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Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 07-10-2016, 01:07 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,610
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Thanks so much Kai, on your observation, I put...

Thanks so much Kai, on your observation, I put the bent one in the vice and straightened it to 90 degrees. Works just fine. Thanks so much.
Leonie
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 07-10-2016, 01:05 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,610
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Hey Walt, it is a '73. All the windows are...

Hey Walt, it is a '73. All the windows are original, they are all the swing type.
Leonie
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 07-08-2016, 07:00 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,610
Posted By Leonie Belcher
hinges

Hi Kai, looks great! You guys are doing a super job. I am trying to close mine up and have installed the door frame, now on to the hinges. I did not realize that they are different, one slightly more...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 02-02-2016, 08:10 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 30,459
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Snap!

I have gutted my Amerigo too. Replaced the floor with Densilite XP, it will never rot again. I also lined the channels in the floor with rigid insulation and under the XP with laminate padding and...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-20-2015, 07:28 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Pics

Coupler
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-20-2015, 07:22 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Coupler mod.

We had the welder unbolt the swingy coupler that worked the surge brakes and weld in a large receiver. He drilled holes to line up with the holes existing for the original bolts. He then welded the...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-20-2015, 07:02 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Densilite XP

We got very lucky, Plasti Span is the manufacturer and they are near Hamilton Ontario, they happened to have some seconds for 1/2 price and a company that does plastic forming here in Ottawa was...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-14-2015, 09:18 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 14,336
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Glazing

I finally found the glazing spline for the windows from Showerdirect.com thru amazon. $32 for 100', I need 88' for all the windows. I have replaced all the plexi and just needed the glazing spline....
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-14-2015, 09:07 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 14,336
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Frame

My frame is a little twisty, not the part where the shell goes but the tongue. We inspected it really well and I am under the impression that it came out of the factory like that. I think their...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-14-2015, 09:01 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 14,336
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Shell weight.

The shell is very heavy. I used the 3T floor jack too. Hydraulic bottle jacks came in handy as well. Yours looks just like mine except the vent for the fridge is very tiny in yours, looks like...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-14-2015, 08:00 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Frame

Yay frame is back from welders, looks great and the removable coupler is genius (I stole this idea from someone else). I have ground down any high spots, cleaned it, degreased it and POR15'd it. That...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-14-2015, 07:53 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
shell-off

Hi Kai, I used 2 12' 4x4's underneath at the flattest place at the front and across the back under the ledge and put the jacks on big logs under the 4x4's fairly close to the ends of the beams then...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-09-2015, 04:28 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
And this

https://borgdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/kirk-and-spock-with-the-galileo.jpg
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-09-2015, 04:26 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Like this

https://www.therpf.com/attachments/f9/fate-galileo-shuttlecraft-full-size-g2.jpg-11048d1233340263
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-09-2015, 03:55 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Layout

I think we will keep the layout the same but I will switch all of the electrical boxes and mechanicals to the front bench and the umbilicals can come out at the front too. It had a bathroom installed...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-09-2015, 03:38 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
rear floor

Hi Steve, the rear floor is not FG'd around the edge, and it is stuck to the floor but mr Claus has the right idea. I took the opportunity to beef up the frame channels right at the back where they...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-09-2015, 01:11 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Pics

Before the floor came out
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-09-2015, 12:53 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Floor

I don't think it was very securely bonded, it came up pretty easily once I used my oscillating tool to cut the FG all around the edge. Some parts stuck but I think the wood had deteriorated enough to...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-09-2015, 10:19 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
The bump in the night

Yup, the bump is part of the construction. I am going to make it a ramp because that will make the possibility of killing myself tripping less likely. I can still run lines under the ramp. I am also...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 09-16-2015, 06:55 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,244
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Help!

I have taken all the windows out of the Amerigo and cleaned them, replaced the plexi and now need to find glazing spline to secure the plexi in the frames. The frames are the same as those on...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 08-19-2015, 11:17 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Mystery!

How exactly is the pod attached to the frame? I can only see the two bolts at the rear that bolt thru the floor and the frame crossbar. The rest of the bolts (6) at the front don't go through framing...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 08-19-2015, 11:12 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Thanks Eddie and MRClaus

The floor is pretty rotten at the front and all along the sides of all three pieces. Pretty stinky too from all the generations of mice, attracts flies, yuk, it has to come up. I have sourced...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 08-19-2015, 06:40 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,045
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Floor help please

I am down to lifting the plywood out of the Amerigo (henceforth known as Galileo). I would be ever grateful if any of you that have replaced the floor would chime in with hints and lessons learned....
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 08-11-2015, 06:57 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,499
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Andrew, any more pics of the trailer? I have just...

Andrew, any more pics of the trailer? I have just bought one and it is a total gut job too.
Forum: General Chat 07-01-2015, 09:05 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,622
Posted By Leonie Belcher
The Brockville Walmart and the Real Canadian...

The Brockville Walmart and the Real Canadian Superstore next door allow overnights. North Augusta exit off the 401.
Forum: Care and Feeding of Molded Fiberglass Trailers 06-16-2015, 05:48 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,631
Posted By Leonie Belcher
OMG I didn't realize they were worth so much,...

OMG I didn't realize they were worth so much, hubby says to go out and lubricate it again so it never seizes up. LOL
Forum: Care and Feeding of Molded Fiberglass Trailers 06-16-2015, 05:46 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,631
Posted By Leonie Belcher
I believe it to be original and the latch is a...

I believe it to be original and the latch is a Bargeman L400
Forum: Care and Feeding of Molded Fiberglass Trailers 06-16-2015, 05:37 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,631
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Strike plate

This is what mine looks like, basically just a shaped piece of chromed metal riveted in.
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 05-29-2015, 05:56 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,012
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Black gaskets

Hello all, we have a very old and beat-up boler that was given to us and we plan to make her beautiful. I am searching all over for an alternative to the black locking gasket used on the front and...
Forum: Hi, I am.... 04-28-2015, 04:34 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,093
Posted By Leonie Belcher
I am thinking it was done to make it a toy...

I am thinking it was done to make it a toy hauler, maybe dirt bikes or something. Once I get the garbage cleaned out I will have a really good look at the feasability of reglassing the opening to...
Forum: Hi, I am.... 04-26-2015, 04:51 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,093
Posted By Leonie Belcher
And one more.

I think this is a '73 but am not sure how to tell.
Forum: Hi, I am.... 04-26-2015, 04:48 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,093
Posted By Leonie Belcher
PICS of rear hatch

Here are the promised pics of the mysterious rear hatch.
Forum: Hi, I am.... 04-25-2015, 09:11 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,093
Posted By Leonie Belcher
I will post pics soon. This is a full door...

I will post pics soon. This is a full door opening upwards. The rear window is in it. Very strange indeed. It is an actual boler, pretty old too. Thinking maybe a '73. The racoon poop was also free....
Forum: Hi, I am.... 04-25-2015, 06:29 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,093
Posted By Leonie Belcher
Hello!

We have been given a very old, very poopy gutted boler but oh, the possibilities. The poor little thing needs a complete gut and rebuild. My question is this: This trailer has a large rear hatch...
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