I'm dual posting here and in another place that is more about restoration. I have embarked on a restoriation- modification of an old SPEN trailer I picked up a year ago. Lots of rot. Lots of repairs needed. Lots of challenges. But I'm excited and doing all of the work myself. So in the process, I'm taking a welding class to learn to weld. This trailer is my project for that class.
Here is where I started:
Had to get title as it came from another state. That was an adventure. But I do now have a clear title.
Lotsa rust!
Tub off- even more rust in the frame- more than I bargained for!
That front panel is going to need a lot of work!
Frame sandblasted:
Yet MORE rot!
Frame restoration in progress:
New tail light bracket to mount to passenger side:
Here is where I started:
![](http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/wmshay6/Trailer/Trailer1_zps104cef0c.png)
Had to get title as it came from another state. That was an adventure. But I do now have a clear title.
Lotsa rust!
![](http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/wmshay6/Trailer/image_zps2a40e408-1.jpg)
Tub off- even more rust in the frame- more than I bargained for!
![](http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/wmshay6/Trailer/1DA35FE0-6F44-4D65-BA06-CC7EE0200759-1068-0000009102E91244_zpse41f16f2.jpg)
That front panel is going to need a lot of work!
![](http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/wmshay6/Trailer/DDB70B4C-ACA5-4BEA-A5CA-82C7DEA55DC6-1068-00000091105C3C98_zps593d76d3.jpg)
Frame sandblasted:
![](http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/wmshay6/Trailer/A11FAA4E-7766-475A-AEC8-D20B9194C11D_zpstq06dux0.jpg)
Yet MORE rot!
![](http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/wmshay6/Trailer/AA24C6A5-C347-40F4-8C77-F03A73C77E2F_zpsyqgnql5k.jpg)
Frame restoration in progress:
![](http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/wmshay6/Trailer/6E0DB803-238B-4B6D-AFB9-184430CA22B9_zpsgho4epvg.jpg)
New tail light bracket to mount to passenger side:
![](http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/wmshay6/Trailer/2D3AAD80-6FEE-4E30-A4D3-3F9CB7980FA1_zps0yehjjcb.jpg)