'71 Starcraft Wanderstar- "The Hilton"
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Thanks all for the good wishes and good thoughts, everyone!
I started in on the polystyrene install and have two sides complete. There are a lot of little pieces and a lot of carving to get the styrene board around wires, staples, framework, etc. The good news is at 30-40 f., I only run the electric heater for a couple of hours a day and the halogen work light along with the new insulation keeps it nice and warm inside. It's actually too hot if I leave the heater run for more than two hours, lol.
The white caulking material is a sealant that I had in the storage shed, I tried to fill every little crack to seal up the wall.
Along the driver's side wall was the original antenna inlet, a twin lead connector. Real cowpokes don't use no stinkin' twin lead so I grabbed some stuff and here's what I ended up with, two coaxial entrances, one for stereo FM and one for TV:
The inside terminations:
What I ended up using for this was a scrap piece of Lexan and I glued a piece of mahogany venner onto the back of the plate. I attached some weather strip tape, a bead of silicone, and bolted it through the skin of the trailer.
Yesterday was nice and sunny so I thought I'd finish up on the clearance lights, the logo signs and reattach the taillights, since the PO thought a sheetmetal screw or two would do the job---not. I made some brackets and through bolted the light cases into the brackets.
Back to the insulating, I think I'm starting to see pink dots, lol.;)
I started in on the polystyrene install and have two sides complete. There are a lot of little pieces and a lot of carving to get the styrene board around wires, staples, framework, etc. The good news is at 30-40 f., I only run the electric heater for a couple of hours a day and the halogen work light along with the new insulation keeps it nice and warm inside. It's actually too hot if I leave the heater run for more than two hours, lol.
The white caulking material is a sealant that I had in the storage shed, I tried to fill every little crack to seal up the wall.
Along the driver's side wall was the original antenna inlet, a twin lead connector. Real cowpokes don't use no stinkin' twin lead so I grabbed some stuff and here's what I ended up with, two coaxial entrances, one for stereo FM and one for TV:
The inside terminations:
What I ended up using for this was a scrap piece of Lexan and I glued a piece of mahogany venner onto the back of the plate. I attached some weather strip tape, a bead of silicone, and bolted it through the skin of the trailer.
Yesterday was nice and sunny so I thought I'd finish up on the clearance lights, the logo signs and reattach the taillights, since the PO thought a sheetmetal screw or two would do the job---not. I made some brackets and through bolted the light cases into the brackets.
Back to the insulating, I think I'm starting to see pink dots, lol.;)
