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.

New (Temporary) Home For The Nomy

My friend Billy was kind enough to let me park my trailer over at his house while I work on it. Billy also happens to be a high end luxury kitchen cabinet designer and has every wood working tool you would ever need. So thats a not a bad thing either!

At Billy's house about to be torn apart and put back together! Also love the old Bronco in the back.

Helpin Billy add some angle iron to his 4-wheeler trailer. Can you say "TearDrop"!

Not very good for a pipe welder but I was in a hurry. I'll make sure to take better pride in my work on the next one. 

Nomad Camper Trailer Layout

Here are some Sketchup drawings I just made for the layout I'm thinking about doing in my camper. I want it to be a real simple and open design that makes the interior feel bigger than it really is. I also want the inside to have a more modern design and feel to it. Probly will go with white paint and trim and probly just some neutral accent colors. The outside will look almost just like it did when it was first built, so it will still have that retro feel, but I want the inside to feel more modern and new. If I ever get another vintage camper, I'll make sure it has all the appliances and cabinets inside, and I'll probly try to restore it to its original design and feel both inside and out. This one though since I'm starting from scratch, I'm gonna go for that moder Airstream look on the interior, just a little simpler than the Airstreams though since I'm tryin to keep costs down.

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.