My chalet build

[dbuck]

Chalet #505, it's been in a barn for a few years so it's a little dirty.

If anyone sees anything in the pictures and needs it let me know, I only pan on reusing the seat brackets and windows.

When I got the chalet home.

Random parts

The wood for rear floor was toast, someone had the bright idea to fiberglass over the wood and didn’t make it water tight so any water that got in was pretty much trapped. It came out in a few pieces. This is only like half the floor the other half is in the shop vac

And I reglazed all the windows, only got one pic before the cameras battery died so boo

That as far as I have got so far. there are someone pics on my photobucket http://s1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb443/dbuck423/Chalet/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ20

I have a question for people who own a chalet.

1. How does the roof seal when it is lowered?
It came with universal automotive trunck seal on the bottom of the roof, which the water will just run off the roof and pools in the clip part and it is rusting away, I am highly doubting the is the original way

Also there is foam tape down, which would work some-what if the tape wasn’t rock hard and a total pain to remove to replace.

I’m thinking the original way has something to do with the aluminum trim running around the top because right now it's only job it to not allow water run off the side

 

[chalet2506]

The top is not supposed to seal. Can't remember how it drains exactly. Want to say mine drained through the rear.

 

[a77blazerchalet]

The roof design on these was not the best. If you look closely at the photos of the Casa Grande #1799 for sale in Livermore CA http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/2549351849.html you'll see what looks like a lip all around the perimiter of the roof - which is what that is. The seller tells me the prior owner got tired of the water drainage problem and fiberglassed in the lip in order to send the water down the outside of the side walls.

Even though I went through a lot of effort to clean my vinyl material, I can't offhand remember where the roof drain holes were....

 

[jdbfreeheel]

The roof design on these was not the best. If you look closely at the photos of the Casa Grande #1799 for sale in Livermore CA you'll see what looks like a lip all around the perimiter of the roof - which is what that is. The seller tells me the prior owner got tired of the water drainage problem and fiberglassed in the lip in order to send the water down the outside of the side walls.

Even though I went through a lot of effort to clean my vinyl material, I can't offhand remember where the roof drain holes were....

And, I just bought this CG. I was just explaining this fiberglass lip to my wife who asked why it didn't look like the ones in the pictures online. Cool!

Now, off to reglaze my windows...

 

[a77blazerchalet]

..I just bought this CG....

Aha, welcome to the CK5 forum now! The number 1 moderator & forum owner of the Yahoo forum is the "old man" of this forum, known here as "AZBlazer". Looking forward to photos here and at the other forum, I'm thinking every Chalet / C.G. would be better off with the roof lip, so you may end up being recruited to describe & show it better.

 

[chalet2506]

And, I just bought this CG. I was just explaining this fiberglass lip to my wife who asked why it didn't look like the ones in the pictures online. Cool!

Now, off to reglaze my windows...

Welcome, clean rig.

 

[jdbfreeheel]

Welcome, clean rig.

Thanks. It's a solid rig. Brakes and smog done today. It's legal now (and can stop...had to replace the MC).

No sink/water tank anymore and it seems to be an odd Casa Grande, since it doesn't every seem to have had the fridge or heater, and possibly not the center table (no bolt holes or stand section).

It was built with the 400-4 engine (so I assumed it would have at least the Package 2, 3, or 4) but it doesn't seem that's the case. The engine now is a 350 as the original owner cracked the block (Alaska I think) very early in it's life.

I'm still trying to figure out the transfer case, it's the full time system, but it seems to have manual hubs. Is that right?

It's going to be a fun project.