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RumbleStrip · 03-04-2015, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by cwf

Fiberglass overlay?

Honestly I am not sure. I will take a closer look this weekend when we are working on her again. I thought plastic but Fiberglass makes sense too. She is a, '84 Excella if that helps.

Thank you!

lonewolf1977 · 03-14-2015, 07:32 AM

woohoo! Welcome to the insanity

I look forward to tracking your progress, as I already follow you in IG.

RumbleStrip · 03-19-2015, 07:26 AM

When the carpet was removed we were left with this surprise. Nothing like giant holes covered by orange carpet to help me make my case for all new sub-floor!

We started by taking off doors

And then took out the upper cabinet

and then went the accordian divider and a wall.
After that the metal frame for the cabinet

Progress!

More photos and info on the blog.

perryg114 · 03-19-2015, 08:00 AM

You going to throw away the interior. Mine is an 81 and it did not have any real wood in it. Yours looks like it at least had come veneer. Mine was rotted worse than that at the rear.

Perry

RumbleStrip · 03-25-2015, 02:06 PM

A lot of it will be thrown away. I am going to keep some things around in hopes of using them again but we are not banking on it.

RumbleStrip · 03-25-2015, 02:12 PM

We finally got the fridge out. We had some trouble shooting to do but once we did that everything went smoothly.

It took a good dose of WD40 but Tim was finally able to get the propane unhooked

What we learned is that every once in a while we need to take the time to do a quick vacuum of this area. I don't know if it ever had been cleaned but the gunk build up made taking out the fridge tough.

Once all wires and propane were unhooked we unscrewed the base of the fridge.

Unplugged it and then it was ready to be hauled out!

Once the final wall was out we were left with this. We are over half done with demo!

More photos and info on the blog.

perryg114 · 04-03-2015, 01:30 PM

I wish I had the interior stuff you are throwing out and that you were closer. At least your stuff was wood.

Perry

RumbleStrip · 04-07-2015, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by perryg114

I wish I had the interior stuff you are throwing out and that you were closer. At least your stuff was wood.

Perry

Most of it was water damaged particle board. It was in no condition to save. We saved the cabinet doors and drawers though. Those were solid.

RumbleStrip · 04-15-2015, 01:50 PM

Here is the bathroom before demo

We took out the wall and exposed the first plumbing

Cabinets next.

Counters and vanity came out pretty easy.

We ended the day here.

We hope to finish the bathroom this weekend.
Much more info and many more photos on the blog.

Bowmans · 04-15-2015, 07:27 PM

Looking good. It's amazing how Airstreams didn't change over the years. Your breakdown is giving me flashbacks of our 1979 breakdown.

RumbleStrip · 04-15-2015, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowmans

Looking good. It's amazing how Airstreams didn't change over the years. Your breakdown is giving me flashbacks of our 1979 breakdown.

Hi! I referenced your curtains on my blog (read that post here) a few months back

Happy trails!

Bowmans · 04-15-2015, 11:12 PM

Wow, thank you for the compliment in your blog. Happy trails to you all also!

RumbleStrip · 05-01-2015, 11:29 AM

More photos and info on our blog.

blkmagikca · 05-05-2015, 09:12 PM

Meg, when you removed the old drapes did you just toss them out? They have small slides for the tracks top and bottom. I am planning on making up a set of drapes, and if possible, I'd like to get the plastic/nylon slides. They can be reused. PM me if you still have them and are willing to pass them along.

Thanks

Howard

RumbleStrip · 05-06-2015, 02:48 PM

@blkmaikca We didn't keep them and have unfortunately thrown them away. Many of them had broken. You can buy them at Vintage Trailer supply. They are not the cheapest but for the specific use the price isn't so bad. Vintage Trailer Curtain Carriers Tiebacks

RumbleStrip · 06-13-2015, 12:28 PM

The kitchen has been our dumping ground and holding zone. Just like our kitchen counters in our house, the counter top in Alice was collected all our stuff. Before we could begin demo we had to clean.

And then we were here!

more info and photos on the blog