[sluggo]

Great post and photos, after owning 3 conventional mortal type campers I was always intrigued by the airstreams. I recently bought a 94 30 excella in pretty decent shape. After reading all the threads on here I could I still found myself kind of looking for the project airstream.....well today I happened upon a 73 25 tradewind that the owner was itching to get rid of. It seems nothing works on it, the superstructure seems to be ok,the door opens and closes,the windows work, one is shattered, there are no keys to get into the compartments, the inside door latch is gone, the hot water heater is out, the ac shround supposedly blew off in the chesapeake bay, it was recently towed from Maryland to Wilmington, NC so it does roll! All if the inside fixtures are intact and the interior looks pretty decent. These are just a few of the things I know what is wrong with it, I am sure there is much more. There is is good bit of rust etc on the rear under the bath, the side of the step is weak. From what I could see underneath with a flashlight the outer frame seems to be ok. I have a very good friend that welds. Anyway thanks for sharing your story as I guess mine is no worse. I towed it home and it sure seemed to act normal, of course my powerstroke thought it was a rag doll! From what I gather here and not to interupt your thread I should remove the entre belly pan and inspect, is the belly pan something I should try to salvage or just replace??? By the way I gave the guy 800.00 for this unit and the tits are still on the brand new trailer tires, guess they are worth something! So I thought the little headliner job was tough on the excella , guess I got something to work on now......somebody make me feel goooood.......

Regards