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Monday, June 11, 2012

shellac-a-lac!

The stars aligned today, we had the perfect weather( 75 deg), I had the time, and I had the shellac. Hello 1961! The combination of Amber and Blonde Shellac brought the out the warm tones in wood and vintage feel I was looking for!

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The Rebuild of a 1961 Shasta Astrodome into a 1961 Shasta Airflyte

Hello and Welcome to my blog. This is an online journey of a beat up and down 1961 Shasta Astrodome, a trailer that had been around the block, state and country once or twice. We bought the Astrodome in January from it's second owner. The trailer has been in Colorado all it's life and it spent almost it's entire life in a small farming town outside of Colorado Springs called Peyton. I happened across an ad for it on Craiglist. It was located in the very rural Mountain town of Blackhawk, that's where we found it, rescued it and are now saving it. The second owner got it in trade and although he used it, it was seriously neglected and had some major water damage, rodent infestation and rot as is the case with most vintage trailers.

This is where the story begins...

To Do List and the Done List

To Do List-

The Done List-

1)Find Old Shasta

2)Demo

3)Fix Metal Ladder Frame

4)Build New Wooden Sub-Frame

5)Install New Floor

6)Install New VCT Tiles

7)Have New Wheel Wells Fabricated

8)Install New Wheel Wells

9) Build New Walls

10) Build New Cabinets, Dinette, Beds

11) Apply Finish to all New Wood Work

12)Build and install Drawers and Door Fronts

13) Install New Walls

14) Install New Cabinets

15) Install New Ceiling, Frame New Roof

16) Install All New Wiring

17)Insulate

18)Install New Gas Lines

19)Rebuild Door

20) Fabricate New Skin

21) Install New Skin

22) Install New One Piece Roof

23) Finish Rebuilding Old Windows

24) Install Rebuilt Windows

25) Make and Install New Wings

26) Finish Gas Lines

27) Install New Door

28) Install All New Plumbing Systems

29) Install Drip Rails and Awning Rail

30) Make Drawers, Drawer Fronts, Doors

31) Install All Emblems, Info Plates

32) Make Wood Screen Door

33) Make Curtains

34) Install all Electrical Accessories

35) Install New Step

36) Install Heater

37) Build the Rock Guard

38) Upholstery

39) Exterior Paint

40) Install New Drip Caps

41) Install New Rims, Tires, and Hub Caps

42)Awning

Trailer Trashed

Monday, June 11, 2012

shellac-a-lac!

To Do List and the Done List

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