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Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-14-2015, 08:36 PM
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Posted By cwbiii
One other thing I should mention... My wife's...

One other thing I should mention... My wife's Bachelors degree is in Interior Design and she has owned her own business for over 30 years with a bunch of prior experience in the commercial sector...
Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-14-2015, 08:23 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
Posted By cwbiii
One other detail of using standard 1/4" oak...

One other detail of using standard 1/4" oak paneling is that one side is plain luan instead of 2 sides of oak... you can see we chose to orient the oak such that when you are sitting in the gaucho...
Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-14-2015, 08:11 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
Posted By cwbiii
A few more pictures...

Here are some pictures of the interior with the bathroom door staged "in place". It still needs polyurethane, all of its hardware and to be actually hung so that it will slide in and out of the...
Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-13-2015, 02:30 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
Posted By cwbiii
Couldn't see the picture...

There was something there, but it was not visible...
I talked with someone this weekend whom I consider pretty much of an expert. He said that much of what is considered ash is really elm cut a...
Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-10-2015, 10:33 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
Posted By cwbiii
Aluminum channel

There is an extruded aluminum channel that holds the divider panels in place... it is designed to accept 3/16" paneling.. With a wide screwdriver or narrow putty knife it is possible to "tweak" that...
Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-09-2015, 10:11 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
Posted By cwbiii
Catch a big one!!!

I hope everything goes well... for both of us. But regardless everything is an adventure and we are just camping... so I'm gonna do some chillin and grillin and just go with the flow.

Chuck
Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-09-2015, 10:05 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
Posted By cwbiii
Spray foam...

It is supposed to be put on in 1" layers, it took me a little while to get the hang of it... generally I have between 2" and 4". I don't know whom got spray foamed more, me or the trailer:D
See you...
Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-08-2015, 06:19 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
Posted By cwbiii
Maiden voyage this Weekend...

It's leaving the yard for the first time in about 9 years... It been a 10 year project with about a 6 year hiatus in the middle due to life's circumstances.
The first 2 years saw the shell off and a...
Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-06-2015, 10:59 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
Posted By cwbiii
Some still ash, but most oak.

I have a few panels that are still ash, but most are oak. All of the partitions are oak, all of the doors are oak. I bought the 1/2" oak veneered plywood I used for the doors at Lowe's. The frames of...
Forum: 1959-69 Tradewind 09-06-2015, 10:45 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,496
Posted By cwbiii
I used 1/4" red oak and mixed it with the ash... looks great.

I picked up a bunch of red oak paneling and used it for my restoration and it worked out great... the original is half way between 1/8th and 1/4... 3/16ths.
Its a bit tight to get the 1/4 into the...
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