Tag: disassembly
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Disassembly & Discovery Pt. 5 – There’s nothing left
My objective is to get down to the frame. Everything must go. Kelly came back for a second day of dissection and we got the roof off and the walls down. The “fix-it” job on the roof is truly atrocious. There was a piece of angle iron sistered in to support the sagging roof…
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Disassembly & Discovery Pt. 4 – Too late to turn back now
It’s been quite a week as far as trailer-centric things go. I watched mobiltec videos every day for hours and made notes. I scoured the Internet for a source for the missing window regulators and cranks. I ordered window seals from vintagetrailergaskets.com and a huge tarp from Tarps Direct. I got my girlfriend to agree…
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Design & Build Pt. 0 – I’ve been doing it all wrong
Wait… WHAT??!! I had been watching YouTube videos for a while to see what other people had done to fix up their trailers. I myself have rehabbed houses and customized cars. I was confident that I could do this. But as it turns out, trailers – for all of their similarities to cars and houses…
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Disassembly and Discovery Pt. 3 – Tore up from the floor up
Here We Go The more crap I removed, the more rotten wood I found. From the years of the roof leaking, the whole rear end had been reduced to pulp. At some point, someone had cut out the roof and replaced it with galvanized steel and frosted it like a birthday cake with some sort…
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Windows Pt. 1 – Removal and Cleaning
Restoring the Windows I haven’t been able to find much on the Internet in the way of information on Comanche trailers. I’ve found a few Pinterest photos but not much else. They were Made in Elkhart, Indiana and I have the original title that identified this trailer as a ’65. That’s about all I know.…
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Disassembly & Discovery Pt. 2 – Taking Pictures
I wanted to salvage as much as I could (which was not much) so I thought I’d at least be able to re-use the floor-to-ceiling cabinet and the kitchen cabinet and may be the kitchen base cabinet. However, (and I learned why later) I was not able to remove them intact for two reasons: One,…
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Disassembly & Discovery Pt. 1 – The Cleanout
Wise Men Say Only Fools Rush In I got the Comanche home and I couldn’t wait to start pulling out all of the nasty, moldy carpet and paneling. The cushions were moldy, the ceiling was falling in, the windows were boarded over, there were mirrors everywhere to reflect the meager lighting, and everything smelled like…