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VACList DigestVACList-Digest Monday, June 17, 2002 Issue 337
Today's Topics:
1. Dinette Wanted
2. trailer for sale
3. Vintage AS Insurance
4. Re: Vintage AS Insurance
5. Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
6. Re: Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
7. Re: Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
8. Re: Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
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Message Number: 1
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 18:03:23 -0800
From: "Yosef P. Rosen" <yos@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Dinette Wanted
Hi! My name is Yosef, this is my first posting to the VAC list and I am
very excited to have found it. I Just bought my first Airstream, a 1967 20'
Globetrotter. Looking for a dinette (that converts to a bed) to install in
it. Any ideas on where I can find one?
Thanks for providing and maintaining this wonderful forum.
Yosef Rosen
yos@xxxxxxxxxx.com
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Message Number: 2
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 21:22:03 -0400
From: Jim Dunmyer <jdunmyer@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: trailer for sale
We have reluctantly decided to sell our gorgeous 1983 30' Avion travel.
All details are available at:
http://www.oldengine.org/members/jdunmyer/83avion
My email address is mailto:jdunmyer@xxxxxxxxxx.com, please make all
correspondence Off-List.
Thanks for looking!!
<<Jim>>
--
<<http://www.oldengine.org/members/jdunmyer>>
<<jdunmyer@xxxxxxxxxx.com>>
<<lower SE Michigan, USA>>
<<mailto:jdunmyer@xxxxxxxxxx.com>>
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Message Number: 3
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:59:18 -0500
From: "Jeff Griffin" <mrfurious007@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Vintage AS Insurance
<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Hello:</P>
<P>I called Foremost insurance today to inquire about a policy to cover my 1968 Caravel. Well, as has been the case with my other inquiries (including Geico), Foremost said the trailer had no book value and they couldn't insure it. I've read on the VAC th<P>What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions on the steps necessary to get a "stated value" policy most appreciated.</P>
<P>Thanks</P>
<P>Jeff</P></div><br clear=all><hr>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: <a href='http://g.msn.com/1HM505401/43'>Click Here</a><br></html>
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Message Number: 4
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:30:47 -0400
From: Dave Lowrey <dave_lowrey@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Re: Vintage AS Insurance
State Farm allowed me to set a value for the trailer, and that is what my
premium is based on.
No "Guaranteed Replacement Value" is allowed with this setup.
Dave
At 08:59 AM 6/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello:
>
>I called Foremost insurance today to inquire about a policy to cover my
>1968 Caravel. Well, as has been the case with my other inquiries
>(including Geico), Foremost said the trailer had no book value and they
>couldn't insure it. I've read on the VAC that other vintage AS owners were
>successful in getting policies.
>
>What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions on the steps necessary to get a
>"stated value" policy most appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jeff
>
>
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Message Number: 5
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:33:28 -0700
From: "William Henshall" <willy@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
Hi folks,
Firstly many thanks for help via this list in me going the right way in the
replacement floor and belly pan on my 58 Traveler.
I do have a big problem right now though and wonder if anyone might be able
to shed any light?
I have finished the new floor/new belly pan after about 8 weekends and
yesterday spent a frustrating few hours trying to fit the shell back on.
I am pretty sure that the new floor and the u-channels are exactly the same
shape and dimensions as the old floor. They were all cut out to the old
floor as a template as accurately as I could.
The problem I am having is a bit like trying to put a favourite pair of
pants on after a thanksgiving feast - you know that extra 6 pounds mean that
the zipper has be gently coaxed into action...and when ever you get it done
up it just pops down again on its own...
There are no obvious extrusions in the way, it all just seems very tight and
one corner keeps popping up when the other 3 are on
One thing that is different now is that I used .040 for the replacement
belly pan, and the original belly pan was more like .025 - this means that
the new pan is much harder to bend as easily and obviously is thicker. It
all sits and wraps snugly around the u-channel now though, although a lot of
rubber mallet banging was needed. Now the neighbors 2 streets away are
coming by to see what is going on :)
I undid the temporary 2x4 cross beam struts, and that seems to have given me
more bend in the shell generally, although the worry there is now getting
the shell on true and that the door and windows are not twisted.
I was thinking of getting 2 x 40ft cargo straps and wrapping them around
middle of the whole trailer over the vertical struts and ratcheting the
shell down little by little until in place and I can get the rivets in...
Any ideas?
Best to all
Will Henshall
will@xxxxxxxxxx.com
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Message Number: 6
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:25:54 -0700
From: "Robert Townsend" <rctowns@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: Re: Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
bud cooper told me the same thing - fitting the shell back on is the hardest
part of the whole enterprise... have you considered removing the lower
interior skin panels? this might be a good time to do that, and you can
replace the rivets with Riv-Nuts, and re-insulate while you're at it...
