1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

[88GMCtruck]

Those are the only picts I took, while I was drinkin beer and waiting for my buddy to bring me some fuel.

Oh, and it's a 26 gallon tank.

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[88GMCtruck]

Ok, back to working on the trailer.

First thing first.... The front of the trailer was sealed WAY incorrectly, with a nice combination of silicone, snowcoat, and duct tape. We will be fixing this and sealing with butyl putty like it should be.

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I went and picked up some more lumber and went to repairing some more walls. Started taking some siding off

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To find lots of an lots of rot.

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Top of the wall/roof is fine, luckily.

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Completely rebuilt top half

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Everything replaced.

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My modification. Instead of having the paneling act as the support between the top and bottom walls, as well as for the shelf, I put some 1/2" board under it so it's MUCH more structural and MUCH stronger as a shelf.

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And Devin stopped over to rotate his tires tonight, and gave me a hand pulling the fridge out. We got that out, cleaned it up and it's sitting in the driveway plugged in. Still needs the bottom area where the door seals up since it's a bit rusty.

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Tomorrow we'll see if she works And more wall repairs to come!

 

[88GMCtruck]

*Sigh* more rot. This corner I knew was bad, as it was literally collapsing in on itself. I think the only think holding it together was the siding, and even then it wasn't doing the best of job. Luckily after pulling the siding off, I found the rest of the wall in great shape, everything nice and solid. I'm very glad because I didn't have to take a TON apart on this side.

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Once that was done, I started putting the front back together, resealing everything with Butyl Putty Tape as I go along.

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Where I ended up tonight. Front's together, windows in and sealed and lights wired back in. Left the side wall apart so I can easily repair the back corner tomorrow as it is also rotten.

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Also had another guy from town stop by and BS for about a half hour about the trailer. So that makes him the 5th person to comment on it in town, not to mention the various looks I get from people passing by.

 

[silverado_06]

after all this work, you better own the trailer the rest of your life to make it pay off. looks like a fun project though.

 

[88GMCtruck]

HAHA we'll see, I'm sure i'll keep if quite a few years before getting rid of it.

 

[Minimeh93]

very nice work!. me and my friends are going in together and getting this by next monday
1980 Nu-Wa 5th wheel for $1200 (down from $1500)

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[MIHELA]

This thread is making me awfully jealous.

 

[88GMCtruck]

very nice work!. me and my friends are going in together and getting this by next monday
1980 Nu-Wa 5th wheel for $1200 (down from $1500)

Looks like it's in good shape, whats the story with it?

This thread is making me awfully jealous.

time to find a project trailer?

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It's been so hot outside working on this thing, i'm getting quite tan and been drinking buckets of water. It's harvest time around here, and I live on a quite major route for some farming, so I get to see machinery and grain semis pass all day, kinda like this

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Anyway, another day, another wall. Very minimal rot on the side portion, but the back wall was another story.

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New lower and upper back wall pieces...

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Side wall repaired.

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Used up both batteries for my drill/impact gun. So out came the air impact gun. It's a little much for this, but it works.

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Tail light mounts, better than before. The plywood was just kinda floating there, with no 2x2 on the inside of it.

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Insulated

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And fixing the fridge shelf/platform. Roof vent was broken, so the particle board was all nasty and sagging. Luckily it didn't damage anything else.

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Siding back on.

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So now, the 2 side walls were repaired, and both front and back walls were rebuilt entirely. Now I just have to re-seal the seams and all the windows/doors tomorrow.

 

[Minimeh93]

Looks like it's in good shape, whats the story with it?

I think he just wants to get rid of it, we looked at it today and it look like its in great shape, other than finding a small family of mice in a cabinet It was priced at $1500 but we offered $1200 and he didnt hesitate at all. im going back tomorrow to look at it while the owner is there to get a better look at it. good timing too cause my popup is really starting to fall apart

 

[Mike]

Wow you really are doing the whole thing on this one. Please paint it when you are done.