Vintage Caravan Magazine Issue 33 | Page 37

doors, put new window screens in every window, put new blinds and curtains on, made a new bathroom countertop and put a new sink and toilet in. I also put up mirrors in the bathroom and created a mosaic border in the shower, made new doors for the bathroom shower cabinet, put in a shower curtain, and ran a chrome look border in the bathroom. I put two new roof skylights on, fixed the awning and put a new red and white striped fabric on, exchanged the hot water heater, fixed the broken pull-out table by putting a new hinge on it. I also bought four original hubcaps that I restored by polishing and painting them. I had ePlastics cut out a piece of plastic for me which I had made to fit in the frame of the rock guard (yes, I learned how to use a rivet gun), I also restored and painted all the exterior emblems, and last but not least I polished the outside of the trailer to a mirror shine. I did all the polishing by hand – believe it or not – which took me six months! All in all, the whole restoration process took a little more than a year, but it was a great learning curve and such great fun! I knew I wanted the inside to go with the vintagetrailermagazine | 35