New Paint on The Little Winnebago Travel Trailer

Please see the archives to see all of the "before and after" photos of the interior and exterior.   The oldest pictures are in the earlier postings near the bottom.

Exterior - The Red Winnebago "W" & Stripe Are On...

The body is now back to the original white with red accent striping

As the Winnebago Company intended back in 1964...

The rear end.

The "Thousand Trails" Decal & Bumper Sticker were masked off & preserved.

Thousand Trails hasn't been around for a while either.

Curb - Side

Street - Side

The wheels were sandblasted and painted in the body color also.

The sad little door - still kind of sad...but better than it was...

The metal "Winnebago" Emblem at front and rear are on...

now to get the lights all on.

Close up of the red Winnebago stripe - the orange peel look is acheived by applying three coats, and stippling between each one. This red is bullet-proof.

Exterior Bodywork and Paint

Getting the Winnebago Ready For Primer

White Primer

For some strange reason, we thought this yellow might look nice...

It was a nice yellow, but it just wasn't right for the Winnebago...

it needed to have the original white and red color scheme

~SO~

We decided this would be the perfect opportunity to fill some of the

larger rock dings in the aluminum

Bondo, sanded, primed....

Ditto

Ouch

This was the biggie - it would have fit under a round reflector, it looks MUCH larger on a close up pic! 

Bondo

Sanding the Bondo

More Sanding...and then some hand sanding....and then...

Primer! 

And here we are, back to the original gloss white!

This is the big Bondo area - I think it turned out pretty darned good.

More White

Even More White...

Next time in pictures we will be masking off for the original red accent stripes and the Winnebago "W". 

It will be a while, this baby needs to cure...