removing overhead front assembly

[Kevin245]

Originally Posted by Jabreyd13

that's picture is so small I can't see it.

Here's the link. We posted a thread about using wood veneers and panels over interior skins, and this was from one of the posts.

Best of Luck,

Kevin

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[Silverslug75]

Thanks Kevin. Your pictures are gorgeous and a real inspiration for our project.

[Kevin245]

Originally Posted by Silverslug75

Thanks Kevin. Your pictures are gorgeous and a real inspiration for our project.

I wish they were of our AS, but they belong to another forum member who posted on a recent thread I started. We're starting our full monte restoration soon and are interested in using birch plys on some of the interior walls. We looked at a friend's 75th anniversary AS a few weeks ago, and my SO likes the mouse fur walls, so we'll likely incorporate some material coverings as well.

I plan to ditch the plastic end caps on ours too. Ours are cracked, and IMHO they are butt ugly.


Keep pushing ahead with your project and keep the photographs coming.

Regards,

Kevin

[Silverslug75]

Here's what it looks like now. Next steps are to figure out exactly what we will be doing with the wiring before sealing it back up.

[Aage]

I think the leads for the speakers run through there, and they are often forgotten, so figure out where you will put the sound system and move the wires accordingly.

And of course, some of that wiring is for lights, I'll bet (plus maybe the fan in the vent you have the screen hanging out of), so it goes without saying that you make sure everything works before sealing it up again.

[CrzyCorpsman]

SilverSlug,

Sorry my pics never came out, but the other members pics are the same as mine. You can visit my blog below for the pics that I was trying to show you. Just visit the Dec 2008 posts.

Keep us posted on your progress. I had wanted to do the very thing that you are doing with the wood paneling instead of the ugly end cap. I was talked out of it, but still want to do it

Good luck. I look forward to following your progress.

[SWEET THING]

Hi Minno,

Just curious as to how you completed your end cap. I am restoring my 1970 31' and am looking for ideas. I'm thinking of a new cabinet for storage and a place for the control panel (like before) also a place for my new stereo. Any ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Charlotte

[Minno]

Hi Charlotte,

I'm still a couple of years from having to worry about building a new front end cap. My thougts are to use the rear end cap as a mold, and build a new front end cap out of fiberglass fabric and epoxy, using a release agent on the rear end cap so the new front cap won't stick to it. I've used fiberglass fabric and expoxy resin to repair a Wenonah canoe, so I'm fairly comfortable that I can do a new end cap ok. We'll cover the inside surface of the end cap with our wall/ceiling covering that we'll use - whatever that ends up being.

Chris

[astewart]

Hi All,

Just another option from my boat building days . . . we used to laminate birch plywood into 1" thick pieces and use contruction adhesive to attach them to the aluminum hull. Gives you a nice base to screw an inner shell too (also helps strengthen the shell) and handled the curves easily.

BTW, love the forums!

Best (and please keep the pictures comming),
Alex

[Aage]

Hi, Alex and welcome to airforums.com!

Why don't you sidle over to the member introduction subforum, and let us know about yourself? Your trailer sounds familiar to me!

And post lots of photos of it, please....?

cheers,

Aage in Aurora, ON

[DavidsonOverlander]

I too am planning to remove the front cap of our '74 Sovereign and replace it with birch plywood, but I'm hoping to do something similar to what is shown in these photos of Barbara Brown's Airstream. More photos are available online, and this trailer was the subject of an article in Airstream Life a couple of years ago.

Does the front end cap serve any structural function? It seems to be much thinner than the rear end cap.