1964 Shasta 16SC

[montanablue]

Hello everyone,
I thought I would share my rebuild progress on my 1964 Shasta 16SC. It is going slow but steady. Check out my Google public gallery of photos. Just finished putting new insulation in. Wiring next. We are not putting it back as original. Lots of new stuff and all of the comforts of home.

RedDirt, I looked at your blog and noticed the fabric you are using for curtains. Can't believe that we have the same fabric. It makes me excited to get it all done.

picasaweb.google.com/montanablue249

More pictures to come in the future.

Love the forum.

Montanablue in Greenville, South Carolina

[Red Dirt]

Looks like great progress so far. As far as fabric, what can I say, great minds think alike eh? Keep the pics coming. One thing about a ground up rebuild, you can do it exactly like you want it. If you have old parts you pulled out though, you should check the wanted section, I know folks are looking for stoves, fridges, etc. Could make some money back. ;D

Red Dirt

[montanablue]

Red Dirt,
Thanks for the comments. Great idea about selling off parts. I have already done that. Sold everything but the refrig. I had to cut the refrig in half to get it out. That was before I had to replace most of the spars in front and back of the camper. I just kept finding more rot. I decided to replace all of rot, even the smallest bit now since I had it opened up. All of the area which got water damaged were replaced with cedar. Hopefully that will take care of it. I got a lot of learning experience when I built mt Teardrop camper a few years ago. That was a full year project. I can post pictures of it if you are interested. Since the addition of a daughter two years ago, we decided we needed a bigger camper. The Teardrop is now with a family in North Carolina. Sad to see it go but we all couldn't fit in it.
I am curious to know if you replace all of the gasket seals on your windows? I don't remember seeing that in your blog. I would like to know more.

I look forward to hearing back.
Montanablue

[Red Dirt]

First, yes I am am sure that I am not the only one who would like to see your teardrop. Second, how was the cedar to work with? Here it is all knots. Third, yes I replaced all gaskets, here's the link, the gasket section is about halfway through:

reddirtshasta.blogspot.com/2009/08/windows-windows-windows.html

Red Dirt

[montanablue]

For those that want to see the Teardrop Camper I built, here it is: picasaweb.google.com/montanablue249/080309TeardropTrailer?feat=directlink

It took me about a year to build from the fram up. My wife parents both had strokes during that time which delayed me some. When finished we had a very solid camper. We just didn't know that a baby would be in our future plans. Now with the Taerdrop sold to another family, we have focused on our Scotty and our new old Shasta. We can hardly wait to finish her up.

Red Dirt, the cedar was pretty good. I found that some of the loacl cedar here in SC is also knoty. I was lucky that I found a local timer cutter which had lots of cedar. I got enough cedar to do all of the windows and the bottom support frame. I hope it stands the test of time.

Thanks also for the link on doing the window gaskets. It helps to see this.
Montanablue