a little history

I bought the Spartan 6 (or so) years ago with my now ex husband  The plan was to restore her and put her on a nice piece of property. I started the restoration work with my father. 

Life never goes quite how you plan it. Fast forward (say 6 or so years) to the present.
I am sitting here trying to figure out just what happened. Lets just say there was a cheating husband, a divorce, a job loss, the loss of my father, the loss of my house and the soon to be loss of my mothers home. 

I need to take control and make a change! 

I tried at first to sell my Spartan and after 3 weeks of "lookie loos" and 2 long distance "buyers", I decided to  keep her and make myself a place to live. 

I have begun taking my trailer down to the beautiful aluminum studs. There was a lot of mouse damage! Some water damage to the walls and floor around some of the windows. Along with the mice,bees and  carpenter ants, a family of gray squirrels were living under the floor.

I was going to put down new floor in the rotten spots but I think just taking the whole floor up will be the best idea. What I can see so far of the frame is rusted but looks structurally ok. 

I will attempt to take the body off the frame so I can sand and paint it. That way it will be done well and thoroughly. Parts of the body pan will also need to be replaced. 

 I am learning as I go and want to do a god job of it. So.......here's to my spartan adventure and starting a new life plan!