phelpsa
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 02:47 PM |
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Trailer update
Bought this off Jon Ison about 3 months ago for the extremely decent sum of £300.
When I started stripping it to re-paint I found 7 different coloured paints all layered up. Starting from the bottom we have grey, brown, bright
orange, lime green, dark red, black and finally a strange shade of blue patched with random silver paint marks where the paint has reacted! So the
stripping is taking rather longer than expected, and it is slowly being re-painted hammerite silver.
To remind you what it looked like when we got it:
 
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Chopped up the old caravan chassis that was residing around the side of the house so I was able to move it around there. I also welded up the box
section on the front so that was the first place to get a nice fresh layer of paint.
 
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When I came to remove the mud guards (which had almost removed themselves due to the rust) I found that the tyres had been rubbing quite badly! This
was probably the cause of our 50+mph wobble.  I dread to think what might have happened if the trip to CARS had been 300miles rather than 100!
Damage to the tyres:
 
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So a new set of wheels/tyres and mud guards were ordered from towsure.co.uk. These are ET0 with slightly thinner tyres and sit around 20mm away from
the chassis.
New wheels and tyres:
 
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And today I tried fiddling with the new mudguards to get them to fit. I ended up chopping a little off the end of them but they now fit perfectly. For
photo purposes they are stuck on with sticky pads ;D
 
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So, this is where I've got to so far!
 
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Enjoy!
Adam
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ned
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 03:00 PM |
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I am in the process of renovating (and resizing the bed of) a trailer, are you planning on refitting all that chequer plate? it must weigh a ton (well
ok not actually a ton, but a lot) doesn't it?
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 03:06 PM |
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What a cracking job you're making of it Adam... commendation indeed! When's it up for sale? 
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phelpsa
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 03:06 PM |
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It does weigh an absolute ton, but what weighs the most are the ramps that were on it! I'm thinking about cutting down the chequerplate and just
having runners down the sides if you see what I mean.
Adam
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phelpsa
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| posted on 21/8/06 at 03:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
What a cracking job you're making of it Adam... commendation indeed! When's it up for sale?
Its up for sale when I decide to buy a car more than 64" wide 
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