Tuna
'48 Trailwind (shell off)
Reno, NV
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Henshall" <willy@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of VACList" <VACList@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:33 AM
Subject: [VAC] Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
> Hi folks,
>
> Firstly many thanks for help via this list in me going the right way in
the
> replacement floor and belly pan on my 58 Traveler.
>
> I do have a big problem right now though and wonder if anyone might be
able
> to shed any light?
>
> I have finished the new floor/new belly pan after about 8 weekends and
> yesterday spent a frustrating few hours trying to fit the shell back on.
>
> I am pretty sure that the new floor and the u-channels are exactly the
same
> shape and dimensions as the old floor. They were all cut out to the old
> floor as a template as accurately as I could.
>
> The problem I am having is a bit like trying to put a favourite pair of
> pants on after a thanksgiving feast - you know that extra 6 pounds mean
that
> the zipper has be gently coaxed into action...and when ever you get it
done
> up it just pops down again on its own...
>
> There are no obvious extrusions in the way, it all just seems very tight
and
> one corner keeps popping up when the other 3 are on
>
> One thing that is different now is that I used .040 for the replacement
> belly pan, and the original belly pan was more like .025 - this means that
> the new pan is much harder to bend as easily and obviously is thicker. It
> all sits and wraps snugly around the u-channel now though, although a lot
of
> rubber mallet banging was needed. Now the neighbors 2 streets away are
> coming by to see what is going on :)
>
> I undid the temporary 2x4 cross beam struts, and that seems to have given
me
> more bend in the shell generally, although the worry there is now getting
> the shell on true and that the door and windows are not twisted.
>
> I was thinking of getting 2 x 40ft cargo straps and wrapping them around
> middle of the whole trailer over the vertical struts and ratcheting the
> shell down little by little until in place and I can get the rivets in...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Best to all
>
> Will Henshall
> will@xxxxxxxxxx.com
>
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Message Number: 7
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:25:54 -0700
From: "Robert Townsend" <rctowns@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: Re: Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
bud cooper told me the same thing - fitting the shell back on is the hardest
part of the whole enterprise... have you considered removing the lower
interior skin panels? this might be a good time to do that, and you can
replace the rivets with Riv-Nuts, and re-insulate while you're at it...
Tuna
'48 Trailwind (shell off)
Reno, NV
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Henshall" <willy@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of VACList" <VACList@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:33 AM
Subject: [VAC] Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
> Hi folks,
>
> Firstly many thanks for help via this list in me going the right way in
the
> replacement floor and belly pan on my 58 Traveler.
>
> I do have a big problem right now though and wonder if anyone might be
able
> to shed any light?
>
> I have finished the new floor/new belly pan after about 8 weekends and
> yesterday spent a frustrating few hours trying to fit the shell back on.
>
> I am pretty sure that the new floor and the u-channels are exactly the
same
> shape and dimensions as the old floor. They were all cut out to the old
> floor as a template as accurately as I could.
>
> The problem I am having is a bit like trying to put a favourite pair of
> pants on after a thanksgiving feast - you know that extra 6 pounds mean
that
> the zipper has be gently coaxed into action...and when ever you get it
done
> up it just pops down again on its own...
>
> There are no obvious extrusions in the way, it all just seems very tight
and
> one corner keeps popping up when the other 3 are on
>
> One thing that is different now is that I used .040 for the replacement
> belly pan, and the original belly pan was more like .025 - this means that
> the new pan is much harder to bend as easily and obviously is thicker. It
> all sits and wraps snugly around the u-channel now though, although a lot
of
> rubber mallet banging was needed. Now the neighbors 2 streets away are
> coming by to see what is going on :)
>
> I undid the temporary 2x4 cross beam struts, and that seems to have given
me
> more bend in the shell generally, although the worry there is now getting
> the shell on true and that the door and windows are not twisted.
>
> I was thinking of getting 2 x 40ft cargo straps and wrapping them around
> middle of the whole trailer over the vertical struts and ratcheting the
> shell down little by little until in place and I can get the rivets in...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Best to all
>
> Will Henshall
> will@xxxxxxxxxx.com
>
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Message Number: 8
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:07:58 -0700
From: James Clark <jec1938@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: Re: Having trouble getting the shell back on my 58 Traveler...
At 10:33 AM 6/17/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi folks,
>I was thinking of getting 2 x 40ft cargo straps and wrapping them around
>middle of the whole trailer over the vertical struts and ratcheting the
>shell down little by little until in place and I can get the rivets in...
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Best to all
>
>Will Henshall
>will@xxxxxxxxxx.com
I have been trying to remember the factory assembly well enough to
comment... I do remember the special flat metal plate that the floor
workers were assembling the body and the floor on ... Any twist or bow in
the your trailer floor would cause difficulty in getting the body down
straight... any twist in the body while lowering it would give the problem
described... (one corner that wants to pop up..) Thinking about what to
do, I wondered if using a transit and being extra careful in leveling the
floor would be a good place to start...
Jim
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