Progress on the Nomad Travel Trailer

Well today I began the process of tearing apart my trailer. Only had time to take off the front window but hopefully I'll have the whole front end torn off by the end of the week and I can start repairing the floor this weekend!

Even though its only the beginning, it still feels great to see some progress.

Nomad Travel Trailer Restoration

Upon further google research it seems that my 1967 nomad might just be a 1970 nomad. The only thing I have to go on is the dates the people place with the images. But I've seen a couple different photos of trailers that look just like mine that say 1970. Anyways, here are a couple more photos from tearing out the inside walls.

So basically you can see that I have both side and front walls stripped down to the framing and I also pulled up the plywood the guy I bought if from had put down. Theres definitely a lot of wood that needs to be repaired including all the plywood on the floor and some of the framing. So far though things are looking pretty good. I'm hoping we can leave the side walls up while we replace the floor, roof, front and back. Then replace the sections of damaged framing on the sides as needed. Gonna hopefully take it over to a buddies house soon to continue working on it.

1967 Nomad Travel Trailer Restoration Day 1

Well after a lot of research I found out that my trailer is most likely either a 1967 or 1970 model. There isn't much information on this particular model of trailer but I found a few pictures that were like mine. I started tearing down the inside paneling today and found that there was some water damage inside but nothing that should be too difficult to fix. These trailers truly are tin cans. All that holds them together are 2x2s, aluminum sheet metal, and 1/8th inch wood paneling. Pretty amazing that thing is still standing.

It looks like I'm going to be replacing the front and rear end of the trailer. Not as difficult as it sounds just time consuming. Also will have to replace any ceiling paneling and framing that may be damaged but so far its not looking too bad. Here are some photos of what I've done so far.

As you can see there isn't much holding these trailers together structurally. But once they're all together they're pretty sturdy. I plan on beefing mine up as much as possible as I'm pretty sure it was never meant to exceed speeds of 35mph.

Also a great site to learn all about how to restore these trailers is http://www.cannedhamtrailers.com/
The guy that runs the site makes hundreds of youtube videos explaining step by step how to do it. Will probly definitely be donating some money to that site when I get the chance, really great stuff.