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Were this my approach -- modifying an all-aluminum trailer -- the early 1950's Silver Streak Clipper freebeard shows above would be the ideal candidate as the shell itself is already a very good shape. I sincerely doubt a home-made project OR existing trailer mod would offer any significant (measurable) improvement...
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The Clipper has that optimal shape (on the outside, inside there is less overhead storage), but the construction is an outer skin of aluminum, aluminum C-channel ribs and the inner skin in steel. The additional weight isn't a problem as much as the combination is galvanicly active.
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One will have ones hands full with re-building an antique like this (pipe frame and floor rot) so facilities to do a shell-off restoration are needed...
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They all have floor rot. That's why I like shipping containers.
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(Sorry to hear of that aluminum sheet fiasco, freebeard)
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I'm over it. If I'd made that work, I would never have lived in the geodesic dome. That was good as it ever got, for me.
