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Interior cabinets on old TDs and how many now have them

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2011 11:14 pm
by DiabloCanyon
Was looking at the hardbound book from Gibbs-Smith on TDs and also some of the old design drawings from Popular Mechanics- doesn't seem like a lot of the older TDs (from the 40s-50s) had interior cabinets at all. Is this the case?

Also, do most folks have interior cabinets in their homemade TDs nowadays? I am putting in a small one in my (first-time) project but just curious for the future. It seems like cabinets are staple now.

Thanks,
Tom

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2011 11:36 pm
by Py0tr
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We just have shelves rather than cabinets. They have a large lip so things stay put and the lack of doors keeps the weight down

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 10:30 am
by GuitarPhotog
My 1948 teardrop has two storage cabinets in the cabin. Each is about 24" X 24" X 24" with a lift up aluminum door.

Lots of space, but not exactly convenient for use

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:27 pm
by doug hodder
I had a '49 4x8 Kit and all it had in the interior was a shelf, maybe 10" deep with a 3" lip on the front of it with an aluminum trim strip, no doors. On the front end...some wooden slats for magazine storage. Doug