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oh ya dont forget the pic s

Posted 10-14-2009 at 01:09 AM by stain

I lost my camera in august so I have used my phone !! still looking for the camera.... I gotta get this posting pictures thing down !!!!

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stain

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Prep for painting inside

Posted 10-10-2009 at 08:33 PM by Bowmans (This blog shows our renovation of a 1979 Sovereign 31' center bath AS)
Updated 03-29-2010 at 10:52 AM by Bowmans (Added link to finished painted blog entry)

We needed to finish some stuff inside before we could paint the interior walls.

It started with the fridge. The frame of the fridge had some rust spots so we wire brushed these down to metal and put black appliance paint on the frame and doors. We will put pine panels back into the doors while we do the cabinets.

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Bowmans

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Posted in Restoration Blogs, 1979 Sovereign 31' renovation

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Going Back Together

Posted 10-04-2009 at 01:33 PM by Clyde-2

Finally getting to put a few pieces back together. Polished a small portion of the exterior to see if there is really shiny aluminum under there. This was not with Nuvite and has lots of filiform corrosion to be removed.

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Clyde-2

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Posted in Restoration Blogs, 1972 27' Overlander Restoration

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Officially finished with the outside for now

Posted 09-23-2009 at 07:53 PM by Bowmans (This blog shows our renovation of a 1979 Sovereign 31' center bath AS)

We painted all of the trim and lettering on the camper, cleaned the trunk, made a new cover for the fiber-optic light thingy out of aluminum and used a wire brush on the tongue to clean up a little rusty area and re-painted that. I found out that taping of the lettering wasn't the way to go so everything that was painted was done freehand. The only things left on the outside are what we will do with the antena and polishing the gas tanks.

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Accomplished a few more things on the '79

Posted 09-23-2009 at 05:30 PM by Dakota's Mom

I've been negligent in my blog-writing duties, as well as posting photos. So, wanted to share that some more current photo's have been uploaded to Photobucket.

A few things have happened in the last few weeks - DH has also gotten the LED lights installed on the exterior; got another coat of Kilz on the sleeping area floor; more thorough cleanings of the "debris" (read the lesser remains of rat nests and what not, as still left from when we did the initial brush through)...