Restoring Vintage Trailer Windows

If there is water damage they may have to strip the entire project down to the frame and start from the ground up.

Restoring vintage trailer windows.

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In many cases these windows have been in service for over a hundred years with much of their deterioration resulting directly from a lack of maintenance. Believe it or not one small item that can make or break a deal for april is the trailer s doorhandles. Check out there stock to see if they currently offer what you need. Bud s vintage trailer parts.

Ebay often has these windows listed for auction. I do not believe it is an actual hehr brand window but it is built like the hehr window so that is why we call it a hehr style. Restoration on a vintage trailer can be a challenge but it is worth the effort. Vintage campers has salvaged windows.

This is a complete window which was salvaged from a 1952 elcar vintage trailer. When choosing a vintage trailer restoration project most people don t consider the little details that make vintage trailers so charming. Obviously this process can take months. A 1963 shasta compact a 1958 shasta 16 foot travel trailer and a 1994 ford econoline van.

Chcamper offers new custom built jalousie windows up to 32 home depot. One common vintage trailer doorhandle is also one of the trickiest and most expensive to replace. Facebook groups where you might find parts and windows. A restoration usually involves removing the trailer shell stripping out the electrical and determining the condition of the frame and interior panels.

Drew farwell i ve spent the last five years obsessing over finding buying updating decorating and enjoying my fleet of vintage travel trailers. Vintage trailer storage yards and junkyards are a great place to find abandoned trailers a project trailer to restore or original interior or exterior parts for your vintage trailer restoration or refurbishment project. The window frame window jamb and.