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swilly
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Feb 02, 2014

"New" Vintage TT

Hi guys, just bought a 1968 Holiday Vacationer to restore. I have a Keystone Passport 2590BH for our normal family camping, but this is mine to play with and make my own.



It is pretty rough and needs work because the wood frame has tons of rot. I have completely gutted the interior. Will most likely take it down to the frame and rebuild.

I have seen a few posts by some on here about old Holiday campers and had one question in particular:

Can someone tell me what the screw head is on these campers?? I thought it might be a clutch bit head but I bought some and that doesn't quite fit.

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  • HJGyswyt's avatar
    HJGyswyt
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2014
    How fun! I've done major rot repairs before as well, but never such a total project. Here is something to keep in mind as you rebuild if you are not an engineer. Just remember, cabinets, closets, built in furniture and interior walls all add strength to your trailer. Take that all away and you have very little strength left. Things will wrack and move as you go down the road, old trailers like that were not built just to have four walls, a floor and ceiling. Thanks for sharing and let us know how the rebuild progresses. All the best, Hans
  • AirForceAngler's avatar
    AirForceAngler
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2014
    Nice project! I like how they had the balusters added to the cabinets to hold the roof up!
  • swilly's avatar
    swilly
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2014
    A few interior pics.

    When I got it:





    After a little demo work:








    I am planning to do the interior with birch plywood,similar to the vintage campers of the 50s.
  • NJRedneck1986's avatar
    NJRedneck1986
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2014
    are you gonna make it into a ManPer? :-D looks good can you post some interior pics before and when your all done cant wait to see it finished.

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