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Amanda
Nickles' 1962 Shasta Compact Project
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The bumper is sanded and primed
A chunk of railroad iron and a hammer work perfectly to straighten
it out!
Very battered edge strips
The leg in use - new hardware, with locking eye hook
A new leg in the rear - to replace the broken one
And, installed, from above. Stainless steel screws, butyl tape between
the vent and the roof, and a bead of RV ProFlex around the outer
edge.
The roof will also be Kool-Sealed - no more leaks!
The new vent from below
And, the new Kreg jig - being used for the first time,
to make the pocket holes. LOVE it!
A close up of the pocket hole joinery
Framing for the new dresser.
The bottom will be false doors as this is only 1" wider than the
wheel well
Framing for the new kitchen.
It's just sitting there to see if it fits - note that a notch for the
refrigerator hinge needs to be cut so the framing will sit on the floor.
It will fit though - on the left side, the top space is for a false
drawer front
as the sink will be behind that space. Next two down are drawers
and the
bottom space is for a cabinet door.
Original sink drain on the left - beautiful new one on the right!
The new yellow stove is wider than the original brown one.
The space circled in purple shows how much too wide it makes it for
Plan A of the new kitchen - 3/8" too wide!
Going with Plan B - can inset the 1/8" ply panel into the 1x2
and
plane 1/8" off the 1x2 to the right and the 1x2 to the left
of the refrigerator!
These are just sitting for width - not actually where their installed
location will be
as they'll both be sitting further back against the front wall and
of course
the stove will be installed so its top is even with the top of the
counter.
The hole from the floor furnace which had already been removed.
Framed it in pressure treated lumber, attached with sub-flooring
adhesive and screws. My lumber guys told me that the sub-flooring
adhesive was even better than construction adhesive for this project.
Plywood in place - no more hole!
The water filler hole and the drain hole from the old water tank
Both get an aluminum patch - stapled and sub-floor glued down.
That icky piece of lower wall will have a new panel covering it
before the new bed goes in place.
The holes in the front where gas line and water lines went through
are also patched with aluminum. Will drill new holes for the new
lines.
Filling in where there was tile missing with some floor tiles I had.
This way the new sub-floor will be level.
New 1/4" plywood sub-floor in place - with seams filled and sanded.
This was attached with sub-flooring adhesive and 1/2" staples
And the front sub-floor - nice smooth CLEAN surface for the new flooring!
And, new heavy-duty vinyl flooring is in. The pieces cut out for the
wheel
wells are lying on top of the wells.
And the front. Potty room isn't done yet, but that will be done later.
Next step - constructing the new kitchen!
And after a coat of Cherry Watco Danish oil over the unstained parts
and a coat of 10 parts Golden Oak to one part Cherry over all of
it.
Got ready to cut the new opening for the refrigerator and realized
I would be cutting int structural supports. Opting to tear out the
old kitchen and make a new one. As a cabinetmaker, I found the
construction methods used by Shasta for this kitchen to be not nice.
This gives me a chance to stain and polyurethane this area, so all
is good!
Side walls after two coats of satin-finish polyurethane
Section of the new plywood and a section of the sidewall -
again, after two coats of satin-finish polyurethane
Second sheet of plywood is in.
This one had to be notched out around the potty room.
Perfect fit
Looks great!
Bottom sheet is in
As is the front, and final, sheet.
Back light removed - picture to show wiring scheme
A mouse nest - it was between the plywood and the aluminum skin
*above* the window. No idea how those mice got up there!
No wonder the back shelf didn't come out easily.
It was nailed in from the outside!
Thank goodness for pneumatic cut off tools!
No way to remove the nails without removing the aluminum skin. Cutting
them off!
All interior plywood removed from rear floor to front upper cabinets.
Will be beefing up the very flimsy support structure.
The upper rear
Discovered another hole through the roof - this is just behind
the front cabinet. Will get patched from inside and outside.
Happy happy, joy joy!
There's a breaker box - with one 15 amp circuit free.
Will add a second breaker/circuit for two of the new outlets going
in.
The new outlet for the refrigerator will be on the original circuit,
with the two original ceiling lights.
This way, one could use a
hair dryer and the refrigerator could be running at the same time!
All of the new whiter wood is new. Beefing up the support pieces
and, adding the blocks with holes in them to give the rear running
lights something sturdy to be attached to!
Two more cross pieces will be added below the first new one.
Using Gorilla Glue (expanding polyurathane) on the ends of the framing
members
and Titebond III (waterproof) to glue the supports between the framing
members.
The first of the beefed up roof supports. Added 1x1 to each
side of the existing 1x2, running them in the other direction.
Will do all of the other roof supports the same way - it does help!
The nailing blocks have been installed along the edges.
This gives me a place to attach the new plywood.
Close-up of the nailing blocks.
They were glued in with Titebond III & brad-nailed to hold for the
glue to set.
The last two cross-supports are installed and
3/4" of styrofoam, foil both sides fills in all the gaps.
The first plywood panel is cut and has received two coats of
Cherry Watco Danish oil and one coat of 10 parts Golden Oak to one
part Cherry.
After this picture was taken, the panel was carried into the dining
room to
dry completely - didn't want to waste my shop propane (seen in
the rear)
as Danish Oil should dry for several days before the next step.
Entire rear is styrofoamed
First sheet of 1/8" birch is installed.
Probably going to give it another coat of cherry oil followed by
one more coat of the 10 parts golden oak to 1 part cherry.
That's the wiring for the light fixture hanging out above the window.
New structure added to driver's side -
cross-pieces added between the beefed up framing members.
Ditto passenger side. Location of these new cross-pieces
will give the new upper cabinets a place to screw into.
New structure added in front. New framing for the roof vent
and a new cross-piece on the back side of the roof vent frame.
Originally the roof vent frame was hanging, attached only to one
cross-piece.
Ready to install the styrofoam but at 2 degrees and up to 30 MPH
winds
(and a wind chill of 25 below), opting to stay in the 68 degree house
today!
Next sheet of plywood is cut and stained, ready to install
on a warmer, less-windy, day!
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