Well, didjya ever notice how time keeps passing even when you have other plans? It's not like I haven't been busy, but meanwhile the trailer projects have been slowly maturing.
So, to start with the Tradewind. The only recent activity was using it for a temporary home for a rescue cat. I often like to let some time pass in my projects before committing to anything big, and in this case I'm glad to have done that. After getting the big Spartan, my outlook on the future of the AS changed a bit. Like everyone else with an old AS, I have looked at innumerable websites, threads, build diaries, beautiful photos, and so on, as well as getting the recent David Winick book on custom interiors. Just hoping that something would start resonating with me. To start with, choosing between keeping it mostly original vs. restomod vs. really custom. What has finally come to me;
1. I'm going to commit to a full interior remove, to allow plumbing and electric updates.
2. In which case, I'm very tempted to change to a rear bedroom configuration. The front kitchen and dining area might stay basically in the same format.
3. If the floorplan is changing, then the sky's the limit for interior design.
4. This is not going to be a quick process.
5. I need to pour a concrete driveway near the garage to make working on this a lot easier. Etc...
The Spartan is pretty nice, and will hopefully become a semi- permanent guest space.
Meanwhile, I built this in the spring:
The purpose is to house a mobile battery powered movie theater projection system. Here was the world premier (a rainy night in June):
More recently, this showed up:
And I did a temporary art installation. It's raised off the ground a bit and a pulsing LED light source is inside. The current plan is to make some metal arch legs and make it into a patio shade cover outside the Spartan entry.
Silver aluminum and rivets!!