Re-imagining a 1948 Boles Aero Trailer

  Flooring is done The job of actually installing the flooring was easy. Getting prepared to do it took a long time. I used a vinyl composite tile (VCT) from Armstrong. VCT is not "peel and stick" tile, rather you towel on some special VCT adhesive, let it dry to a tacky surface, lay down the tile, and use a heavy roller to make sure it seats into the adhesive. Where you need less than a full tile or a cut out you use a utility knife to score the tile and then it'll break along the score. It's all easy. Most of the time was spent letting the adhesive dry to a tacky surface. Watching glue dry They make a lot, and I mean a lot, of different colors. There are only a few "patterns" though. Home Depot and Lowes only stock a few different tiles (black, white, grey, and tan). I decided to special order a color I thought would complement the wall panels I'll be installing. That ended up being a fail.  UPS declared the first shipment "lost" after a few

  Under Bed Compartment Door Installed My '48 Boles will have a double bed in the rear with a platform that's roughly 18" off the floor. Some of the trailer mechanicals will go under the bed (e.g. water/grey tank, pump, furnace) but there will be room available for storage of camping stuff, etc. Most of the Boles I've seen in pictures had exterior compartment doors to access this space. Only a few of the pictures I've seen don't. I'm guessing it has to do with whether there was a sofa day bed or fixed bed originally installed, but I'm not sure. Picture of a Compartment Door in 1949 Boles 12 Compartment Door in 1954 Boles Miramar In any case I plan to have a fixed bed and I wanted external access to the area under the bed. I think it would be a great place to put an easy-up, chairs and assorted other stuff that is only occasionally needed. People on the Boles Aero Facebook pages were kind enough to share pictures of their compartment doors so I could get