Painting the interior

Before prepping the interior for painting, I removed the front and rear windows.  I plan to replace the plexi on the front window, and I plan to refurbish the rear jalousie.



I also removed the ice box.  I plan to make a new front with new trim and reinstall.






After cleaning the ensolite, I caulked the seams, let the caulk dry, primed all the ensolite, and put another coat of primer on the flooring.

 

I chose a light yellow for the final coat on the ensolite, and a bright yellow for the step and cabinet kick.



I wired in an LED light to the 120v connection above the sink, and began installing the new cabinet doors.



To finish the day, I put the dinette benches in place to reference mark the flooring and I reinstalled the front bunk.

 

Prepping the floor

After removing the dinette seats, the water tank, and scraping up all the black foam carpet padding from the wood, I sanded the sub-floor and scraped out a little rotted wood below the rear jalousie.  The rot did not go all the way through the floor.  I put down a coat of primer, then decided to fill the  rot gap along with any other screw holes or knot pocks in the sub-floor.  After the filler dries, I'll add another coat of primer and the floor will be ready to go.




 


We found a cheap stack of vinyl tiles at the local restore that will be a good fit when we are ready.  

Bleaching the original upholstery, new cabinet doors, new dinnette table

The upholstery is blue-vinyl on one side and off-white fabric all around.  We unzipped the cushions, filled the bath tub with water/bleach, then let the covers soak overnight.  Only one of the foam cushions has mold residue.  Maybe the sun can cure it.  Maybe we'll have to order a replacement from scamp.






I used the old cabinet doors as templates for new baltic birch doors, made a template to round the edges with a router, painted them with a cabinet/trim high gloss acrylic, and found some chrome auto shut hinges.





The original dinette tabletop was also a good template to router a new table into form.  After  purchasing a number of maple planks from the discount maple bin at Menards.  I used cabinetry clamps and a biscuit joiner to laminate the wood for a new tabletop.  After some coats of shellac, I attached the original trim to the new tabletop.  

 

Cabinet doors & carpet

I removed the swollen cabinet doors, the wooden storage caps, the curtains, and the carpet.

Getting it home on 20 year old tires

It fits in the Garage!  Our garage is 72" exactly.  The top of the roof vent is 70."  Its pretty easy to lift the tongue and roll in by hand. 

Images from the ad. Looks decent right...

We picked up our scamp in Iowa.

We thought it was an 82',  but it was a 75'.  It had a clean title.  The frame looked okay, and the shell was good.  The rear jalousie window had leaked, the particle board cabinets and dinette table top were buckled and soft, the 70s carpet was stinkin of smoke, and all the upholstery had reached a real stink.