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We just joined VAC...the thought that other people
are restoring these trailers is encouraging ! We "rescued" our 1971 Safari
on July 4th, 2001 and the work needed is almost as bad as the "Dave and Karla"
one pulled from the "swamp"on the vintage airstream site. I have been
almost living in the thing, working on it. And if I am not inside it , I
am out buying things for it. We are going to customize it rather than
restore, an agonizing decision but there is just too much to be done. The
mice and squirrels were partying in there for alot of years. In
fact, some of them died in there ! The dead mice made me squemish but
when I lifted up the foam mattress and found the decaying squirrel...I had to
have my husband get that. I have six (yes, six) sons and they were
fascinated but I was not amused. I have a baby daughter too, but
she is too little to care about any mortician
duty. Between the plywood floor and the belly pan was
six inches of solid mice nests, made from insulation they chewed and about one
billion shredded pinecones. I removed six garbage bags of it and now there
is just the belly pan showing( we ripped up the floor
too ). Don't worry, I disinfected everything that is left, which
is axles, frame, and skin, (just kidding , but almost !)
Question : The belly pan on
our trailer is in holey shape. We dropped it off, cleaned it ,
new insulation, etc..etc.. and washer/tec screw to put it back on. Problem
is now the holes, here , there , and everywhere. All kinds of sizes and
places. Like one the size of my hand right in the middle of the sheet
metal. Lots of bent places along the banana wrap where it gaps. Do
we patch it with a piece of aluminum and then vulkem it ? Will
vulkem cover a two inch gap between the belly pan and the banana wrap ? If
I really glop lots on ? I DON"T want the MICE back !
Thanks, Carrie Welch
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