Tag: Airstream

The hardest part of doing something interesting is getting start!

The hardest part of doing something interesting is getting start!

Have you ever felt trapped in a life direction you didn’t choose? Ever considered just walking away from it all and completely changing your life? Life imposes things on us, we get court up in chasing some form of success, like saving for a deposit to buy your own home is a big milestone, but for most of use it just means being tied to a mortgage for our whole working life. I had a job that allowed me to do all the things I want to do in life and to have…continue reading →
Airstream Aluminium Endcaps – The Build

Airstream Aluminium Endcaps – The Build

  • Posted on 7th February 2016
  • /Under Outdoors
Rebuilding our vintage Airstream has been one of the largest challenges I've even taken on. I'm just a normal guy, my background is website design and online marketing, however I love getting my hards dirty and I love the great outdoors. I posted a picture on my Instagram account and received a few inquires on how to complete this, so thought I would do a blog post. I got the basic idea from a mix of places, some Airstream forums, some classic sailing boat forums and classic car forums. Restoring any of these…continue reading →
The aluminium bubble wrap spaceship

The aluminium bubble wrap spaceship

So Wander the Airstream has progressed a great deal since my last update. I have had to complete alot of external repairs to the skin from years of previous owners bodge jobs. After a great deal of work the body and windows are now watertight. Believe me doing these repairs in the English winter outside was NOT fun!!! Now however we can move on inside. Time to warm the old girl up. After fully sealing the shell from the inside, next is the insulation before moving on to the main wiring (running light…continue reading →
Airstream rear rebuild.

Airstream rear rebuild.

When we first got Wander the Airstream her rear end was in a sorry state. A large ugly aluminium panel covered some very bad previous repairs. So as part of her restoration it was our aim to put the rear back to as close to original as possible. Below is the first stage, removal of the massive aluminium panel that was not only leaking but so ugly too. Sometimes when you want to put things back together correctly you have remove alot more then you think. Below I had to remove the original…continue reading →
1964 Airstream Safari Land Yacht – Road To Restoration

1964 Airstream Safari Land Yacht – Road To Restoration

Hidden away in the back of a dusty warehouse in Bristol, I found a 1964 Airstream Safari Land Yacht Travel Trailer, or caravan as know in the UK. We had to rescue her and bring her back to life. So I bought her and got her home. Over the coming months we will be telling her story so that after 50 years she can now have a whole new less of life and hit the road again, hopefully for another 50 years!! We plan you use her for holidays and traveling, but also…continue reading →