takes me to the album in photobucket. I put a couple other photos up together with these. I do hope that they help. |
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Post by nccamper on Jan 12, 2016 16:21:45 GMT -8
TEN, Thanks for posting these. They are a big help. I'm amazed they could make it appear straight. I polished my last strip, taped it off and painted upper the lower.  But this is easy on a smooth surface. Your louvres look a lot more difficult. My vent will have to be in place never to be touched again. I won't be painting until spring so I have time to formulate a plan. Maybe there is something on YouTube about painting over a vent. |
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Post by vikx on Jan 12, 2016 22:22:11 GMT -8
Good job, guys.
The vent is for a refrigerator option. It allows air into the lower fridge section and would exit thru the top vent or chimney, depends on the year/model.
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Post by SusieQ on Jan 14, 2016 10:16:08 GMT -8
Hmm. Look what I found in the photo group that Bruces "Breathless" thread was linked to:  159 by bolerific, on Flickr  158 by bolerific, on Flickr |
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Post by nccamper on Jan 14, 2016 10:22:24 GMT -8
The paint without a Z and it looks original. It looks like a Shasta, but not exactly. Do you think it is an early 1500?
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Post by Ten on Jan 14, 2016 10:33:43 GMT -8
Wheel well cutout is wrong, rear window wrong, missing hatch on streetside, not a Shasta. May be a Nomad.
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Post by SusieQ on Jan 14, 2016 10:57:56 GMT -8
Nomad would make sense given the tow vehicle it is paired with.
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