Go n get 'm!!
Oct. 06 I purchased a 1965 Streamline Countess..27'
and not quite gutted.
Finally got a start on reno the 2nd week of January
07.
I have before pictures, no as I am plodding along pics
and I will soon have after pics... I just am not sure
where to post the pics. If anyone has a good idea I'd
love to hear it.
So far so good. I am anticipating moving in, yes, to
live in my countess the end of this coming week. The
only missing component will be my counter top!
fun sailing!! Judith
> Hi everyone,
>
> We kicked off the renovation project on 'Bob' at the
> weekend, starting with a
> complete review of the state of all the systems,
> interior clean and mould
> removal, then a complete exterior green mould and
> moss removal and full window
> clean, just to make us feel better at looking at
> what we bought and get some
> alu shining in the clear sunshine. This took hours,
> with cold water you loose
> the feeling in your hands after 10 minutes, so not a
> fun job.
>
> We slept overnight in 'Bob' on an airbed before we
> took out the front bed, it
> was -3 C outside overnight, but with a small
> electric oil heater and the
> windows closed we survived!
>
> After cleaning, we patched up some bumper mount
> chassis holes, heavy duty arc
> welder did the job easily.
>
> Next days job was to strip everything out forwards
> of the door, we found an
> indoor swimming pool around the water tanks bad
> couplings, so the floor is
> going and we are down to the chassis in places. next
> weekends jobs are to
> remove the rest of the floor to get to the chassis
> up to 4 foot line from the
> front windows (width of new ply sheets over here).
> Then a coating of Hammerite
> on all dried out and sanded chassis steels, plus
> patch up holes in the
> underbelly skin. Then next day put in lots of
> insulation and a sheet of marine
> ply to walk on as we progress down to the back end.
> We are staying in a B&B to
> avoid the fumes this trip.
>
> Next weekend jobs include remove stove/oven/ kitchen
> area, Type 53 fridge
> freezer if we can get the access hatch to open,
> wardrobe and bathroom, we
> shall see how good the floor is, but I would prefer
> getting to the chassis
> anyway and giving it some preservative coatings, and
> fitting new floor
> throughout so we have freedom in the new layout.
> Plus the Aircon unit is
> going, what a design classic that was!
>
> We will probably put down laminate flooring
> throughout once the ply laying is
> complete, and then see what works as practical to
> meet our touring needs
> regarding final layout.
>
> So a busy weekend has just past, and difficult to
> stay away at work on
> Monday!
>
> We recorded the work, you can take a peek at the
> progress here
> http://belmont.smugmug.com , I'll upload photos
> every week.
>
> Should be on the road for Easter with just the new
> floor, airbed and camping
> stove, pending US to UK vehicle hook up conversions
> to meet all UK legal
> requirements, so Feb and March will be busy!
>
> By August we will have new shower, new kitchen and
> new toilet finished, plus
> new lighting, new fresh/grey/black water systems,
> new beds/rooms and then a
> 1500 mile round trip up to Scotland and back.
>
> Jon Adams
> 1969 Globe Trotter #134
> London, England