Your question spurred me to finish up my restoration topic on sofa beds.
It's a little rough still, but you can see it at:
http://www.VintageAirstream.com/rr_topics_sofas.html
It includes detailed plans on front & street side sofa-beds (gauchos)
used in the Caravel's, GT's, Pacer's & Flying Cloud's.
RJ
VintageAirstream.com
Robert Rasmussen wrote:
>
> The street side sofa/bed in our recently purchased 68 Caravel was
> modified by the previous owner. The frame, drawers and cushions are
> original. However, there are no slides, just a piece of 1/2" plywood
> resting on top of the frame. There are two, 1" dowels screwed into to
> the plywood at each end which are used as legs for support when the sofa
> is extended into a bed. The whole set up is unsightly and I would like
> to get this back to as close to original as I can. I know B. Walters
> Co. originally made slides but I have no idea how they are attached or
> what they look like installed. I only have one inch of clearance
> between the top of the storage drawers and the bottom of the plywood.
> The dealer told me to just get a piece of 1/2" molding to cover the edge
> of the plywood and forget about the rest. Doggedly I am determined to
> come up with a better solution. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
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