[Excella CM]

Nice post! The pics. of the partial rivet holes shows an aspect of Airstream that seems to be universal over the whole trailer and over time. I just took a glass and plastic vista view apart and found that the plastic window was cut in a rough approximation of the proper shape with the gasket making up the difference. It seems like in many instances when you would expect a template, it was just done by eye and by gosh and by golly. I assume that workmanship and quality control have varied over the years with different owners of Airstream. I question the current policy of having the dealers make up for the manufacturer's difficiencies. That gives the original maker less incentive to do the job right to begin with, and since the price for warranty repairs is set, the dealer doesn't have as much incentive to repair it either. It seems sad that such a great basic design is often compromised by less than professional workmanship and attention to detail. End of rant.