'71 Globetrotter Full Monte

[perryg114]

Well the plans sound impressive. I am sure it will turn out well. I am debating what sort of interior mods I am going to make to mine. I am not nuts about the whole coucho thing. I will probably put it back in there when I get through with the front end R&R. We used a futon last fall but it was not good for sitting at the table. Last fall I barely got the rear floor back in before going to FL twice. I have not had time to R&R the coucho and put it back in. I figure we need to live with it for a while to give me some inspiraton on what would be better. I am thinking a large dinet arrangment for the front. I will make a scale drawing and maybe a 3D model of the trailer so I can play with different layouts. We have a rear bedroom twin now and I like that arrangement with the bath in the center. Like you say, you can divide the living space from the bedroom area. Once the front living area is squared away, I want to either replace the existing plastic coated laun or at least put some cherry or oak vinear over it. The interior is not in bad shape right now so I am in no hurry.

Perry

[Steve Bryant]

Kip,
This whole thread is an inspiration and a great source of reference material to anyone who wants to learn more about sheet metal work and vintage trailer restoration. I've gone through and copied many of the pictures into a folder on my hard drive and I've created a Microsoft Word document of selected posts and pictures that is currently twelve pages long.

I also want to thank you for reviewing the thread on my floor restoration and leaks. I'm documenting our discussion on the approach to my own repairs.

I am truly in your debt sir!

Steve

[mpovah]

Just wanted to jump in at the end of this threadnaught and just say, wow amazing work. Always great to see a skilled and experienced person having fun and building something better than it was designed in the first place. Wish there was a way to save your skills and knowledge on a disk and somehow upload it to my brain! Until then I'll keep plugging away doing the best I can with my 68 Tradewind. Very keen to see your finished interior pics!

[Aerowood]

Thanks for the kind words. I too would like to see the interior finished. Its going to be awhile yet as I getting ready to go off to far off lands again this summer.

[SilverPal]

Kip...hope to see you at the Vintage Restoration Rally this year!?

- Lynda & Jim

[Aerowood]

I'll be there, just barely, I get back from a mission on the 6th of June

[Aerowood]

Well believe it or not I have been working on the GT again. Sorry no pictures this time but you can just reference the pic's on post's 399,413,427,and 429 for details. Since Monday I have opened up the street side upper lap seam and resealed it, I also installed stringers on the same seam as it had none previously.

I also removed the two street side vista view windows, both street side windows, and the rear window. I removed the "lets create a leak" foam gaskets, sealed and re-shot the rivets.

Today I am going to install the street side grey tank/kitchen sink vent.

Next week I plan on installing two Fantastic Fans in a way that has never been seen on the forums before. It will be a little overkill but the fans will sit flat on the roof without the edges bent down to conform to the hulls curvature.

[goransons]

Awesome, can't wait to see!

[Steve Bryant]

Kip,
It's good that you're back home for a while after globe trotting yourself! And it's good and therapeutic that you're getting to work on your trailer. I'm interested to see what you're going to do on the fans. I installed one on the rear of my trailer and used two gasket thicknesses on the outboard edges and then I transitioned/tapered the thickness for the front and rear gaskets to conform to the contour of the radius of the roof (full second thickness outboard to zero thickness toward the centerline).

[Zeppelinium]

Originally Posted by Aerowood

Well believe it or not I have been working on the GT again. Sorry no pictures this time ...

au contrair!

[SilverPal2]

Steve
what type of gaskets did you use on the fans?

[Steve Bryant]

Jim,
I used the extra gasket material that came with the Fantastic Vent Fan. When you get the fan kit, the square gasket comes with a good bit of extra gasket material. The actual gasket is a perforated perimeter around a square central field of the same gasket material. I cut this extra material into four corner pieces and some extra lineal strips using the actual gasket that had been removed as a template. I used double thickness on the left and right sides, all four corners and sculpted the thickness of the center sections (around the radius of the roof) using a packaging cutter blade.

[Aerowood]

I picked up this brake last spring and I finally got it refurbished and in my shop. It's a Dries & Krump 5ft X 12Ga. I still have to sand blast the fingers and repaint them

[desertair27]

Now that's a nice piece of equipment!

[HiHoAgRV]

That ought-a bend a piece of .032!

[reinergirl]

You have the best "toys"! I wish you were my neighbor .

[Zeppelinium]

It is good to live near Kip...

[IndyAnne]

Originally Posted by Aerowood

I picked up this brake last spring and I finally got it refurbished and in my shop. It's a Dries & Krump 5ft X 12Ga. I still have to sand blast the fingers and repaint them

Very very nice acquisition.

[Aerowood]

I'll be looking for a shear now

[Royce]

Originally Posted by Aerowood

I picked up this brake last spring and I finally got it refurbished and in my shop. It's a Dries & Krump 5ft X 12Ga. I still have to sand blast the fingers and repaint them

Wow! that looks much more useful than the 1936 9" South Bend Lathe that I just bought and refurbished.