Replacing Vintage Trailer Floors

Replacing Vintage Trailer Floors

Replacing Vintage Trailer Floors is a very rewarding experience. Especially rewarding if you do it yourself.

Recently I replaced the floors in this 1963 Shasta Astrodome Camper. Even though this is a fair amount of work, just about anyone with some stamina can accomplish this themselves. Incredibly more rewarding if you involve the entire family in the process of replacing Vintage trailer floors in your own camper .

Steps To Replacing Vintage Trailer Floors

1. Visually inspect your trailer floors for water damage, dry rot and any broken subflooring. The subflooring must be in good condition if you intend to replace only the flooring surface. 
2. Search for a loose tile and begin prying off the existing floor tiles. I have found that a painters tool is best. The painter's tool is like a scraper with a heavy handle, beveled edge and pointy edge. Excellent when used with a rubber mallet .
3. Tap and scrape each tile up. You should see a plywood subflooring underneath the tiles you remove. Sometimes these still have old blackened glue from the tile backing stuck to them. Scrape as much of this off as you can.
4. When replacing Vintage Trailer floors, your finished job is only as good as your preparation. I like to take a belt sander or grinding pad with an aggressive grit to the subflooring. (Tip: if you run a vacuum cleaner hose near your sander you will suction a great deal of the dust out of the air. This makes for a cleaner job)
5. Being very careful not to gouge or rut into the subflooring, make the surface as clean and new looking as possible. 
6. Vacuum and clean your entire trailer when done. The worst thing is when your laying new vinyl tiles and sawdust falls into your glue. So make everything very clean and dry.
7. Depending on your own personal feeling and comfort zone you can either peal and stick your new tiles down or you can first put down a thin glue layer. I personally put a very thin glue layer down. By thin I mean just barely any vinyl glue. Micro thin.
8. Allow that layer to dry for about 12 hours. It should only be slightly tacky. 
9. Start in the center front of the trailer and slowly work your way to the back. I usually put a permanent marker line down the center of the trailer before I put my glue down. When the glue dries it becomes transparent and your guide line can be very helpful. 

Replacing Vintage Trailer Flooring is a wonderful way to top off any vintage camper restoration. Let me know if you need any tips or pointers.

Vintage Campers Spotting

Vintage Campers Spotting can be quite a challenge. As we approach the year 2020 these Vintage campers are becoming more rare by the day. Recently, I have even discovered that vintage campers are actually being sought out and used in demolition derby competitions. Spectators pay to watch old cars pulling vintage trailers being obliterated. Each vintage camper destroyed makes for one less collectible camper. This is really very sad as these campers represent a time in history when families were more inclined to spend time together enjoying nature in a tiny house type setting.

In 2018 I began seeking out these rare camper trailers. I found myself to actually be pretty good at spotting Vintage Campers and tracking down the owners. I actually found the Vintage Shasta Astrodome Camper in the photograph above sitting in an old farmhouse field. What an extraordinary find! I just love this vintage camper and the Shasta Astrodome Camper is actually extremely rare. They were only made in limited production for three years. This camper was manufactured in 1963.

If you are interested in getting involved with Vintage Campers on any level please connect with me. I could help guide you. Here is my Instagram Account as one way of connecting. My Instagram is highly active. I personally invest in all types of real estate including mobile homes, tiny houses, commercial buildings, camp grounds and invest in vintage campers as potential Airbnb investments. Again, feel free to connect with me and exchange ideas. 

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I would love to share with you more about the Vintage Campers that I currently have available. The first one is the one that I truly love the most. The 1963 Shasta Astrodome Camper. Actually, I must say that I am head over heals for these particular vintage campers because they are so incredibly rare. So rare in fact, that I have only run into three other people so far that own one of these. The Shasta Astrodome was only manufactured for three years. The title "ASTRODOME" actually has a double meaning. The "Astro" stands for the sleeper bunk that is up above the trailer and the "Dome" actually indicates that this trailer actually has an indoor bathroom. In other words, the "Dome" is the toilet. Pretty funny and also pretty creative. Probably commanded quite a few jokes in the Shasta manufacturing plant.

More About The 1963 Shasta Astrodome

Okay, so let me take you on a tour of the 1963 Shasta Astrodome vintage campers that I have been working on for a few months now. If you will simply click here on the READ MORE you can come and explore this vintage trailers interior and more with me!

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