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more roll up doors Today my sister helped me install the longer doors. I did one of the 45" ones by myself the other day and I was lucky not to damage the paint. The longest door is 69" and it hangs by threes straps. I don't have enough hands. We got all five doors on and working fine...

359 length I think Hot Rod is wright about the length. My 1982 359 is the standard or short length and it is 119" bac of cab to bumper. The longer ones are 127".

roll-up doors #90 I think the parts you are seeing are black nylon stops mounted to a flat bar that you push down on to close the door. When the door is opened all of the way, the black stops contact the top drip rail. In the picture with the door open you can see them against the drip rail...

more new stuff In the last two weeks it has been like Christmas at Kenn's house. I got my painted roll-up doors, the three step electric steps, the entry door, the cab interior and a new jack-knife sofa. I had a local uplhosterer make new door panels, headliner, corner pieces and redo the...

rear panel My brother is cleaning up welds on a small piece of tubing that the pamel will rivet to and I am welding a piece of 3/16 flat bar to make everything flush. I moved the truck half in half out so I could close the door behind the cab and keep the rain and cold air out. My brother...

Sheet metal I am doing as much fab work as I can before the roll-up doors arrive. I finished the exhaust and did the wheel wells. I made the framing for one compartment (the only compartment that I can finishe before the entry door and steps arrive) and clamped it in place. I drilled and...

rivets Janet and Bob, thanks a bunch for the web sites. I ordered from rivets from one and clecos from the other. Lots of good stuff on both sites. Thanks again Kenn

Has anyone used a rivet called shaveable bulb-tite? I found them online at Jay-cee sales and rivets. They say it is a blind rivet that leaves a short mandrel that is cut off and then you use a tool called a rivet head shaver ($225) in a hand drill and you shave the rivet. They clame it looks...

muscle side sheets? The heaviest side will be the drivers side, no door and smaller windows. The drivers side will weigh around 285# in 1/2" and 235 in 3/8". The roof is the brute. If I do it in 1/2" it will be around 450# The FRP is 1.9 lbs per sqft in 3/8" and 2.3 in 1/2". I do plan to...

Frp The FRP I am talking about is fiberglass reinforced plywood and it is made by Fiber-tech industries and the product is called Clad Tuff. They are on the net and have locations in Spokane, Washington (509) 928-8880 and Washington Court House, Ohio (740) 335-9400. The panels are available...

paint Everything will be canteen white. The upper body will be white FRP. If the doors for entry, water heater and anything that is white does not match I might paint them with the same paint. When I first painted my race car I wanted white with blue trim. I bought blue and white race tape...

Free beer? Hot rod I can't drink beer anymore, it's not a skill thing, it's the diabetes. I think welding on another project would be cool and I have learned a lot so far. Today I ordered the 5 roll up doors from Gortite. It should take them three weeks. I need to paint a small pice of...

roll-up doors Bob thanks for the info on ROM, I got a bid and samples of their door harware. I have not decided between the two manufactures, lots to think about. Yesterday I finished the framing for the doors so now the sizes are set. I had a big Oops in my designing. I was told by one of...

cost of Gortite rollup doors I got a quote from Gortite tonight. The size they quoted will be changed a little. The cost for each door was given with three finishes 1. satin anodized, 2. door painted and 3 door and trim painted. Sizes and prices 1. 30" high x 18" wide anodized $331 2...

I made a typo on the web site it should be Roll Up Doors ? Gortite Doors

doors Dave, I plan to order my doors from Gortite roll up doors built by A & A Manufacturing. I want to use the roll up doors because when I worked as a Firefighter, our equipment had roll up doors. I know that they are strong and hold up well. I have never seen a motor home with them and...

Harbor Freight to the rescue In the past few days I have used my Harbor Freight porta-power and my chain-fall. If I was better at clamping I would not need them. While welding floor framing I managed to heat warp some 2 x 2 x 3/16 tubing (just 2 peices). I used the chain-fall to lift them...

1 year and $28,000 Today is one year since I bought the truck and I have spent about $28,000. I can't belive how fast the year has gone, I can belive how fast the money goes. I feel good about the project and look forward to working on it every day. When I look back at what I have learned...

rubber isolation Dave I never thought abouts insolating the joint, but I will add a piece of rubber before final assembly. Thanks for the idea.

more pics A few more pictures.

Next step I have reached a point that the mechanical repairs and up-grades to the truck are done. I think. I am now doing the fabrication of the lower halve of the coach. Because of my 10' high shop door, I am building in two main parts. From the floor down and from the floor up. I am...

kitchen slides My sister has a 29' "traveler" motorhome made by Holiday Rambler and her entire kitchen slides out. Yes the sink and all. And yes she has had a water leak caused by plumbing that rides in a wooden track getting snaged while the slide was going in or out. I don't remember if it...

length??? I am gussing it is about 20' back of cab to end of frame. You could have a few choices of box length, 1 you could add to the rear of the frame and have a box up to say 26' - 28' or longer depending on how much overhang you can deal with or 2 you could drop either the front drive or...

#90-gtsc actually my car is a DSR (D sports racer) in SCCA. It is very low to the ground (1 3/4" at rest and about 1" at speed) but it is very easy to load in the trailer. I have 6' ramps that fold down from the rear door. I block the door 3 1/2" off the ground and raise the nose of the...

Yesterday I towed the race trailer (6500lbs) with the Peterbilt and everything went fine. I changed the truck wiring to match up with an RV plug. I put in a new 7 conductor cable from the firewall of the truck to a junction box mounted inside the left side frame rail in an area just behind the...