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Show OMJ Pog 3 Do-it-Your- cabin self looks as easy as childhood game SANTA ROSA, Corp. of this Calif.-K-Prod- ucts town, a subsidiary of Pacific Air Transport, Inti., Salt Lake City .15-.2is sparking the revival of the log cabin-lo- ng the virtues with of symbol pioneer some modern trimmings that would have made life a lot easier for Americas early settlers. (O-T-- C The 0) cabins at being produced by of here San its plant north Francisco, can be put together by an average family over three weekends after the foundation has been laid. Corp. which kits as cabins the ships include pre-clog walls and and ready numbered partitions for assembly. Construction of the cabins is similar to, and almost as easy, as building a toy log cabin from the old Lincoln Log sets which almost everybody played with as a child. build-it-yourse- lf ut The cabins range in size from a 240 sq. ft. Bachelors Pad to a with 1,056 sq. ft. Wikiup two and baths. three bedrooms Eight different floor plans are available, including one and two-ca- r garages, a two-un- it motel, and horse stables. Ed McGinness, sales manager, said franchises and distributorships are being sold throughout the nation as the company expands its operation to meet the current boom in recreation now buildings sweeping the U.S. The cabins are built tier by tier with the builder going all around the house before starting a new row of logs. To insure a tight fit the logs are tongue-in-groovand have a special joint which is designed tb lock out weather. Interior and exterior walls are e, alike, since single, construction is used. : wall Were proud of our construction on these cabins, says Ken L. Davenport, In so president of much of todays of construction-ev- en permanent can walk in and close the door and proceed to kick your way out almost anywhere. Not in our cabins. Theyre built to last and use the same principles of construction that made the pioneer log cabin a lasting-pla- ce snug, sturdy-a- nd in which to live. No posts are used in the so-call- ed dwellings-y- ou cabins-- all construction horizontally-place- d and coded. logs, is ... but the finished product is sturdy, liveable. r 4'-- 0 with pre-c- ut Each log has a number that corresponds with a number on the plan. Watching one of these cabins as a being team for photographer-write- r Mechanix Illustrated recently did, or even reading the plans, the average person KNOWS he would have no trouble putting together one himself. Thats not always the case with many cabins. Harold Stoker, president of erected, b V at elf Pacific Air Transport, International, a publicly traded corporation which owns Corp., said additional manufacturing plants are being negotiated for across the country. He said a letter of intent has just been signed with Nephi Enterprises, Inc., of Nephi, Utah, under which Nephi a Juab e C ou n t y i n d u s t ry-dvelopment and Nephi City organization, and in the will recruiting of employees-- in the establishment of a manufacturing plant in Nephi. Manufacturing plants will also be set up on several Indian Stoker, said the acceptance of Enterprises, help-financ- ially 0 Floor plan of the cabins and projected earnings of the suba sidiary, have made valuable addition to the P.A.T. corporate picture. Stoker said the company intends to enter the modular building field on a major scale. Other leisure time related Corp. Chapparal will be studied model. for possible inclusion into Pacific Air Transport, Mr. Stoker said. He said that new developments in connection with P.A.T.s airline holdings in Ecuador are also encouraging. The company will be issuing a financial statement products in the near future, Stoker said. Prices of the cedar log cabins range from $ 1 ,279 to $8,899 (excluding plumbing) f.o.b. 300 W. Robles Ave., Santa Rosa, Calif. 95403. recently received Housing Federal Administration approval of the lodges for federally insured building loans. |