Post by haze5736 on Aug 2, 2017 1:41:39 GMT -8
My wife and I just bought a 14' 1970 Fan Lee Liner. It needs a ton of work but we're really excited about it. It is mostly complete with original cushions in decent shape. All appliances and lighting are there too.
There are two items that we need to figure out how to rebuild. One is a window where the glass was taken out to put in an air conditioner. Most of the parts are still there except the crank and frames around the glass. I saw a website that looked like they have all the parts to make it functional again.
The other item is the folding front upper bunk. There should be two pieces of plywood connected by a piano hinge. The outer piece of plywood is missing along with whatever hardware holds the bunk in the up position. We have not been able to find a good picture of a complete bed. If anyone has some good, close up photos of the parts that would be wonderful.
The only somewhat major modification we plan to make is to take the toilet out. We never camp anywhere that doesn't have bathrooms. And since there is no sink or shower in the bathroom to make it more useful we decided to let it go and not deal with dumping stations and maintaining that system. The plan is to just take out the toilet and cover the hole, leaving the tank and other plumbing as is in case a future owners wants it.
We will have to open up all the walls as there are visible signs of rot in three of the four corners as well as the edges of the ceiling. This seems to be pretty typical of most experiences I've seen on this forum. Luckily we did start this endeavour knowing it will be a lot worse than we thought. We've done so many projects over the years and they always end up, in worse shape, taking longer and being waaaay more expensive than anticipated. We are not doing a frame-off restoration as we don't have a dry place to work. We will piece meal it. We're are currently watching mobiltec's videos to help us plan how to tackle this project.
This site has an incredible amount of information and the people seem to be extremely patient and knowledgeable. I've never been in a forum before where you don't get blasted for asking a question that has been asked before. Sometimes it is hard to find a previous post that answers the question in such a way that it puts my mind at ease.
I am thankful for this forum and look forward to getting started on my project. I hope to be camping by the beginning of next summer.
Thanks, Bill
There are two items that we need to figure out how to rebuild. One is a window where the glass was taken out to put in an air conditioner. Most of the parts are still there except the crank and frames around the glass. I saw a website that looked like they have all the parts to make it functional again.
The other item is the folding front upper bunk. There should be two pieces of plywood connected by a piano hinge. The outer piece of plywood is missing along with whatever hardware holds the bunk in the up position. We have not been able to find a good picture of a complete bed. If anyone has some good, close up photos of the parts that would be wonderful.
The only somewhat major modification we plan to make is to take the toilet out. We never camp anywhere that doesn't have bathrooms. And since there is no sink or shower in the bathroom to make it more useful we decided to let it go and not deal with dumping stations and maintaining that system. The plan is to just take out the toilet and cover the hole, leaving the tank and other plumbing as is in case a future owners wants it.
We will have to open up all the walls as there are visible signs of rot in three of the four corners as well as the edges of the ceiling. This seems to be pretty typical of most experiences I've seen on this forum. Luckily we did start this endeavour knowing it will be a lot worse than we thought. We've done so many projects over the years and they always end up, in worse shape, taking longer and being waaaay more expensive than anticipated. We are not doing a frame-off restoration as we don't have a dry place to work. We will piece meal it. We're are currently watching mobiltec's videos to help us plan how to tackle this project.
This site has an incredible amount of information and the people seem to be extremely patient and knowledgeable. I've never been in a forum before where you don't get blasted for asking a question that has been asked before. Sometimes it is hard to find a previous post that answers the question in such a way that it puts my mind at ease.
I am thankful for this forum and look forward to getting started on my project. I hope to be camping by the beginning of next summer.
Thanks, Bill