1st time build, Suprise for the wife (9-10,wall panel added)

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KC, Thanks, shes a 70 original 4 speed SS, drive line is original except for the motor, has 400 sbc instead of the 350.

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Some photos of last nites work.

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More.

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Watch dog Leyna on duty....Lol

Time to move inside......looks like rain.

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Trailer is moved all the way inside so garage door can be shut. Good thing I did, few min later the rain came.
Floor Joist on.....and then the foam insulation.
Tonite will try to get top layer of 1/2 inch birch cut and fit.

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I also wanted to show the RV Camper scissor jack stabilizers. They are not mounted yet, but I put them into position and ran them up and took the weight of the tires....made trailer nice and steady.... also I saw the cool little socket adapter to use with a drill. Man! works sweet and fast!!!

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Jacks and speed socket

[KCStudly]

Nice. So far, so good.

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This is the profile of the wall....and then one of it cut out....instead of going with birch plywood for the outer wall, I got the cheaper 1/2 inch plywood, then I was going to do a 1/2inch foam insulation and wall stud, and then a 1/4 inch birch plywood for the interior wall. unfortunately I didnt check the plywood for straightness and one of the pieces has a bad bow in it......so after drawing the profile out, cutting, and glueing together....I can use it ....Now I am going to go with the more expensive birch now, and at least I can use the first wall as a template. Oh well. You Live and Learn.....bet ill be checking my wood for bows in them....Lol

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Cut Out.

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These are the Bias Ply tire and wheel combo with baby moon caps I will be using.... am still waiting for the wheels to ship....

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Jegs Wheel.

[mallymal]

Wow... Looking forward to seeing this one.... What a great start!

Good luck keeping your wife out of the garage so she doesn't find out about her surprise!

You could always leave a false trail by leaving printouts and sketches lying around of small scale bogus projects... stuff like mug racks, chopping boards etc.... She might still wonder what the hecks going on when you walk up the drive with a sheet of 8x4!

[CMC]

The way your moving, you will be done pretty quick. Unless teardrop time gets a hold of you . Great start.

Curtis

[nhstt]

Caleb,
My husband,son of a electrician,brother of one and unofficial electrician himself to 2.5 houses favorite words are" I am not a carpenter".See what he's been doing with a 11 and 13 year old helping
Just keep going and spend lots of time lurking on other build journals.
Here's ours,

Karen at the Ladybug-out build journal viewtopic.php?f=50&t=55602