Streamalina's shell off Start to Finish!

[Streamalina]

Lets see if I can post pix ... I have about 2 weeks into the strip down.

[Splitrock]

Just red X

Why not just attach em to the post? There's a "how to" somewhere.

[CanoeStream]

Oh yeah... the helpful link about attaching photos: http://www.airforums.com/forums/f138...tml#post612569

Mind if I merge this to your 'Here I go!' thread -- kinda the same theme.

[Streamalina]

This is how I found her:

[Streamalina]

Peeling away the layers

[funkill]

Holey Moley! What a mess - your surprise further convinces me not to pull up my flooring. I think I'd have a heart attack right there on the spot if I found such a mess.....

Wishing you lots of luck and hope there aren't any more surprises - though it looks like most everything else that might cause you problems is already GONE! Cheers.

Laura

[Wabbiteer]

Very nice. There is more satisfaction in covering it back up when its been improved than what you felt tearing that nasty stuff out - keep focused!

A project timeline with a weekly dry erase board for notes and things to flag comes in handy!

[Splitrock]

Originally Posted by Wabbiteer

A project timeline with a weekly dry erase board for notes and things to flag comes in handy!

Ya'd hafta get Bubba with a whip to keep me going.

Gary


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[Streamalina]

Covering it back up is definitely my objective. IDK about a timeline cause I am budgeting my way thru the project ... lets take the floor for example.

replacement steel: (WHEW)

My Original price for the steel was $1154 (thats not delivered, they wont deliver to a residence.) So I went to work on a cheaper solution.

heres what I ended up with:

5x2 11ga rectangle tube main beams $300
5x2 16ga C channel cross members and outriggers $280

thank goodness I weld...

more pix: The front after i started to drop the belly wow that steel was rotten


Yesterday I got out 2 of the 3 tanks and they look ok .... I will get out the other this weekend and water test.

[Streamalina]

Laura, I look at the pix of the redone AS's on here and have airstream dreams of excellence, I have a wonderful skill set at the mechanical level but we will see about my skill set as a decorator ....