Spartan Wish List – Slide Show

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spartan wish list 10.11.10

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Chassis, Axels, etc.

1947 Spartan axel

1957 Axel clean up, etc. Spartan groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Spartantrailercoaches/photos/album/1144022/pic/list

another post on axels:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Spartantrailercoaches/photos/album/547901697/pic/list

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Insulation and Chassis: Conversations With Timeless Travel and Aerogel

1946 Spartan, Timeless Travel

What kind of  insulation to use?  How to balance all the variables – sustainable, healthy materials that are also efficient.  No sense using green materials that aren’t going to be good insulators in a trailer warm or cool, as needed.

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Green Resources for Chemicals and Building Materials

Handbook of green chemicals

http://books.google.com/books?id=pKrBNbkE2c0C&dq=pour+14+metal&source=gbs_navlinks_s

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New Friends And A New Roomate (Post #2)

Getting to the bottom of things.

Sam Breen – Saturday, October 2, 2010

Twenty five hours of work and the ceiling/walls have been cleared of leftover fiberglass insulation. The job was pretty mindless but I don’t mind that kind of work, especially after a long day of class. The only trouble was protecting myself

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Insulation part 4

http://www.refracthouse.com/index.php/technology/

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Links to various restorations

1951 Spartan – restored close to original

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/28162

Birchwood Beauties:  standard restoration process listed

http://www.birchwoodbeauties.com/pages/restoration-procedures.html

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Sealing the Spartan

From   www.Spartantrailer.com  (interior restoration)

Before any refinishing was done all leaks in the trailer had to be sealed. I used a liquid seam sealing product called Capt. Tolly’s. This is a marine product which has a capillary action by which it draws itself into the crack and hardens. Vulkem 116 Sealant was used for larger

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A Master Craftsman Rolls In Style

Daniel Riedemann is a native of Kansas and fifth generation  carpenter who learned specialty restoration from his father and grandfather. He uses his 1951 restored Spartan as an office and home away from home.  He offeres his advice about green trailer restorations.

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Life is Living 2010 — A Success in the Making « Josh Healey – Hammertime for your Mind

Great post from Josh Healey on Life is Living 2010

So what sustains life in Oakland? In addition to live performances by local legends The Coup, Los Rakas, and The Getback, in addition to the face-painting and the hip-hop petting zoo (no lie), in addition to thousands of people from across the Bay

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