69 compact framing questions

[danknappdanny]

I started demoing the compact and ran into alot of damage. I plan on starting with the right side, replacing the frame and working around clock wise. The damage is all on the lower, from the windows down. When I pulled the lower skin, everything was dust!
Question
The curved pieces on the rear corners are gone. How do u remake these with nothing to pattern from?

The roof is sagging a lot. Is there a measurement to jack it up to in order to insure it's square when I start replacing framing?

This is freaking me out. I think I screwed up!!!! Help. I will post pics soon

[Gone Kayaking]

Breathe and don't panic....you are where many of us have been.
You use the aluminum panels from the sides as a pattern for the curved pieces, like a template. Look carefully through the owner restoration threads and you'll see how several folks have done this.
Use a square and level to get get your roof braced to the correct height. This is pretty important. I ended up with an 1in sag in mine and it was a real pain to correct after the fact.
Please do post pics.

[kevinbrown10]

Yes as Gone Kayaking has been said that don't panic take a long breathe and then think again, I hope then you would be able to find any solution and off-course pics will be much helpful if you will provide them as then one can be more specific about all your queries.




Roofer Stockport

[tylerbes]

I would start panicing if I were you!..... kidding... I made the same mistake as you did and got out of the woods just fine.

You have a couple outs here. Kayak is spot on with one solution and its a good one. But if you use the skin you have to keep in mind that the interior walls dont go all the way to outer edge of the skin. If the 69 is constructed like earlier campers they made the made the walls first, skinned them with wood, put them up and then the interior ceiling wood sits on top of the walls. This makes the outside of the wall where the aluminum mounts, grow by about 1 inch. so you would have to come in from the edge of the aluminum skin by the thickess of the roof materials to make the inner wood panel the right size.

Another option is to use the wood skin from the opposing wall... they should be VERY close to identical, mine were on my 64. IF you are doing a full Resto I recommend taking all the roof/ceiling off first, then take the walls down complete (dont remove the inner wood skin until you are ready to replace it or use it as a template! it holds the shape of the wall.

I have some info on my blog about the order of assembly/disassembly along with pictures if your interested. They may help.

Tyler