Silver Beatle - She's now with an old friend!

[bbarry]

Looking great! I put over 1200 miles on mine in "just campable" mode with a ratchet strap holding down the rear hatch. At ITG, we didn't even have a second door yet, and no galley at all. We had just as much fun

[planovet]

I've been busier than a ____

bee?
beaver?
one armed paper hanger?
one legged man in an butt kicking contest?
long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs?
set of jumper cables at a Mexican funeral?
cucumber in a woman's prison?

[aggie79]

I've been busier than a ____

bee?
beaver?
one armed paper hanger?
one legged man in an butt kicking contest?
long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs?
set of jumper cables at a Mexican funeral?
cucumber in a woman's prison?

a one-toothed man in a corn-on-the-cob eating contest?
a mosquito at a nudist colony?
a rooster in a henhouse?

...and others.

[2bits]

...son of a biscuit eater.

[DMcCam]

Hi Tom, it's so exciting to see your TD getting close to finish. As they say, the devils in the details and boy are you doing it right. It's amazing what one can accomplish when faced with a deadline; you never know. By the way, I'm still impressed that you have the protective blue still doing its job...

All the best,

Dave

[J.Heyboer]

Those door handles look sharp, way professional. Nice work!

John

[S. Heisley]

Tom, you're spoiling our eyes with all that beautiful work!

[LDK]

I've been busier than a ____

cucumber in a woman's prison?

[S. Heisley]

aggie79 wrote:

I've been busier than a ____

planovet wrote:

bee?
beaver?
one armed paper hanger?
one legged man in an butt kicking contest?
long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs?
set of jumper cables at a Mexican funeral?
cucumber in a woman's prison?

.
Aggie79 wrote:

a one-toothed man in a corn-on-the-cob eating contest?
a mosquito at a nudist colony?
a rooster in a henhouse?

...

Something tells me that winter has been too long!

[planovet]

:roll: Something tells me that winter has been too long!

Yes it has...it's time to go camping!

[aggie79]

:roll: Something tells me that winter has been too long!

Yes it has...it's time to go camping!

Believe me, I'm trying to get the Silver Beatle ready to camp. That's been my motto for the last few weeks.

I've been so busy that I forgot to take some pictures of my progress in the last five days. The hatch seals are in place. So are the hatch draw latches. Door locksets are installed. I'm still deciding on what type of door seals to use.

I drilled a perfectly good trailer tongue for bolts for the safety chains.





On either side of the bolt holes, I have 1/4" thick square washers to keep the Grade 8 bolts from pulling through. The chains haven't been cut to length or installed yet, because when I went to hook up the teardrop to my new tow vehicle, I realized that my ball mounts are 1-1/4" and my new hitch is 2".

Next up is window installation. I predrilled the holes.



Butyl tape was added to the flanges of the window and then it was fastened with stainless steel screws. The window was drilled for holes along the sides, but after looking at it, I thought it might look better with fasteners along the top and the bottom flanges too. So I added the added additional fasteners.



One window down; one more to go.

Beavers Bend - I have you in my sight. Take care and gig'em,
Tom

[LDK]

Tom you'll make beavers bend, we have faith in you.

[S. Heisley]

It just gets better every time I look!

[DMcCam]

I'm so proud of you Tom...some of the blue film is gone!!! Nobody is going to believe that the Silver Beatle is home built! You'll have to have a photo album on hand for proof and to inspire!!!

I'm betting she'll be ready, just like Scotty...you're a miracle worker.


All the best,

Dave

[starleen2]

Butyl tape was added to the flanges of the window and then it was fastened with stainless steel screws.

Tom - that Butyl tape will flow out for a few days until it finally sets - My windows did the same thing. I waited about a week and trimmed off the what squeezed out with a sharp blade.