76 Boler Reno/Rework

[kgingeri]

Well I got about the best day I could (Someone must like me ;v). Here is a shot of the inside and two of the outside. Painting complete! YAH!

[Vickie B.]

Amazing!!!!

[Donna D.]

What a great day you had!

[kgingeri]

Ok, so windows are very hard to get or very expensive to have made, soooo... I did it myself. There is a rubber rain shield in the top and the plastic window pane will go under it and inside the rest of the frame. The corners are re-enforced with a thin aluminum epoxied to the main frame. Aluminum is stock angle 1/2" and 3/4" from Home Depot.

I have painted them black (pics yet to come) and have to mount the acrylic panes yet. Then mount them into the body. They will be held in with an inside U channel and screws (U-channel will hide point of screws. This mean NO body drilling to mount - or holes of any kind! :vD

[kgingeri]

Progress continues... see attached pics.

[pbraunton]

i like the addition of the third brake light, ...........nice and high and easy to see!!!!!

[kgingeri]

Door on and outside trim done. Whew! ...now for the innards ;vP

[kgingeri]

More pics and progress...

[kgingeri]

Gotta get this thing done for the weekend - ya know what I'll be doing for my next 40 hours!

[Vickie B.]

Well, I am in awe (and a bit envious!) LOVE LOVE LOVE the window treatments!

[kgingeri]

Thanks Vickie, more to come soon!

[kgingeri]

So hours in - and holiday'n with still a bit of work to do (cabinet doors and all trim) but we "got crack'n" (was an egg ad slogan here in Ontario a few years ago )

[Donna D.]

By looking at that last picture in the bunch, I'd say you were darn successful

[kgingeri]

Thx Donna. We are liking FG RV life!

[Vickie B.]

May I say again: Karl, you are amazing! Everything is top notch! The front dinette is absolutely perfect!

Vickie

[kgingeri]

Thanks Vickie.

There was some doubt that it would be big enough, but it is fine for us (we're 5'4"-ish). We can both sit face to face and knees aren't even close to touching. Now that said, we also only weight normal - so we can't go put'n on the beef or it'd be a tight fit on the kitchenette side

It'll be nice to have cupboard doors and trim on - I brought materials with us to do it while camping.

[Siris]

You should sell the frames I now a few people who would love them
Including me

[Vickie B.]

I know what you mean about space and the front dinette. We built storage units for BOTH sides of our front dinette. And although I made cardboard mock-ups, and we tried them out---it may be a bit snug now that I have removable padded fronts on them! We can always put the center board in and sit next to each other with the table in front. I'm happy with what I did, so it's all good---don't expect to spend alot of time sitting there---my husband would use it more for his computer work!

Here's a pic before they were finished and have the fronts on them. They will be great for storage!

[kgingeri]

Originally Posted by Siris

You should sell the frames I now a few people who would love them
Including me

Siris, my friend who made this one is in that business. He does nothing but aluminum frames. I can put you or anyone else in touch with him. He is in Wingham Ontario Canada.

Karl :v)

[kgingeri]

Originally Posted by Vickie B.

I know what you mean about space and the front dinette. We built storage units for BOTH sides of our front dinette. And although I made cardboard mock-ups, and we tried them out---it may be a bit snug now that I have removable padded fronts on them! We can always put the center board in and sit next to each other with the table in front. I'm happy with what I did, so it's all good---don't expect to spend alot of time sitting there---my husband would use it more for his computer work!

Here's a pic before they were finished and have the fronts on them. They will be great for storage!

Looks cute Vickie! Interesting how we all have our ideas and what works for one doesn't appeal at all to another. I respect anyone's ideas - we all gotta set up these eggs like we like em!