NYboy, looking for another truck?

[thistlebloom]

I mentioned you today to my neighbor @NwMtGardener .
She just bought a 1959 camp trailer that she wants to fix up. She isn't going to restore it, it's been modified already quite a bit over the years. She just wants to turn it into a family sleeper with some rustic flair. She's so excited! I told her how you were restoring your trailer and all the work you had completed.
I meant it as encouragement but I think it was starting to dawn on her how much work she's in for.

 

[seedcorn]

I have begun to think the same of our 1955 Aljoa travel trailer restoration. And there is a particular part that I need that I CANNOT find, I have also begun to think I need a "parts trailer." I mean, we already have 2, what's one more? (I'm pretty sure that's how I ended up with 4 dogs at one point...)

& yet, no pix?

 

[NwMtGardener]

Well, okaaaaaaay, but its seedcorns fault I'm hijacking the truck thread...

Exterior, 21' double doors

This is the state its in now - aluminum skin off, all rotten wood framing removed and replaced, all old electrical removed (it had previously caught the trailer on FIRE eek) and mostly rewired. We're almost ready for a REAL electrician to come and check what we did, run 30 amp from our house to pole barn, and finish wiring all the 110 & 12 volt into the power center, and install the battery & 30 amp receptacle on the skin. Plumbing 90% redone (except that gaping hole where the shower drains out under the trailer agh!). I coated all the wood framing with marine oil to help prevent wood rot if it leaks again. All windows (9) are polished, screens fixed and re-sealed so they can be reinstalled once skins are back on. Still to do: 1 new propane line for a light and rehook fridge and Dixie stove to propane. Wire brush all the frame to remove rust and paint (MAJOR UGH), replace damaged aluminum panel on the front with diamond plate, refinish all the interior birch woodwork with shellac, refinish and reinstall ever cupboard door plus build a new one to replace the one that got damaged beyond repair, resew to 1950s curtains i bought so they fit on these windows (i don't know how to sew!), make and cover foam cushions for front dinette, build a Queen bed frame in the cool curved birch style of the front dinette and put awesome cork flooring down at the very end. I think that's all (!) besides minor bits and pieces

 

[Carol Dee]

WOW @NwMtGardener that is a BIG job. It is going to look great. After all the electrical, plumbing and wood work the curtains will be a breeze. (Even if you do not know how to sew! ) I can't wait to see the finished results.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i can now see NYboy trying to find an Airstream travel trailer for towing behind his truck.

 

[Smart Red]

He is bidding on three of them.

 

[Nyboy]

LOL no I do hotels I have a thing for room and maid service. Red I would have taken the truck a part. Parts for old trucks are in high demand. Some one has been looking for years for a part, is going to pay anythng when they find it.