Greetings from beautiful Foresthill, Ca. My wife Angela, our two boys (ages 6 & 3) are the proud new owners of the most beautiful piece of junk, a 25' 1952 Caravan "Cruiser". She was in a Misourri field for the last 18 years used as a storage shed. She's pretty rough, but our family & friends have rallied to invest the time, sweat and $ it will take to get her back in working order. Our plan is to do a frame off refurbishment. With respect to the original look and feel, we will incorporate some modern features. Our theme is 1952 Ansel Adams - Yosemite. 
Building Our New Frame
Posted 12-29-2009 at 10:31 AM by PRATTMAN
Well the holidays have delayed our progress, but we really got after her again this past weekend.
After we inspected the old frame it became apparent it would take hours to sand blast all the corners and angles and it would cost more than to purchase new steel. So $350 later we had new stronger steel stock to begin a new frame construction.
Using the old frame as our template we rather quickly teamed out the cuts and welds to build the new frame.
We added a few extras, like an extra cross member in the rear that will support a rear hitch mount for a bike rack.
Really happy with the new frame, it was simple to build and gives me great peace of mind for a solid foundation to build apon.
Axel & springs will be next................
After we inspected the old frame it became apparent it would take hours to sand blast all the corners and angles and it would cost more than to purchase new steel. So $350 later we had new stronger steel stock to begin a new frame construction.
Using the old frame as our template we rather quickly teamed out the cuts and welds to build the new frame.
We added a few extras, like an extra cross member in the rear that will support a rear hitch mount for a bike rack.
Really happy with the new frame, it was simple to build and gives me great peace of mind for a solid foundation to build apon.
Axel & springs will be next................
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