My Tow Behind Trailer Resto.....

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1967Craftsman's

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I bought this little gem below locally for $20.00 last year in 2021, that I plan to show with my Craftsman. I brought the trailer to the car wash March 10th 2021 and power/pressure washed it, and I took these pictures below the next day on March 11th. I do not know what make or model it is, there is a sticker but that is just a "caution" sticker. It looks how I should of expected it, MAYBE a bit worse upon further inspection but it's nothing that can't be fixed with a bit a elbow grease. I was originally thinking of doing a throw-back and creating a Sears trailer with painting it all white and putting Sears stickers on it, but then I thought of painting it gloss black with white rims and putting modern Craftsman logos on it. It just looks too new to looks old, if that makes sense.

When I first got it and brought it home.....
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I sanded the trailer down with a dual action (or DA) sander/polisher using 80 grit paper that sticks onto the DA from Home Depot, this here but a 15 pack......
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DIABLO 6 in. 80-Grit ROS StickFast Sanding Discs DCD060080P05G - The Home Depot

Visit the Home Depot to buy Diablo 6 in. 80-Grit Coarse Sanding Disc DCD060080P05G
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Then I primered most of the trailer with this......
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Rust-Oleum Automotive 12 oz. Gray Sandable Primer Spray (6-Pack) 249415 - The Home Depot

Rust-Oleum Automotive 12 oz. Gray Sandable Primer (Case of 6) is a high build formula that fills in surface imperfections. Product improves top coat adhesion and appearance. Use on metal, wood and fiberglass
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I ordered these genuine Carlisle tires for the trailer. I got them for about $39.00 plus the shipping, they went up in price since I ordered them.....
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(2) Carlisle Wheelbarrow Tires 480/400-8 / 480X400X8 / 480-400-8 2 Ply Rib | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for (2) Carlisle Wheelbarrow Tires 480/400-8 / 480X400X8 / 480-400-8 2 Ply Rib at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
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I finally decided that I want to do a "throwback" to the old sears carts/wagons/trailers from back in the day with my trailer, that said I also ordered this for it and it came yesterday. It is a little smaller than I originally thought but there again I just looked at the design really liked it and ordered it, I didn't look at the size. Ooops oh well, but it'll work though......
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SEARS - Original Vintage 60's 70's Racing Decal/Sticker Craftsman Tools Diehard | eBay

SEARS - Vinyl peel and stick Decal - Original print from the 1960's / 70's. In Excellent condition. ALL DECALS LISTED ARE ORIGINALS - THESE ARE NOT REPRODUCTIONS.
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At this point in time the trailer is all painted and ready for polishing, the rims still need to be sandblasted and painted which will happen in the spring, the new tires need to go on, and the hideous looking hitch needs to be switched out and replaced. Otherwise it is done.

In these pictures below I borrowed my stepdads dual action (or D.A.) sander/polisher to sand strip the trailer down to bare metal the best I could, and 80 grit on the D.A taking the paint off. Here are pictures of when I first started restoring it......
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I also went and bought some straw bales this past fall at my local Michael's craft store to put in the trailer when I display it behind the tractor, As you can see in my last picture I got 3 big bales and 4 small bales. The price on the straw itself is what it would normally go for, when I got it the price was reduced because it was the end of fall. I still must of spent close to $75.00 on all of it though, but I don't care because it will make it look a lot nicer when displayed.....
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Now since I got my new straw bales, I went and test fitted them in the trailer. They all fit really good like they were made to go there. I also got 2 American flags to display with the trailer too so I mocked those up with the straw, but I don't like how they look so I am going to figure out another way to display them with the straw and trailer.....
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Hi everyone,

I'm back with an update on the trailer project. It was a pretty warm da about last week so I took advantage of it. The other night I hand compounded the front and one side of it twice and used Meguiars 105 compound on it, then hand polished the front and one side of it twice with Meguiars 205. I still have to do all the inside where all the junk is piled up in it and underneath but that will be the next warm day if we have one. All in all I think it came out pretty good but I wanna compound and polish it again but this time with my stepdad's D.A. polisher machine.

Before when I compounded and polished it below......
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After I compounded and polished it below, I think the front came out much better than the side......
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Here is what the polish pads look like below......
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Here is the stuff I used.....
 
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