Cleaning a Camper After 30 Years of Exposure | Ruby's Revival E02 | 1946 Spartan Manor Remodel
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- After more than 30 years of sitting unused, we took the first steps to begin our 1946 Spartan Manor renovation with hand scrubbing our aluminum camper. We honestly didn't expect much given its original state, but we were in for a surprise! I also cover some of our obstacles of trying to get the first wash complete (no pressure washer yet, no water hookup, no ladder), and what to expect from the next few episodes.
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You have a diamond in the rough. Not only will the mold and tree resin come off, but you can now "wheel it out," with a certain sanding pad on a buffer, find out which one as there are many grades and thicknesses, and get that aluminum back shiny as an Airstream/Spartan should be. Cleaned up they bring 60-70 thousand in some areas of the country. Collectors will pay you well for a Spartan. If nothing else, I am glad to see one saved, as they are a unique piece of history. Spartan was an aircraft company, which put out a great product. Spartans were one of the first mobile homes, and because of that they are licensed as a mobile home, meaning unlike tiny houses and park model trailers, they can be set up on land legally, or in mobile home parks. This is the wonderful part about a 1950's mobile home, that they can legally be set up in a mobile home park, and can still be pulled by a truck, getting around the mobile home movers high prices. The mobile home movers now have a new insurance required, raising the cost of moving a mobile home up so high that it caused a shut-down of half of the mobile-homes-sells companies, and creating the new "tiny house."
I knew some of this but wow, the thing about mobile homes is so neat! Thank you for letting me know!
@@UglyDucklingHouse , Did you actually read my comment? I wasn't saying anything good about the mobile home industry crashing, but was stating that Spartans get around the new expensive movers insurance for mobile homes which caused the price hike, ending in half the mobile home business going under.
the Spartans are licensed as a mobile home, but not the Airstreams, meaning they can not be set up on land, or in mobile home parks like the Spartan. There are others licensed as mobile homes from that era, Vagabond, Lighthouse Duplex, New Moon [what Lucille Ball has in one episode of their show which made those famous,] and a list of about 20 kinds of different brands of 1 bedroom, some 2 bedroom but more rare, of 1950's mobile homes.The one Jim Rockford lives in, and is his office, the character on Rockford Files, also a one bedroom, and in one episode his father is moving his mobile home with his old truck, not a mobile home mover.
It's neat that Spartans are considered mobile homes and can be set up on land legally. That's good info to know about our Spartan that I didn't know before. I glossed over the whole mobile home industry part of your comment because it's a side topic that I don't have much concern for right now. We are a long way from having this fully restored so we're eating this elephant one bite at a time.
The dirt seemed to melt away. You all are doing a great job.
New subscriber, I will be watching with interest. I'm almost 6 yrs into a complete rebuild of a 1967 silver streak.
Awesome! We were working on new videos just last night. I just finished demo of the interior not too long ago and hope to have that up soon.
Your TRAILER is looking good.
It was stupid satisfying watching all the grime come off, what luck!
SO lucky!
Thank You....For answering me back. I Totaly understand. I love the style of the old one's unique.... Good Luck will be watching!
What a great surprise. It was like pulling up carpet to reveal a hardwood floor underneath. I can only imagine how awesome it will look in the end after a final buff/polish/wax.
PERFECT analogy John! I was trying to think of one but it's the same feeling!
GREAT SERIES!!!!
Thank you! More videos coming (I need to finish installing the new subfloor first so the timeline makes sense with new episodes!)
Good luck on your project. These Spartans seam to get larger as you start working on them. I'll be sure to stop back to see how she's coming along.
Thanks! I'll remember that when I start to complain about wanting more interior space 😂
@@UglyDucklingHouse I know you'll have fun with it and if your looking for any information about a Spartan trailer, I might be able to help? seeing how I'm knee deep in my own Spartan project. Good luck.
That thing is AMAZING!!! I wish you 2 the best. What an exciting project to do together!
Thanks Sandra! We're working hard on it and it will be so great to see it take shape!
A power washer that's what that camper needs
@UglyDucklingHouse, You have a diamond in the rough. Not only will the mold and tree resin come off, but you can now "wheel it out," with a certain sanding pad on a buffer, find out which one as there are many grades and thicknesses, and get that aluminum back shiny as an Airstream/Spartan should be. Cleaned up they bring 60-70 thousand in some areas of the country. Collectors will pay you well for a Spartan. If nothing else, I am glad to see one saved, as they are a unique piece of history. Spartan was an aircraft company, which put out a great product. Spartans were one of the first mobile homes, and because of that they are licensed as a mobile home, meaning unlike tiny houses and park model trailers, they can be set up on land legally, or in mobile home parks. This is the wonderful part about a 1950's mobile home, that they can legally be set up in a mobile home park, and can still be pulled by a truck, getting around the mobile home movers high prices. The mobile home movers now have a new insurance required, raising the cost of moving a mobile home up so high that it caused a shut-down of half of the mobile-homes-sells companies, and creating the new "tiny house."
