Almost done with the framing...

Finally the end is coming to the framing of the left side...as I had to basically re-frame the entire side. Hoping to have the rest of the floor and whatever framing on the right side needs to be done by this weekend....will see if that happens.

Some more before and after.....trying to get the piece over the wheel well was a challenge....was able to get some additional shelving this past week to help in organizing my tools in the shop....as most of you know my shop is about the size of a bathroom...I need more room....one day.

You know, craigslist is just the best...I find all kinds of deals on there, but this past Monday I scored the best one yet. When I gutted this trailer the stove was so infected with mice droppings and nesting material and it was just too rusted away to be used, I knew I would need to find another one, also needed an ice box, sink and water faucet....and also would need to recover the dinette seats....well on Monday I accomplished all of that and more for a fraction of what it would have cost me.

I saw this add that said a 1958 Oasis all the inside needs to be gone for one price..I would get a princess Stove that I never see less than $150, and Ice Box, the counter top with a sink and faucet. I would also get this really cool retro style Dinette set with the table and all the shelving and drawers that was underneath
the counter...I had priced getting my seats recovered and knew it would cost between $350-500...well I got everything for $225.....the only catch was I would have to go up to Salem and get everything out, which would take about 5 hours ...for the price it was worth it. So I planned for a very long Wednesday Night.

When I called this lady whose name is CeCe she said that her and her husband had gutted it for me. So all I had to do was drive up pick it all up. So when I got there knowing that they saved me 5 hours of work...I gave them $300 and nice bottle of wine. They were just great people and to get all of that stuff to go write into the San Gabriel was too good to be true...I had anticipated dropping around a $1000 to get everything and now for $300 I had it all....take a look..

Most of the wood I can still use to make the counter top with the drawers. So I took everything even some of the stuff that I knew I would throw away...whatever they took out I just took cause I was so appreciative of the fact that they did all the hard work.....Just a great chance to meet some nice people. CeCe had a 1958 Oasis that was restored and was beautiful...I was of course very jealous of their work area...When most of the time I'm working outside even when it's cold I was dreaming of having the same room one day. Take care all.....Till next week... 

Making Progress.....

Well after getting some guidance from my father-in-law on trying to match the curvature of the framing we were able to get close and I was able to get the new wood in place....

A little before and after shot here...I finally got the floor in and I added more stability to the frame by putting in 2 more 2 X 3 to give the floor some much needed added strength. I have watched many videos on restoration and everyone of them are amazed at how poorly these trailers were built and you can add me to the list. I'm amazed at how bad this one was built...very little framing and what there is of this trailer is only being held by staples, no glue, nails or screws of any kind can be found and the least amount of insulation they could get away with. So I added some more framing and also took some very thin tin and stapled them in to the frame to give added strength.

So you can see the difference in the stability of the framing...much of the frame was as much as an inch away from the place it started and was hanging on by the end of one of the staples....how this stayed together I will never know. So I went ahead and where I could, I placed a screw and as you can see added many of those little tin pieces with my staple gun and what a difference it made. The floor came together nicely even though on both edges toward the back the frame is a little bent and made it hard to get the bolts in there. So this next week I hope to get the rest of the framing in the back done and them replace the rest of the floor. So till next time........