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1966 aristocrat mainliner skip to main skip to sidebar 1966 aristocrat mainliner follow along with the remodel of my 15 5 foot 1966 vintage aristocrat mainliner camping trailer thursday february 3 2011 new project please follow the new blog we bought a new project come follow along with that one it will end up a lot more blingy than this one i promise you http 73barth blogspot com at 10 04 pm 0 comments monday january 10 2011 sold the trailer sold yesterday to a very nice local couple i was able to get what i wanted for it and they got a really great trailer going to look at the next project this weekend this one should be quite less work and should get a lot more usage i hope stay tuned for the updates on that a new blog i m sure but this is the end of this blog there is nothing more to do to the trailer mike at 9 17 am 1 comments tuesday august 10 2010 yay the next trip we ll be taking the mainliner out for it s longest trip yet a whole week we plan to head north to deception pass state park for two nights then head east over the north cascade loop to pearrygin lake state park for 4 nights then back home i can t wait here is our planned route if you see me wave at 6 36 pm 2 comments monday august 2 2010 down the home stretch bringing you up to date so i have been neglecting the blog again sorry let me bring you up to date again since the last post we now have a bathroom dresser sofa and lots more storage i built a folding bunk bed and an overhead cabinet to house the microwave stereo and mini bar everything inside has been repainted again i went with a darker wall color then last time and a semi gloss for the food splatters and hand prints i had my dad re stitch the sofa cushions a bit smaller this time it s not 80x39 the porta potty is living in it s new home in the bathroom closet i wired up a international cab light as a porch light and got that all wired in place with a switch on the side of the new overhead cabinet oh and i swapped out the tires for some 185r14 8 ply lt tires 65psi in these should dramatically change the towing now i m finally heading down the final stretch and will be doing a bit of trim work tonight to make it pretty but for the most part we are pretty much done i could go camping right now and be just fine with the status here are the latest and greatest pictures edit 8 10 better quality pics the new 12v porch light and at night this is the cab light i bought at the antique store up in lynden it works at 2 05 pm 1 comments tuesday july 20 2010 wiring is now done so i was able to get all of the initial writing done last night the new outlets above the dresser where ther new overhead is going and the exterior outlet are all wired up and working nice to have the lights back on inside i was able to put the stove back in place again clean up a bit and it s starting to look liked a trailer again not too much more to do before it s campable again just need to build a few more things paint and trim no new pictures yet at 1 00 pm 0 comments monday july 19 2010 more progress dresser is almost complete sofa bed frame is completed made the bunk folding mounted the porta pottie and added a porch light wow okay so busy working on it among other things of course haven t had a lot of time to post updates so here s what s happened in the past few days week i built the dresser so it will now house the 3 drawers from the old closet i just cut the new top today but need to round the corner add the formica to match the table and kitchenette and add some trim before i install it on top then i proceeded to start building the sofa and storage unit funny part about this is i just kinda built it as i went kinda winged it and it turned out great so i built a base that was 23 x79 with a 13 5 x20 5 storage spot in an l shape sort of like this but ended up looking more like this this is pulled out as a bed i didn t take any real after pics yet i ll take those tonight and re post tomorrow where it sits now is along the rear wall on top of the base is a 13 5 x20 piece of 5mm plywood stapled to the top in the corner and a 13 5 x20 5 piece right off the dresser then a solid piece at the foot of the l storage unit the other two foot sections of the remaining 23 x65 base are open along with the section that is still open along the back wall to give interior access to the storage under the couch the rear is also accessible from the outside door oh yea i made the couch 16 tall instead of 12 like the dinette that is limited by the table leg length so it s easier to sit and get up from and the sub woofer can fit under the couch now the cushions already needed to be shortened to 80 x40 currently 84 x44 so i ll just have him take the width off the back leaving the seat 22 deep so when the sofa folds out into a bed you just pull the lip and the bed slides out off the base to meet the dresser and voila next up was a re visit of the bunk edit bonk bed i took it down cut it in half added two 1x2 s and a couple of hinges and now the bonk bed fold up out of the way a lot better than it did with it being solid i took out the small brackets and cut the old brackets down to size so they are now fully supported again i also dropped it back down to just above the windows to give my son as much room as possible here is the mount that locks it out of the way for travel and durring the day i mounted the porta pottie in the bathroom so that s ready to go now and last but not least i installed a pretty unique porch light i found this at a antique shop up at the lynden vintage trailer rally last year i assume if it truly is vintage antique it has to be nos as it s brand new it s just an international truck s cab light i thought it would look great as a porch light going to need a new 12v battery or this isn t going to do much this will be controlled by a 12v rocker switch on the