Here We Go

Ok thought I'd try out this blog thing since so many other blogs out there have been helpful to me in the restoration of our Mobile Scout.  We've got some Catching up to do though since we've now had her 3 months and put a bit of work in already.

This is our little Trailer on the first day we got her- straight to the car wash

This is definitely not a full rebuild project, just a facelift.   My boyfriend and I both have full-time jobs and we're working on the Scout when time allows, hopefully we'll be able to take her out for a trip at least by the end of summer.  Any comments or tips you all want to share on our restoration efforts are much appreciated, we need all the help we can get! 
We got the trailer off craigslist in San Jose CA, you should have seen the clean up that was needed, drug needles and 70's porn were among some of the little treasures we found inside our trailer, I know many of you out there have also found some pretty interesting things in yours ;-).


 After the clean out here is what she looked like upon first inspection.

Original appliances- ice box, and stove/oven

 This is the sleeping area (notice there is no bed frame...humm I guess we'll get to that someday).  Remnants of the original floor tiles.

 Water damage on the ceiling from leaking roof gutters

Here is the main water damage area, the entire front wall is all rotted and needs replacing for sure

 Here I am with the job site supervisor Salty Dog, as you can see there are no propane fixtures or tanks at this point either




So first things first since we don't know how to do any of this stuff ourselves (lol)-we take her to the Doctor for an exam and a little electrical and propane help

Ok, now she finally gets home safe after spending 3 weeks at the RV store (uh... I guess our little trailer wasn't their first priority).  We've now got working propane minus the stove leak that we would never have know about otherwise, and all the lights are hooked up and working yeay!  Lets get to work now.

 We demolished the front wall planning for a inside to outside rebuild of this wall

 The demolisher in action

 And here is our Supervisor helping out with a wire brush in her mouth cleaning off the window frame ;-)