Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

After looking at the front window in the trailer for months, thinking; this doesn't look nearly as nice as it could...I changed it.

The one I had was an old Woodlin window from the late 40's.
The glass in them is difficult at best to replace without ruining the frame, and it was a so-so design as far as actually sealing.

So, I asked a friend out West for help.
He found a very nice Hehr double vent for me at a trailer salvage yard.
The aluminum was a little pitted, and the glass and frame was slightly sandblasted from sitting in the desert for so many years, but it was straight, and very repairable!



As is common with these old windows, the rubber seals and weatherstrip were no longer soft and pliable.
Someone had painted the trailer, and gotten a little close to the frames, and so the frames were a couple different colors.

The frames could have been polished, but I've had enough of that after the Sportsman project...and it wouldn't have matched the wood look anyway.

So, i dis-assembled them, every last piece and part.
Then they went into the sandblaster, which prepared them for their new paint job.
After painting, the new glass I had cut was installed with new seals and weatherstrip.



I used a glass that you can't see through, like one would use in a bathroom...since it is in a bathroom...

I don't have any decent shots of the other window, cause it just didn't look good enough to photograph...

Don't mind the little white blurry spots in the picture, it was snowing in that shot.

Before


After



When viewed from the front, dead on, the black almost looks out of place, but at any other angle, with the side windows also visible, it looks right.
When I get the rock guards (black) on the front of the trailer, the window will just blend right in I hope.

Rob

Rob,

Looks good

I'm getting ready to restore some old windows from a VW Westfalia camper to use on my tear and need to replace the rubber. Where did you find yours?

That beautiful cabin car of yours just gets more beautifuler and more beautifuler all the time.

Chris,

Thanks...and pretty soon, I'll get to go camping!!


Jeff, I got the seals here,

http://www.vintagetrailersupply.com/?Click=305


Rob

48Rob wrote:Chris,

Thanks...and pretty soon, I'll get to go camping!!


Jeff, I got the seals here,

http://www.vintagetrailersupply.com/?Click=305


Rob

Rob,

Thanks for the link for the window seals! I have a couple of Hehr jalousie windows that I need to refirbish. I cut them down from 3 pane to 2 pane so they would fit in my doors. I need to figure out how to shorten the screens now. I may just have to make new ones.

Your trailer looks awesome!

Joanne

Hi Joanne,

Thank you!

I'm not sure which style you have, but am guessing you have the screen in the interior frame?
If so, the ones I recall have the screen "pressed in" or formed around the frame (have to use aluminum, or copper/brass) screen so the material will hold the "shape", fiberglass won't.
If not, some had 4 wires bend at 90 degrees, and pressed into a channel that was crimped over.

Either are difficult to rescreen, but not impossible.

Once the screen is removed, if the frame doesn't come apart on its own, drilling out a rivet or two will do the job.

Then, after determining the new size, cut the sides to the proper length.
Recreate whatever you had. Some are square corners, and some are mitered.

Rob

Thanks for the link Rob, it looks like they have what I need, as wel as lots of other neat stuff

Joanne wrote:Thanks for the link for the window seals! I have a couple of Hehr jalousie windows that I need to refirbish.
Joanne

Yeah jalousie is what I have also, just couldn't remember what they were called thanks Joanne.