side of the overhead bin yet to be built oh and i re hung the door and painted the door stop red to match the rust color wasn t very becoming at 1 33 pm 0 comments monday july 12 2010 we have a bathroom and a bonk bed okay so after a quick 30 miles ride this morning with my brothers i got some work done on the trailer my now 3 year old son and i got some good progress today my goal was to just get the bathroom walls and door up but we built what he calls a bonk bed bunk bed of course funny thing is he s so much taller now than when we first got the trailer first thing when he got in there was sit up and bonk his head so i think the name will stick so i built the 27 x76 frame for the wall off the kitchen first adding extra supports at 36 and 63 for the counter top and the overhead storage i added the 5mm plywood to the back stapled on and put it up in place i needed an extra 1 2 inch to make it sit tight so i cut a 3 4 strip out of 1 2 plywood and nailed it to the floor as a footer then wedged the wall on top of it then i added the halfway polished corner bracket from the original closet for the other wall i screwed 2 1x2 firing strips on the wall 38 each to follow the shape of the rear wall then a strait 72 piece for inside the corner frame i also added another 1x2 along the floor for the top piece i cut the former 1x4 piece from the center of the closet into an 3 to 3 4 42 long angle this created a level header for the door frame at 72 tall i added a cross piece at 55 to mount the bonk bed brackets and a 1x2 stud as support then i cut and tacked up another piece of 5mm plywood to create the outer wall this time i used 3 self closing surface mount brackets to mount the now shorter 72 x16 door previous closet door of course i recessed the handle a bit into the door and added the clasp to the 1x2 frame done yes you can only close or lock the door from the outside hence the self closing hinges it will close on it s own for the bonk bed i made a quick frame of 2x2 s 55 x26 with a support in the center to support the weight should be good for 100 150 lbs at least but only weighs about 10 15lbs a lot lighter than the 150lb 1 solid plywood old bunk 42 x84 platform i added more 5mm plywood to the top added the two old sofa bed supports to the walls and a piano hinge to the rear and presto a fold a way bonk bed and the pics at 8 58 am 1 comments thursday july 1 2010 finally finished the tinting and interior progress so i got the windows tinted last night and just to show what has come along with the interior ready to start building the bathroom walls and door upper and lower storage and bunk paint and camp right almost well here is the pics of the progress the red wheels are off due to clearance issues in my driveway with the p195 70 14 tires i put on there they are off to swap out the tires they will go back on with taller 6 ply trailer tires soon i have most of the day saturday and friday night to do some more work so hopefully there will be some progress this weekend at 4 15 pm 0 comments monday may 17 2010 window tinting so i tinted the windows or at least started to this weekend go the rear windows done so far just using 5 vlt film i bought at the local auto parts store rear window was done in place the two side windows were removed and done inside new felt seals and anti rattle holders were put in too no more window clatter this was done for a few reasons 1 duh it looks bad ass 2 keeps the interior a bit cooler in the summer 3 darker inside for daytime naps 3 year old 4 blocks uv rays my wife had stage 3 melanoma 10 years ago want to keep it that way 5 keeps the curtains looking new no fade from the uv rays 6 needed to hide the new interior wall about a foot of the rear window will be blocked by a new wall inside for the bathroom port side at 1 15 pm 4 comments sunday january 24 2010 wow finally bringing this blog back from the dead you would not believe how much hassle that is to add a new gmail account to a blog not as simple as i thought but finally figured it out so now the blog lives on i dropped comcast as my isp when we made the move to bellevue in late november and couldn t get signed in for a while there little fancy switching here and there and poof it s alive again update nothing the trailer has a new 14x30 foot flat slab to sleep on and that is about it she s plugged in winterized and waiting ever so patiently plans for the spring are to rip back into the interior reconfigure a few things for now just planning to get the porta potty in it s own bathroom i ll worry about holding tanks sinks and showers later for now it s just a bit of re arranging to get ready for the trip to yellowstone in late july early august a couple new 6 ply lt 195 75 14 will go on very soon so i can actually get it back out of the driveway without scraping the passenger rated 195 70 14 s are just not cutting it anymore too low and sidewalls are bulging under the weight of the trailer now finishing polishing the windows is still in order along with some ever so needed tint to keep interior temps down and preserve the curtain fabric the rear window will be extra dark especially because i will most likely wall over the section where the bathroom will be i ll keep the other two windows but the rear will be tinted then covered up for a cleaner look inside i can t wait until i can start working on it again just need to get some funds saved up and then i m off and running at 10 24 pm 3 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom search this blog links to click great vintage parts just a happy customer facebook badge mike blumenstein s profile create your badge the author mikeblumenstein bellevue wa view my complete profile followers blog archive 2011 2 february 1 new project please follow the new blog january 1 2010 8 august 2 july 4 may 1 january 1 2009 55 september 4 august 5 july 8 june 5 may 5 april 6 march 22