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This is certainly a project on wheels! The best part with a rig like this one? Fixes are (mostly) easy! The essential tool: riveter. Just had the brakes serviced & a new axle installed. Hauls smooth & halts well. Just moved out of my over-priced Santa Monica apartment into the rig last month. I’ll be embracing the whole snow-bird schedule in short order. Still touring around LA… selling things, building up the interior, tinkering, bidding sweet farewells & adjusting for an ideal escape velocity. More soon!
Very, very nice! The only thing that looks out-of-place is the A/C unit on the roof…could you paint it silver?
Hey Pippi & Roger! Pippi, many thanks! It certainly is in a league of its own. Roger, you’re absolutely right. Sometime next year I may have to buy/make a new AC cover out of aluminum to match the rig better. The current cover is showing its years. I have been doing limited renovations inside as I adjust to life in the rig. I’ve been meaning to put up more photos and video of the renovation, but I simply have been out of time. I expect to start posting more by February.
The kitchen & work area renovation is nearly complete 🙂
Using some old curtains from the early nineties. They fit the rig. Considering a change-up. We’ll see…Looks sleek! I think my mom has those same exact curtains somewhere in her house 😉
I’ve never been inside one of the aluminum trailers. What’s the material that covers the ceiling and walls? How much insulation does it have or is it just the metal with the stuff inside?
Thanks!
Heh! Nice. My mom got me those curtains when I was a kid. They were sitting in a box for a while & I didn’t feel like going shopping for new curtains for the rig just yet.
My grandparents had an Airstream made nearly 20 years after this one, for a while. They loved it & we were able to accompany them on trips with our motorhome. ‘Twas part of the inspiration for me to get one similar. Since mine isn’t an Airstream, I have a bit more freedom to make custom mods & use non-Airstream parts. I’m going to keep with the essence of this rig, though.
The cabinets are original & were made from aluminum. The ceiling & walls are covered by 1/16″ thick plastic panels. Thankfully the engineers had additional foresight when they installed them: the panels at the top center of the rig crown the curved side panels. This way if there is a leak in the metal roof, the water still rolls off the crown & onto the side panel instead of dripping into the rig interior.
With all these rains sweeping through Phoenix, I’ve had plenty opportunity to study & fix leaks. I learned a particularly useful lesson re: water dripping in from above the window frame. If the rig features metal rain gutters above windows as this one does, check whether there are even thin gaps between the rig sidewall & metal rain gutter. If so, apply RTV silicone sealant to close the gap.
The walls are thick when compared to modern rigs (about 2″), and include insulation.
Doing some work on cabinets, doors & water system this weekend. Gearing up for bigger installs later this month.Well it took a while, but I’ve managed to finally post the first video about my travels @ Modular Maker. It has been quite an amazing journey so far. I’ve made it from LA to Denver & am working my way toward SD to get residency all squared away. I’ll be posting more videos about the trailer in the fall. Quite a bit to do, still.
Keep rockin’ it, Pippi! You’re an inspiration to us all…
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