I was able to remove the side windows in the bedroom today as well....my plan is to strip off the gold colored paint and find a color that will fit better with the stain I plan to use....I am not 100% sure the color yet so i will just strip these windows and get them primed and ready for painting later




this picture below shows the water damage to the wood paneling all 3 of these pieces will need to be replaced...I am going to try and save as many of the wood panels as I can...each time i get to work in the trailer i seem to find more that are just better off replaced...

Took some time today on Thanksgiving morning to work on the 1947 Spartan Trailer...it is likely the first time in a month that i have taken time to do something that i wanted to do...work keeps me busy most days and I thank God everyday that we have work to do...being self-employed is not always associated with money and free time...

Yesterday was a rain day in Central Florida and I was not supprised to find water on the floor when I got into the trailer for the morning..i was able to narrow this leak to a screw hole just to the left of the rear window...po had a window cover of some sort that I removed and failed to fill in the holes...this one leaked so i took some putty tape and just worked that in for now...i plan to go around the trailer and use rivets to fill in any holes...






I was able to take out the panel to the left of the window and use the shop vac to get things cleaned up...i went up to homedepot and bought a small nail pry bar...what a time saver...small 10 inch and easy to fit in the edges and corners...

here is a link every person interested in Spartan Trailers should look at....

http://www.spartantrailer.com/

lots of great information here....also...check out the TrailerWorks site

http://trailerworks.biz/    Eric Drugge has done some beautiful work on these trailers and even used one for his personal use for a couple of years.....i believe it was the 1946 Spartan Manor that he used as his own after restoration...

Don....this guy is a professional....here is a link to his blog tracking the restoration work to his 1947 Spartan Manor....

everything looks good....this guy must have lots and time and money...both of which i lack...

i just want to get my trailer to the point where i can hold my head up when camped out....i dont want to the the old trailer trash in the back parking space at the park...(ok..maybe i do...smile...)...i am planning a 13.5 k AC with heat strip...on demand hot water....solor panels on top to recharge a battery bank...likely portable hot spot for wifi access that neighbors could tap into...pergo flooring...considering a wet bath up front near the door or in the bedroom ....

so here is a link to Dons blog....

http://spartanmanor.blogspot.com/

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be sure to check out the spartan trailer blog at the link below

http://www.balrgn.com/Spartan/Spartan.htm

this guy balgrn is pretty active in airstream forums community  (www.airforums.com) where i have learned alot just from following his posts....he is now working on a 1946 Spartan Manor that looks like he dug it out of the woods....and he has high hopes...and the ability make this into a show trailer for sure...

if you know of any other spartan trailer blogs that are following a current or past restoration...please send me a link...thanks

this link shows the trailer pretty much as found (South Carolina) and the first day home....Central Florida

http://picasaweb.google.com/leefields/1947SpartanManor?feat=directlink

this link shows the original heater unit as found....sold to a gentleman in Santa Barbara California.....

http://picasaweb.google.com/leefields/1947SpartanManorCouchAndStove?feat=directlink

this link shows the interior in almost as found condition...at this point i have pulled the couch and rug material...the couch went to a fellow in Jacksonville Florida for his trailer...he is all about original items.... and the tail lights went to a fellow somewhere in the the midwest....another original items guy....the heater went for 150.00 ...the couch for 100.00 and the lights went for 150.00....

http://picasaweb.google.com/leefields/1947SpartanManorMorePics?feat=directlink


i am not an original kind of guy....i like small ceramic heaters....LED lights...a new couch from Classic Coach in Lakeland Florida...I like things that work and dont need alot of maintance work...i can plug in the heater...12v to the LEDs and the new couch came out of a 40 foot bus...the owners did not like the color....OK...i like the color and it fits perfectly...

About 3 years ago I was able to pick up a 1989 Airstream Land Yacht off ebay. The pics on ebay looked good but when it got down to me boy was there alot of work to do. So i will use this blog to report on some of the upgrades and repairs that were done to this trailer. Now this work has been ongoing for the past couple of months so I will post pics and then try to explain what they are intending to show....



1989 Airstream Land Yacht (Squarestream) as found on ebay

My name is Lee and I have a 1947 Spartan Manor Trailer that needs alot of work. I want to keep this blog as an online reference for myself of the work started and completed and the hope is that others may see what was involved with making this trailer useable again. email me with any suggestions:   leefields@gmail.com

I am not a professonal in anyway, I can barely change the oil in my truck, so if you see something done wrong of have some suggestions please let me know.



1947 Spartan Manor as found near Lake Hartwell in South Carolina.