On to the toilet! We rebuilt the Badger toilet seat. No new cheapo plastic seat for us - no way! Can't beat the feel of the original enameled wood. It's just the plastic parts had started to crumble away. The hardware store had all the hinge, mounting, and bumper parts needed. A little adapting to the new parts and it looks like it was when new.

The toilet tank and lid needed some epoxy repairs, and the float needed soldering, but the finished Townsend porcelain toilet is a worthy throne. The newer plastic jobbers just don't have the durability or the right look & "feel".

As this was winter, we continued on with the interior. We went through the interior front to back replacing all the popped rivets and the loose & broken hardware with parts we had been collecting from A/S dealers and the hardware store. Fixed up both bed frames, replacing missing fasteners and waxing the slides, etc. Replaced some closet panels that been destroyed by leaks around the vent pipes. Refinished all the mahogany cabinets with WATCO Danish oil which resulted in a nice warm glow to the wood. This is what an old A/S placard we found in the closet recommended. An application every few years should do it. I think A/S's choice was a good one. Varnishes and polyurethanes tend to make darker woods look plastic. They are not as easy to touchup, and tend to flake with time.

The door weather-strip was replaced with material obtained from Vintage Trailer Supply - and then we started eyeing the windows. This was the one part of the trailer that time was not kind to. Most of the Hehr openers where inoperative due to the pot-metal gear failing. The windowpane retainer strips were brittle, and the frame weather-stripping was shot. The welds in one frame were broken and there were unexplained holes in the bathroom frame. These repairs took a long time, but the windows are now fully functional. New Blaine replacement openers (I kept the original Hehr's to fix someday), new galss retainer strips from Vintage Trailer Supply and Zolatone painted latches.

(Update 7-5-05). I finally found an exact replacement for the window frame seal from Vintage Trailer Supply.  It is a new product from them and it fits and looks great.

An original Hehr opener

A replacement opener

Window Latch (hook)

Cross view of the replacement Hehr pane retainer strips

Door Seal