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07-24-2013, 01:56 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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We welded these pieces onto the frame to use as lift points with our chain hoist. Worked pretty good. Only negative was we had to cut them off and grind everything smooth and then repaint the areas.
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07-24-2013, 02:02 PM
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#42
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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07-24-2013, 02:20 PM
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Rivet Master
1968 24' Tradewind
Oxford,
, Mississippi
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,564
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Looks fantastic. Great job.
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07-24-2013, 02:25 PM
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Rivet Master
1964 26' Overlander
Richmond
, Virginia
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 790
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wow, very nice. I have the same trailer - 64 overlander. Mine was in really good shape, so I didn't have to do the frame, though it is something I kind of wish I would have had to do. I had very little rust underneath, and only one little spot of rot near the front door which I'll fix with a penetrating epoxy, but I would feel so much better if mine was covered in por15 like yours.
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11-23-2014, 07:41 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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Put the new floor down this weekend. I decided to use 3/4" Advantech subflooring. Been in a holding pattern lookin for a shop to work out of. A buddy is letting me use his shop so im planning on getting busy this winter. I've been missing working on it.
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12-12-2014, 03:22 PM
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#46
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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12-13-2014, 04:09 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
1963 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Central
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,919
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That's looking really good!
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12-21-2014, 06:42 PM
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#48
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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12-22-2014, 05:42 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
1963 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Central
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,919
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Just passing along a tip...
Try to get the belly to wrap up and over the channel and keep a nice smooth arc around the perimeter of the floor. If it makes a notchy arc the shell will follow the shape and look goofy.
It's much easer to shape it now than after the shell has landed.
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12-22-2014, 05:57 PM
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#50
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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Thanks HiHo! My buddy builds race car bodies and he has warned me about things such as this. Thank God he's a perfectionist like me. Wait, that may not be a good thing, lol! Any advice anyone has is definitely welcomed!
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12-22-2014, 08:41 PM
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Rivet Master
1986 34' Limited
1975 27' Overlander
1969 21' Globetrotter
Conifer
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,291
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I had great difficulty shaping the rear "banana wraps" on my 66 Trade Wind. I used the factory wraps as patterns. The first mistake I made was figuring the piece will follow the frame rail at a right angle. The factory piece had a taper to it. This taper was important.
As others have said, the Airstream employees are very good at sheet metal work!
David
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12-22-2014, 09:14 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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Hey David, thanks for sayin hey. On the rear corners we bent a piece of sheet metal into a 90 and then took a crimping tool and made an arc shape and fastened it with rivets to the main frame and that way we had a ledge for the metal to go up against and be riveted to. It also made it water and mouse proof. I thought it turned out pretty good. We're still trying to figure out what we're gonna do with the front corner pieces. If anybody has suggestions and pics I'm all ears and eyes, lol.
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12-23-2014, 04:40 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
1963 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Central
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,919
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Does your 64 have compound curve banana wraps on the front like late models or is it flat stock like the rear? A buddy of mine gave up on the old dented front banana's and bought new plastic ones. He's painting everything from the floor level and down a dark gray. It really looks good.
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12-23-2014, 07:56 PM
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Rivet Master
1986 34' Limited
1975 27' Overlander
1969 21' Globetrotter
Conifer
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,291
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I should think the front banana wraps would be very difficult to make without an English wheel and considerable practice. My 86 has plastic banana wraps, both of which have been replaced due to smacking "road gators". The 86 is the new body style and likely a different shape than my 66.
I took one of my banana wraps down to work out some dents. An Airstream salvage yard may have a half way decent one for sale.
David
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12-23-2014, 10:13 PM
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#55
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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Mine had the old style banana wraps but they were in terrible shape. I looked into the plastic wraps but they were crazy high and they didnt have them for 64's from what I saw. I imagine we will just do what we can to seal it up good and make it look as best we can.
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01-12-2015, 07:33 PM
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#56
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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01-13-2015, 04:51 AM
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Rivet Master
1986 34' Limited
1975 27' Overlander
1969 21' Globetrotter
Conifer
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,291
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Yes, they do look quite good. It's not easy to get the metal to form this compound curve. You must feel like the Airstream technicians back in the early sixties wondering how they can make hundreds of these panels. I'll bet they had a "buck" to form the front banana wraps on my 66 Trade Wind. Old English sports cars had aluminum hoods, trunks, and door skins; but not more complex fenders. However, antique aircraft have very complex aluminum parts. How did they do it?
Molded plastic is so much easier.
David
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01-23-2015, 02:53 PM
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#58
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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Well, all the exterior underbelly work is finished, reflectix put in, insulation installed, and riveted to the chassis. I went ahead and put the reflectix on the rest of the exposed subfloor so I guess its that time...time to reunite the shell! Gonna get some guys together Monday hopefully and manhandle the shell back on the chassis. Wish us luck!
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01-23-2015, 06:22 PM
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#59
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Rivet Master
1986 34' Limited
1975 27' Overlander
1969 21' Globetrotter
Conifer
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,291
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Good Luck from Minnesota. Take your time with it. Be ready to sand off some wood on the edges of your subfloor to best match the exterior skin. Some folks have trouble with the clearance for the door threshold. I guess the subfloor has to be notched to fit the threshold. I think that's the way I understood it.
I had to belt sand wood material of the subfloor edges to get a good fit around the back of my trailer. But It was not a shell off. I just replaced the bath subfloor with the shell on. Not near the scope of work you're doing.
David
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01-26-2015, 06:08 PM
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#60
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2 Rivet Member
1964 26' Overlander
Paducah
, Kentucky
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 44
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