April Update

Although I've not posted for awhile I have been busy and have made good progress.  The weather is still pretty grim, wet and cold so I have not been spending as much time oh her as I would like.

Here are photos of the things I've been doing....

Here's a shot of the brackets I fabricated for the gray water tank, made of 11 gauge 2 1/2" flat stock. 

I opted to mount the tank further inboard on the street side of the trailer; neither dirty water  tanks can be seen  now. The frame rail has surface rust so I'll be using a converter product and sealing with a rust inhibiting paint.

A view from the rear as I test fit the brackets.

From the curb side 

Here's how it looks from the street side if you crawl under the trailer. The bracket on the ground I remade a bit wider  and will secure the tank from the end.

The brackets after I completed the test fitting, I brought them home and ground the rough edges, prepped and painted them chassis black. 

Another view, to make the corners I bevel notched the flat stock and then bent it  by hand.

One of the corners on the outside...

I used my mig welder to weld all the corners on the inside; the whole bracket system weighs about 10 lbs and is quite strong.

Here is the Bathroom floor the white insulation is lying on the shop floor

Looking toward the rear....

I've cut out the floor filler and access for the black tank drain...

I fabbed a new raised floor for the potty to sit on

Another view from the bottom

The raised floor sitting in it's place with the black tank fitted

Here is the raised floor with the tank removed...

And finally with the tank installed and floor put in place

I'll be cutting the plywood floor in half to allow access underneath...I may use a piano hinge  and latch for any maintenance of systems under it.

Here are the new wheels and tires... I bought the rims off Craigslist for 15 bucks, the tires are used and got mounted and balanced for 40. I painted the whitewalls on and added the caps to get the "retro" look I'm after.... the Bahama blue is one of the colors I'll be using on the outside of the trailer as well, a two tone with ivory being the other color.

I have completed the narrowing of the lower bunk to accommodate a jack knife sofa which is now mounted in place...pictures soon! 

I've also started polishing the window frames which are pretty rough as shown here....

....and here... Corrosion is from screws which were the common hardware store type rather then  stainless steel

Here is the result of the first pass after sanding and course grit polish; I'm using Nuvite from PerfectPolish - the same polish as used for Airplane and Airstream polishing.

Again the first blush but you get the idea.  As I go to finer grit polish the luster will improve.