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welcome
Welcome to the Forums and the experience of Airstream renovation. We purchased our '74 Ambassador last March, and discovered many of the same problems that you can now see. I would agree that with all the work you have put in so far, you should stay the course.
My experience has been that nothing goes back in quite as quickly as it comes out, so please don't be discouraged. There are some good threads on frame repair, which can be really helpful. Part of my frustrations have been because so much had rusted away in the subframes, I could not tell how it was put together originally. Looking at the other posts and projects provided some insight, and it was nice to know someone else had been through this and had been successful.
It looks like you have the original water heater, you might want to check out the floor around it fairly carefully, that was major floor damage under ours.
Depending how much renovating you intend to do, you might want to consider getting a copy of the service manual for your model, I have found it to be a great help.
Good luck.
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