Mobile Scout Update: Lights, Ceilings, Curtains and More!

Haven't posted for a couple of weeks but, never fear, we've been making progress on the 1961Mobile Scout rebuild. First of all, the Hubs has replaced the old shoreline connection so that, when we finally get to go camping, we can plug into the campsite power. That also means that we have lights in the camper. Woot woot!

First Curtain in the 1961 Mobile Scout

We've also hung our first curtain, sewn by our awesome daughter, Jessi, to test their length on our windows. What do you think? I think I can't wait to see all ten cheerful window dressings installed!

J-Rail Resealed and Reinstalled

The next big step forward is that my clever husband has figured out how to remove, reseal and replace the J-rails that run around the edges of the camper. Same thing with the window frames. He's also replacing, one at a time, every single rusty, old screw from the aluminum rails, windows and siding with cadmium plated RV hardware.

And all that sealing and strengthening means no more leaking (fingers crossed), which means we get to install the ceiling. Here are the first pieces of unshellacked birch. Can't wait for the interior to be completely reinstalled. You know why...amber shellac!

Beautiful birch interior

I'm thinking things will start moving along quickly now - once we've shellacked the interior, the doors and drawers go back in, the pantry/fridge closet gets reassembled and the appliances get refurbished and installed. Then on to rebuilding the dinette, covering the counter and dinette top with new formica and finishing the dinette cushions. We're also installing a 12v system so that we'll have lights and nice things like phone chargers when we're off the grid. Oh, yeah, and we need to paint the exterior. But every day it's getting closer to first launch!

The Hubs making the 1961 Mobile Scout watertight