Gearing up to restore a vintage trailer

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Well, I think I'm sort of doing things a bit backwards when it comes to the 1956 Southland Runabout. I made cushions for it that I showed you all here, and recently purchased a fridge and also found a vintage stove that a friend of mine sold to me. I even bought a new thick memory foam mattress for the rear double bed. The reason this is all backwards is because all … [Read more...]

Before & After Vintage Stove porcelain

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For quite some time I've stared at this brown stove in my Shasta Compact and it stuck out like a sore thumb. Not that brown is a completely awful color but it's really not a fun color and it certainly doesn't do much to brighten up my little kitchen. So with that said, I sent my stove top and door off to be re-porcelained. Applying new porcelain requires stripping … [Read more...]

Aqua or Red Vintage Trailer Stove

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Help me decide which color! I'm sending off my stove door and top off to Mattera Stove Works here soon and trying to decide which color. I'm of course a big fan of aqua. Although the red is nice too. I lean towards the aqua only because if I ever change the exterior color of my Shasta Compact it would be from yellow to aqua. What do you all think? Currently my … [Read more...]

New Stove Cover Before and After

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I bought this great handmade stove cover for the Shasta Compact from Wendy's Prims N Things on eBay. I had it custom made so it would fit over the little stove perfectly. They did a fantastic job! I had them leave it unfinished so I could paint it to match my interior wall color which is a very pale yellow. Notice how it's wide enough that the right side sits on the … [Read more...]