Today I started on my 1961 Tear Drop Trailer project. Below is the Original art and Emblem!

Since i just got the trailer I needed to do some major inspectiona nd verify that there wasn’t a fire hazard, as I am planning to add a solar panel and some other electronics. First was to I disconnected the battery and look for shorts. Next attached a 12 volt power supply and slowly started to turn things on… and to my surprise all my lights, water pump and CD Radio all worked! It was great, and after looking at all the connections, fuses and wiring, who ever did the work before did a great job on the rewire and really did take their time to add fuses and switches that are newer and still in really good working order/condition.

Above picture is of the Water pump under the galley.

Next I wanted to bring the original Native American Indian silhouette back to life, and used a black paint pin to trace over the original decal image. It turned out nice and some of it wasn’t remaining so I used my artist liberty and put what I thought would have been the feathers and back of the decal. It took a lot of cleaning as the old owner had placed about 50 stickers all over this poor tear drop. (all of them were removed the first day I brought it home.

My final finished silhouette…

I then opened up the galley area and started to clean and remove items, drawers, trim to see if there was any hidden concerns… a few rusty screws near the trim, and so I replaced the screws after removing the trim, cleaning and filling each hole with wood glue and a tooth pick. the new screws sunk in nice and firm and I used a strong tap under the trim to seal the metal outside to the wood inside thus trying to reduce/mitigate water from entering that area again in the future and causing more rot and rust.

I measured the cabinets, and so other items so I can stew on what I would like to do in the galley working area.

I will continue to add more photos as I go and do more work. Next time I will also add more photos of the inside cabin area… right now i put a bowl full of baking soda to try and absorb the old smells … I might even get a spray bottle of frebreeze to see if that might help the inside.