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[VAC] Re: plywood floor & curved windows
Beth - i'm doing a shell-off on a '48 Trailwind. Search the 'archives' at
www.tompatterson.com ,
there's lots of great stuff in there re: everything you need to know. Point
of information... our airstreams have the ''pipe-frame" frame design... many
folks have had new frames fabricated using the 'ladder-frame' design.
new axle and suspension and everything... but keeping the 'pipe' so it'll
have the '40's 'look'.
I've heard that it's not that difficult to 'piece-in' plywood sections
without removing the shell, but i would imagine that a 53 year old trailer
could use a whole new floor, and you'll be able to fix a whole bunch o'
other stuff much more easily...
Tuna
Reno, NV