1962 Shasta Airflyte Restoration - "LUCKY"

Hello. The '62 Shasta has been restored and I started blogging about it. Check out this link and see him in all of his Glory!

http://62shastaairflyterestoration.blogspot.com/2011/09/1962-shasta-airflyte-restoration.html

Bubby's floor...

I decided to take up that red floor in Bubby and was very nervous about what I might find underneath. I was hoping that whoever put it down did so as a matter of taste and not to cover up a bad floor. Mind you this was a big risk as far as I am concerned! And I don't usually get lucky where these things go. Usually, I am unpleasantly surprised by how bad those hidden spots are!

This is the old floor that was put on top of the older floor!

I decided to start scraping at the door where one would usually find the most damage due to the high traffic. AHHHHHH....It is in pretty good condition minus the dirt and glue residue. You should have seen the dirt on me when I got done! As they say, it's a messy job but someone's got to do it!

I think that once this is all cleaned up it will make it look a lot brighter and a lot bigger!

Once I got all the old red floor up I started to scrub the older floor and it looks like it will become nice and clean again. It has specks of yellow, pink and turquoisey blue in it! Perfect! That opens whole new options as far as Bubby's color scheme is concerned. I like it! I also like my luck in finding this older floor to be in such great condition! Yippee for me!!!!

Pretty cool, huh?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bubby is exposed at the rear!

Jordan, the 1962 Shasta Airflyte is getting prepped for a paint job so while Alan does that I have been "tinkering" around with Bubby. I pulled out the stove, removed the bed, cleaned the ice box and basically assessed him for what is going to have to be done to bring him back to his old glory. There is a hole in the sink so that needs replaced. The table will have to be fixed and there is a bit of wood work I am looking forward to doing. Overall, not as bad as it could be. First things first, I thought I would get the back wall area torn apart. And so, the back aluminum came down and the frame was removed  up to the window.  Taking off the back sheet of aluminum wasn't so easy. They used those clutch head screws we all love to hate! We are sure the guy who invented them is now in hiding! On top of that they nailed the siding about every 6 inches all along the edges and all around the window frame. Guess they didn't want this sheet of aluminum flying off while in transit! 

Something new...the back of the aluminum was anodized. Haven't seen that before! 

Bubby exposing his rear!

Out came all the old birch and he is almost ready for new birch. I have to repair the dividing wall of the bed area and bathroom and while I was in there cleaning the bathroom walls I noticed that a few of the tiles were coming up. Uh oh....the red floor was in good condition and I loathe it when floors have to be redone and now it looked like this will be the case! Well, I ran into some luck...the floor in the bathroom wasn't all that bad! Hmmmm, wonder what is under the red tiles in the rest of the trailer? How bad is the damage for them to cover the original floor with the red? Guess I will be finding out soon enough!

Floor underneath is original and wall is removed that divides it from the bed area.

Here is a close up of the original floor with it's various colors.

 Stay tuned and I will tell you all about the floor!

Bubby ~ 1963 Fan Travel Trailer - added pictures

While we haven't started working on Bubby yet we added a bunch of photos for you to see how he came to us. Click on the Bubby Tab to take a look!

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