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So Barry, are you saying you think I'm getting a deal or over-paying?
I think it's fair...considering a ready-made fiberglass tank is about the same price.
Shari
Shari - I think you are getting an acceptable deal. The tanks are what you need and no playing around trying to fit tank "deals" that are not quite the right size or shape. It's what I'd be doing - I'm tired of spending more time and effort trying to make the special deal fit when for a few dollars more I could have had the real thing. What ever it takes to get your trailer done in a timely manner.
Steph - yep, you and I seem to be in the same boat (uh, no reference to your own recent acquisition of course). I'm always at the upper end of the pricing scale it seems. But hey, life is good, I have what I want (well, mostly ) and if I really need a deal on something I've been known to ask the deal getter buddy to see what he can find.
Barry
__________________ Barry & Donna Life is short - so's the door on an Flying Cloud (ouch) 1951 Flying Cloud 21' 1957 Pontiac Safari 2dr wagon TV
Okay...day late and a couple of dollars short! But here are the pics of our tanks - placed temporarily in the frame just resting on the belly pan. Also our Sealand Low profile toilet.
Shari
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Shari -- I saw on an earlier post in this thread that you are replacing the floor without removing the shell. How will you do that? I thought the ribs were attached to the top of the floor.
Shari -- I saw on an earlier post in this thread that you are replacing the floor without removing the shell. How will you do that? I thought the ribs were attached to the top of the floor.
Hmmm...not quite sure how to explain, but I'll try.
The channel that runs around the perimeter does sit on the floor. The ribs sit inside the channel. We removed the bolts holding the channel to the floor and cut out sections of wood. You can see the temporary wood pieces in the first picture in post #158. For each section we removed, we placed a temporay piece of wood on the frame to hold up the chanel...that along with the skins being attached to the ribs is enough to keep everything stable. We will replace 3-4' x width of the trailer sections of the floor starting at the curved sections and working towards the center front to back removing the temporary pieces. At any one time, there is only a 4' section unsupported, which is fine for the trailer just sitting there.
Make sense? Hope so...
Shari
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Vintage Airstream Club - 2007/2008 President
WBCCI #1824 - DenCO Unit Past President (2005)
AIR #30 - Join Date: 2-25-2002
Wow! It's hard to imagine it's been 4 months since I updated here. Oh well, with the holidays and being c-c-c-cold most of the time, we weren't able to get as much done as we hoped to over the winter. We have been able to make progress on the woodwork and totally re-built the door and rescreened it. Also learned how to buck rivets and we amazingly put the door back together without any pieces left over! The weather stripping is on order and expected next week along with the re-chromed handles & trim. We'll then be weather tight and able to put things back together!
Things are finally thawing out...actually quite nicely. We had warm enough weather last weekend to warm up the trailer with heaters and paint the frame with two coats of POR-15. This weekend it's supposed to be a flukey 70 on Saturday (but snow on Sunday ) so saturday will be a good time to lay on the ground under the trailer working on the grey tank installation. Feels good to be on the "putting it back together" side of the project. Although, one more demo project is planned...we will be replacing the entire streetside panel 4'x12' (both inside & out) but not until the floor is back in.
I've been taking pictures...will post some updates over the weekend. Now that we are back at it, I hope to maintain webpage better...stay tuned!
Shari
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Vintage Airstream Club - 2007/2008 President
WBCCI #1824 - DenCO Unit Past President (2005)
AIR #30 - Join Date: 2-25-2002
We've been out working on Birdie today...but it started to snow! So, time to post some pics ~
Back in October, we had a slab poured back by the garage so we could park both trailers at home. We have two sewer dumps (one front & one back), 30 amp electric and water. Sorry, no room for courtesy parking...just us! Shortly after bringing Maxwell home...we winterized and it started snowing. But that didn't keep us from welding in a new back frame member...it was 12-degrees!
Shari
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Vintage Airstream Club - 2007/2008 President
WBCCI #1824 - DenCO Unit Past President (2005)
AIR #30 - Join Date: 2-25-2002
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) and if I really need a deal on something I've been known to ask the deal getter buddy to see what he can find. 
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
) so saturday will be a good time to lay on the ground under the trailer working on the grey tank installation. Feels good to be on the "putting it back together" side of the project. Although, one more demo project is planned...we will be replacing the entire streetside panel 4'x12' (both inside & out) but not until the floor is back in.
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