It's funny that everything takes at least twice as long to accomplish as we think that it will....progress seems slow although we have not been working on her for very long nor everyday for that matter.
Lori worked her lil' butt off with sanding the interior and helping me to figure out how to frame the front ceiling area with the bend in the Birch Paneling. She is such a great wife and helper; I couldn't have done what we did together this past weekend alone that is for certain! (but it is her trailer after all!)
Here are some photos of what we did and some "before" pics as illustration of how far shes come to date .....
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| Always wanting to help; she is awesome! |
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| Sanding the interior doors and drawers for refinishing |
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| Before.... |
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| Before....wow looks bad! |
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| TA-DA! Yes we are excited to see it coming together nicely! |
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| Hard to believe it's the same trailer |
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| The street side repairs |
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| We scratched our heads a lot trying to figure out what went where but pulled it together |
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| We impressed ourselves...too early to celebrate for long though |
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| The old Birch inside the front upper storage bin |
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| New framing.... |
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| Notched the side framing to attach the roof frame |
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| The Birch took some muscling to get to bend - we had fun with that.... |
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| A little better view...next will be the Storage Bin rebuilding |
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| The old front Birch panel |
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| Oh boy we get to use cutting tools! |
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| PRESTO! The new panel....well not really that easy...not bad for a rookie though |
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| Installed and looks great - this really re-energized us |
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| My home made jig setup....sweet huh? |
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| The floor at the entry door - |
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| A bit better view... |
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| Abra Cadabra! Yah I wish I had a magic wand... |
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| Repair made the floor in front solid |
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| The floor on the street side repair.... |
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| This is the wall next to the entry door... |
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| Reframed and ready for Birch paneling |
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| Last look....for now! |
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| HEY LOOK MA......NO FINGERS!!!! |
This is so cool! Can't wait to see it finished! :)
ReplyDeleteNice job, are you gonna sell it when your done?
ReplyDeleteNo plans to sell it when finished...may do another though as it is much simpler then automotive restorations...stay tuned for the Blog on our 57 Chevy restore.
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