Back in the first weeks of our renovation in the demo phase we took down the skins and removed all the old pink fiberglass insulation. It was terrible. It was toxic and filthy. I wore long sleeves, gloves, goggles and a mask and still my skin itched and my throat burned. We decided right there …
Airstream Belly Pan Removal Removing the belly was straight forward enough. The seam of the side panels and banana wraps is under the rub rails, so we took those off first by drilling out the pop rivets with ⅛ drill bit. Before this project I hadn’t ever used a power drill…. I kept breaking drill …
Once we had the interior furnishings and parts removed the next step was to take out the walls (they’re called skins but I’m just learning all the Airstream lingo as we go.) I am happy to report that this was way easier than I built it up to be in my head. It was fairly …
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After a blissful season of memory-making travels with Ramona, it was finally time to start our renovation project. Step one: Take out all the things. On demo day Tom and I stood in the trailer with our tools in hand looking around with no idea where to even begin. Finally, I said, “find a screw …
Ramona is a 24 foot 1973 Tradewind Land Yacht. It’s easy to find vintage Airstreams that are beyond their glory days after sitting in a field for 30 years or ones that are ripped apart from a project with good intentions and poor follow through. It’s harder to find one in decent condition. We knew …
This whole airstream adventure started when I was just a kid having a movie night with my mom. I loved the movie What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. In this wonderful film, a caravan of Airstreams rolls through a small town and brings along joy, love and ultimately a beautiful life adventure. I don’t recall if I’d …
