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1973 Travelall 1010 - Slammed Family Cruiser Build.

Well it all looks the same in pictures, but I got the pass rear window frame done (well 98% until it gets a good wipe down, then it will need a final sand)

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Since I had the soft sander out, I moved around the corner and worked the curves.


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Heater and drywall ladder. This is clutch for the roof! I can reach the middle!

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Now on the roof, its floppy. I am having a hard time putting pressure on the block, the edges of the ribs (which are actually indents) are hitting metal fast, and the middle section still needs a lot of help. Ideas? I did notice the inside ribs are not glued to the skin anymore.... I was thinking of grabbing some 3M panel bond, I need to reattach a door window track also.

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And for giggles I measured.... Roof is 10'6" x 5'4"
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wish i could help on the roof questions, but never been down that road before.

she is lookin goooood:beer::beer::beer:
 
That's a nice project, I've got a 72 1210 travelette so I appreciate that body style.

One concern I spotted on the front suspension; it used to be torsion bar on the upper control arm, now it's air bag on the lower control arm. So the loading on the ball joints is flipped, what used to be a just a follower joint is now load bearing. It may be fine, but I think it would be worth looking into before putting much road use on.
 
Ranchtruck said:
That's a nice project, I've got a 72 1210 travelette so I appreciate that body style.

One concern I spotted on the front suspension; it used to be torsion bar on the upper control arm, now it's air bag on the lower control arm. So the loading on the ball joints is flipped, what used to be a just a follower joint is now load bearing. It may be fine, but I think it would be worth looking into before putting much road use on.
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That is very true, but how would I go about remedying that?
 
Here is the bottom of the LBJ in the LCA.

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Didn't have much time yesterday, so I decided to figure out the compressor issue.

Gonna guess that is the issue.... Note, this thing is as old as I am and has painted numerous cars in its life. A little maintenance isn't bad at all.

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I had a roll of 8 gauge stranded. Used crimp on ends everywhere. Much more better.

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Then I used some polyurethane caulk to re-glue the roof ribs.

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DA was clutch for the roof. It's not flat, but should be smooth. One more groove to hand sand. Just ran out of time.

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AK_F250 said:
well you do already have that caulk out...:laughing:
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I used it all on the roof :lmao:​​​​​​

But the compressor doesn't see any weather. But yeah conduit would have been the right way. Fawk it.
 
Well it looks the same.... But roof is done 95% needs a wipe down and see if I missed anything. Its a little hard to tell when its dusty. Almost done with the whole pass side now.

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So much sanding.... And it looks the fucking same..... There so so many edges and little detail shit
 
Got the jambs done, painted with leftover epoxy. Will be better than olive drab!

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Java230 said:
International Harvester makes tractors..... That's what I've learned from this truck. It was NEVER straight ish
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Nor any " standard" parts. The tractors where way more uniform than the trucks.
 
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