Such a difference with just a wash! Nice solution with the bag and planter/bucket.
I was pretty impressed by Kyle's problem solving with that one. 😂
Ahh, I love before/afters like this. Good job, Sarah and Kyle!
Thank you! More on the way very soon (we brought a ladder and managed to get the roof this past weekend, so that will be in episode 4!).
Looking forward to see the rest of this refurbishment!
What a difference! Pretty amazing you could get it that clean!
Total shocker, truly! Makes me even more excited to start polishing and ripping out that interior.
Great solution with the planter and trash bags! Lookin good!
Haha thanks! Yeah I was pretty impressed at Kyle's cleverness there. Good sign that we'll be able to figure out the other surprises this thing might throw us!
Congrats on saving this Tulsa OK beauty! Blessings on your project, I am starting on my 46 Manor as well...
Awesome! Be sure to come back to the new episodes and give us tips if you have them! We are going to need tons of advice I bet!
Wowzers! She cleaned up really well! Can't wait to watch the rest of the series! 😃
glad the video got fixed on this version...now the music makes a lot more sense ;-)
you are right...that would've surprised me as well to get that kind of result after 30 years! looks good so far.
Thanks! And yes, that white screen was a total shock. Serves me right for leaving the house to do a Home Depot run while it loads! I'll try not to repeat. 😂
What a big difference a simple bath made! Can't wait to see the progress on Ruby's Revival.
I'm working on the next two episodes as we speak! Should have the next one out this month.
I came across this video while learning how to wash my airstream - for obvious reasons don’t wash your aluminum trailer in this method. Just watch some of these videos.and you’ll see what I mean. But this is a great story........I wish them great fun and adventures with their heirloom family treasure. I look forward to seeing how things progress!
It cleaned up good
Wait til you see the roof come clean too! Coming in next episodes. 👍
@@UglyDucklingHouse ill be watching until you finish the project
Got to hand it to you both.... You did it with out running water. This trailer fix in original condition will look beautiful 😍 Looking forward to more! Are you selling this Trailer?
No, not selling - it's been part of the family for three generations so we're planning to hang onto it for our own use. However, this has made us both eager to do another after this one is ready for the road!
Bravo
Oh no!! You have removed the "protective patina". (kidding)
😂😂
When is part three coming?!?!?
Episodes 3 and 4 are in the works! Trying to get the next out this month.
@UC9_RkndYzA6e-UfVGPsMtpw , Did you actually read my comment? I wasn't saying anything good about the mobile home industry crashing, but was stating that Spartans get around the new expensive movers insurance for mobile homes which caused the price hike, ending in half the mobile home business going under.
the Spartans are licensed as a mobile home, but not the Airstreams, meaning they can not be set up on land, or in mobile home parks like the Spartan. There are others licensed as mobile homes from that era, Vagabond, Lighthouse Duplex, New Moon [what Lucille Ball has in one episode of their show which made those famous,] and a list of about 20 kinds of different brands of 1 bedroom, some 2 bedroom but more rare, of 1950's mobile homes.The one Jim Rockford lives in, and is his office, the character on Rockford Files, also a one bedroom, and in one episode his father is moving his mobile home with his old truck, not a mobile home mover.
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Are you a member of the Spartan Travel Trailers or Spartan Trailercoaches on FaceBook. Lots & lots of useful information, resources and great community of contacts.
Both my bf and I are in one of them. I haven't checked in on it much because I'm not a big fan of using Facebook in general.
Any update?
1) there's a playlist of all Ruby videos so far on my channel (mentioning it because your comment is not on the latest video) 2) There are a bunch of in-progress clips on my Instagram that haven't been made into a video yet (both polishing and the demo of the interior). 3) Both of those new videos are about halfway through editing so I'm hoping to release them this quarter (by end of March). I had a baby this past fall so once he was born we didn't get back out to the property for any additional developments on top. But you can see the start of demo as well over on my blog (sort of a smaller update until the video is finished).
Where’s the rest of the story?
An extra long episode is on the way. I'm trying to get the next update uploaded this weekend.
Wash the roof first!
That's definitely the better way to go about it, but we didn't have a ladder! So we got to where we could. You see in the next video that we got the roof too the next time we visited (and came better prepared!)