Haha! They wanted to make sure that rail did NOT come off. Like ever... The Sawsall is one of the better tool investments I've made. I've done some pretty brutal things with it. When you wedge it into a spot like under that cabinet, though, you've got to watch that you don't get the blade in a bind or it'll yank it right out of your hand. Done *that* cute trick a couple times...
Wow. I love the work you do About 10 months ago I was surfing on RU-vid and came across your de ville series. I thought I could use a project. So the search was on. I found a 1955 rainbow 12ft. For $100 bucks delivered to my door. Funny enough it was still insured for the road and he towed it to my place. I got it in august and started taking it apart. I have replaced all the lower frame work and the floor, rewired it , insulated it, silver bubble wrap, and vapor barrier Yesterday I hung
A new project, excellent! Especially interested in watching how (and maybe you covered this with the Deville) you'll replace the portion of the floor that goes under the walls. Congrats, by the way, on the new camera. The video looks so much better!!!
That trailer came with a heat sheild. You only need it on the bottom. You can go to Lowes or HD and get some insulation that goes around a water heater. Not the fiberglass type but the foil type. Put that down on the surface the oven sits on. Then cover that with a piece of aluminum and fold the aluminum over the front about a half or 3/4 inches and fasten it down with small screws. Then you can put the oven on top of that. It looks good and works good too.
I took out the kitchen cabinet just like you did and have it stored. If I decide to rebuild the trailer I will have to rebuild the cabinet. Should I extend the height for trailer integrity or leave it as is? I would like to add more cabinetry.
@anmoose Ya like any tool, a sawzall takes a little practice and use to get the swing of things. I've bent the heck outta the blades and cut around corners before. It's amazing what you can do with one. I want a cordless now. Worse than getting yanked outta your hand is holding on... That can hurt too. Specially if your elbo comes back into your ribs. HA! ouch...
@noozguy The walls on these trailers do not sit on top of the floor. In these trailers the walls are bolted to the sides of the floor framing. Only 3 bolts per side hold it all together. So the floor comes up and goes back down with nothing in the way but the cabinets, and I removed the ones that were in the way.
@bagpipeswest Thanks. You may want to send me a few pics of your project.. I did a major repair on a 66 Rainbow once so I know how they are put together. Sounds like you are moving along just fine. Thanks for watching.
@7minibike2 Isn't that nuts? Funny thing is, they built these trailers like they only needed to last a few years yet many of them made it to over 50 years old.
That shirt is actually the logo for one of our annual skydiving events. Lot's of military in our club. I'm ex Air Force but a lot of my buddies were ground pounders in the Vietnam war.
Confused by your order of work. You took end off, then went inside to remove cabinets. Should all sides of skin be removed replace rotted wood, replace skins, then go inside & demo?
You are correct. I was still learning back then and I do things in a different order now. But the metal skin on the outside should not go back on until certain cabinets are replaced due to the fact that some are fastened from the OUTSIDE like the overhead cabinet over the dinette, the over head cabinet overt the kitchen and the floor to ceiling cabinet next to the door. The bed also has ledgers that are fastened from the outside along with the box seats for the dinette. All of this is explained in my Anatomy Of A Vintage Trailer series that you get when you sign up for my classes.
@wotldthe2006 Well that and Im using a new camera too that records in much higher definition so the files are much bigger. Last night's upload took over 200 minutes and that is on the VGA setting. If I went full High Def it would take 12 hours LOL...
@@mobiltec I walk past that stove all the time. I will probably think about it like my dogs sit and look at the fence until they decide to tear through it. I'm contemplating disassembling it and using a rust removal method for the support structure, and the face panel. I'm thinking how I can replace the burners, tubing, finding grates, etc to put a stove into the original cabinet which I like. I did some stove stuff on my last little trailer finally finding one on Craigs List here, nearby, for $50 that worked fine. Warmer weather will make me take it down and powerwash it good as a first step in my decision. Your class is intriguing and if I feel I can start this I will have to see it.
@cheapswede Don't bother trying to cut nails or screws with your multi tool.... Just a waste of blades. They only cut SOFT metal. Like the skin.... Works great on that... Cut a perfect through hole with one. The sawzall or reciprocating saw is key to any type of refurbishing...
