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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    I'm just now getting back to my camper. Life seems to get in the way. Not that its a bad thing but it sometimes put a stop to projects that are not a priority. I still have the question on the dimension for the floor. Is it a 4x8 sheet?
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    I was able to get all of my plywood cut except the floor this weekend. When I tore the bottom apart someone had nailed several extra sheets of plywood together. So I'm at a loss to exactly what the floor foot print is suppose to be. The floor was so rotten I really could not tell where it...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    I looked at plywood Friday all I could find is 1/8 birch or red oak no ash here in S.Oregon. When I get ready to replace the sections with the curve any tips. I had planned to steam the sheets.
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    The strips I'm referring too are on the underside on the outside where it overhangs on the truck bed. I thought about just putting some butyle tabe on the back side of the metal and run a s/s screw it. Since there are wholes alread in the skin' I'm replacing all the screws with s/s. I was...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    Ok I'll make sure i do that, any certain kind? As far as the area that had the wooden strip attached I believe this area sits on the bed rail of the truck or close to it. I'm not sure,we brought it home on a trailer. Was there a wooden strip attached as some point originaly or was this an...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    Well we finally got the camper seperated and sitting on seperate dollies. 2 weeks ago I started working on the bottom first. When taking the sheet metal off along the underside bench area someone or maybe from the factory ? Had put nails through metal into the plywood and on one side it looked...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    Rusty you mentioned on an previous post about making a cradle for the top. Did you mean actual suspending the top from all 4 corners or setting it down supporting the bottom and the perimiter. Also the 2x2's can a person use cedar or does it not work with the aluminum skins like the pressure...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    Mine also has the two sets of holders. I'm trying to get all of my duck in order before I start on this. I'm interested In what is the actauly type of paneling in these old campers. Is it birch? And a good source to buy it. With the aluminum skin, does it take a speacial type of screw so...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    Were building a dolly for the camper today. Rayct77 you mentioned butyl tape for the windows. I have never used it before but i've read a few different things about it and RV putty. What's your take on the rv putty? Rusty you mentioned building a cradle for the top. Do you mean actualy...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Restore "58"

    Hi everyone. My husband bought me a 1958 8 ft nco . I've had it a year and now its time to make it new again. There is nothing inside. It has a coupe of holders for hanging a cot but I don't know if that's original or not. It has wood rot in the corners ect. and the floor needs replaced. All...
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