Had to post as I am so excited of the progress of day 1 of work on my 1980
Burro. Purchased it in new haven and drove back 4000 miles to Co! It is in rough shape but I am a carpenter/contractor of 15 years and grew up on a lake enjoying and working on boats and jet skis so this project seemed possible on my own...when purchased I noticed as many others have that wheel well plywood was rotting as well as in front of door. I am doing a full remodel on interior and exterior so I didn't want to overlook any structural. I decided to have a new torsion
axle put on as well as give it a 4" or so lift to level with my truck. Knowing the floor is possibly very bad after reading many posts from other
burro owners, and also knowing my mechanic would charge me less for
axle work if the shell was off, I decided to remove shell. I managed to strip the interior down to basic shell removing EVERY screw and piece of hardware. The plywood floor was rotten in several spots but most surprising to me was that because of thin
fiberglass sheets on either side, it was saturated with water throughout entirety. The whole floor had to have weighed 300 pounds almost all water...the
fiberglass prevented it from breathing and would never had dried out.and, of the 30 or so screws going into frame, only 1 screw was not rusted to nothing. One good pothole going 75 mph bringing this back could have meant the
burro surfing the highway!..So, floor is out, shell is up on 5 gal
paint buckets and quite secure, and frame is headed to mechanic tomorrow. All things worked out well as shell only needs minor
fiberglass repair b4
paint and all interior hardware and fittings are accounted for..replacing floor with 3/4" and undercoating/ waterproofing seems to be the biggest job. I will leave all the upholstery work up to my girlfriend and hopefully if all goes well and we don't get too much more snow, this burro will be working in the spring. Also surpring is the amount of new friends we have made since hooking the burro to the truck...This baby is a real head turner even looking as it was pulled out of a swamp. Can't wait for finished product! We were not able to get a
title only a bill of sale and I have been unable to locate
vin #...any suggestions? I need it to register and
license...Thanks All! Very excited to be part of Burro community!
1984 Scamp 5er
Bigfoot B17 CB
Rhinestone Bunkhouse
LUNA
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