1946 Kit rebuild

[Shadow Catcher]

Looking forward to seeing it at CRA.

[Lonnie Mac]

Got some of the faux rivet work done today. Aluminum twist nails, driven in very tightly with silicone sealant. May add another row or two.

This is looking GREAT Dan!!!

May I ask as to where, and which windows you purchased. Looks like I am going with these crank outs for my Benroy, but dang if I can only find black anodized, I want the aluminum color that you have installed.

More pics!!

[prohandyman]

Lonnie
Ancient Chinese secret....but I will divulge it only here...I sanded and painted over the black. I too had to have the aluminum look! May I Forever be banned from the secret keepers club!

[Lonnie Mac]

Lonnie
Ancient Chinese secret....but I will divulge it only here...I sanded and painted over the black. I too had to have the aluminum look! May I Forever be banned from the secret keepers club!

Ha! Thanks my friend! You sure fooled me! Looks great. I thought I may have to do the same lest some drops a couple of Woodlin's in my lap.

[prohandyman]

I decided I needed more rivets to complete the look so I added twice as many. Also mounted the eye brows, gutter, awning rail and water fill port. I forgot to install the new screening in the windows...ever try to do this while the window is installed??!! Wasn't that a joy!

[prohandyman]

Alright help me out here...my prospective buyer likes this look...

But he has not give me a deposit...and he likes the wings...but once I mount the facsimiles the holes are there even if I don't use them. So....thoughts? I am on the fence...never put wings on a teardrop before! I am leaning towards making them, but not mounting them until I get a buyer!

[sid]

Dan, that's not a look I would want.... that looks like a big foot print. Maybe a different design, something a little swoopier...

I would be sure and get the deposit, and maybe a little more before I mounted that permanently.

See ya in May.

Mark and Pat

[sid]

Looking at it again, If you mount it there, I hope you set it out from the body enough so it's not a water trap....

[prohandyman]

Yes I was thinking swoopier also.

[doug hodder]

I'd make him cough up the dough before you drill holes in it. Tell him you have another customer that doesn't want them. Look at the Spartan trailers for the wing swoop thing...much more streamlined than the Shasta look. Doug

[TRP]

Plus one to what Doug suggested. Simply state that without a deposit you're hesitant to make personal customizations. You trust him as a customer, but one mans wings are another mans wart.

Best of luck,
Ted

[prohandyman]

Took the old front bumper from my '48 Chevy truck, cut it down and mounted it on the back of the Kit

Soldering new bulb sockets and re-wiring the original glass lense galley and cabin lights today. Will take a few pics tomorrow. Will hide a small rechargeable battery in the cabinet somewhere to power. One of my other Kits had a checker board painted on the inside of the rear cabinet door, barely visible from fading, so I am going to re-produce one on this door as well. Also on that same camper the cabinet walls were lined with old magazine covers so I took a bunch of Popular Mechanics mag covers and pasted them in there. Will take pics of them also.

[prohandyman]

Got quite a bit done this week on the Kit...still waiting on white wall tires. Added a few decorating items. Galley and hatch completed, ice box finished

[KCStudly]

Those retro touches are really nice. I especially like the fishing gear inside the cabin.

Nice job!

[Junkboy999]

My take of making custom parts.


Your work is great and you can always sell the TD to another buyer. As long as it is a standard TD. If the
guy wants a custom part made you need to charge him for it. If he bails of the full TD sell, you can sell the
TD to another, but at least he paid for making the wings and can hang them on his wall. If he wants the wings
attach at the time of payment you can attach them at the end of the build.