The 68 Frolic

 

 Several people have asked me if I have any before pictures. I think I have put some in previous posts, but I figure I'll just put a bunch of them, here. It's good to look back and see the progress I've made on the project. That's a lot like life. Thank you, Lord, for the progress in my life..

 These first two pictures should get the prize for dullest photography, but they represent a step ahead. In my last post, I told you that I had gotten the little trailer so I can keep the cold out and the warm in. It warms up easily, which makes it a comfortable place to work. Some of my early-on decisions had to do with what to keep and what to tear out. One of those decisions concerned the ceiling. The Frolic came with a brown masonite ceiling with sort of a heavy-duty contact-paper--white with random gold streaks--glued to the masonite. Each seam was covered with a thin strip, moulding, which was also wrapped in the contact paper. It also had some plastic, daisy-looking washers and screws inserted to keep the ceiling from sagging. The tree limb that fell on it ( see this post ), the leaking, and probably just old age had resulted in sagging, peeling, and staining. Remarkably, except for one place which is covered by a cabinet, the masonite was solid. I decided that I'd peel the