Airstream Forums - Entries for March 2018

First 2 Days with Classic 33

Posted 03-26-2018 at 10:25 PM by akmoores

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Originally Posted by Jekerrville

AKMOORES,

We learned the Alde inside and out by chance. I believe the "dripping" sound is just bubbles in the closed loop circulation fluid circuit. When you call for higher heat for hot water, some of the heating for heated air is diverted and the bubbling stops because of the hot water demand.

Just for grins, remove those four wood screws on the panel in the cabinet above the toilet. There you will find the Alde radiator fluid holding tank. Make sure the

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akmoores

High Desert Cat

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And so, the journey begins....

Posted 03-26-2018 at 11:50 AM by scullifer

My wife and I finally purchased our first Airstream, a 1973 Ambassador ("Lucy").
She is still at the PO's property, but we will be getting her home in the next couple of weeks.
Cannot wait to get her home to start working on her and get her back to camping.

scullifer

1 Rivet Member

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1950 Liner "Weeble" - Adding the belly pan and preping for shell-off

Posted 03-25-2018 at 08:03 PM by Bowmans (This blog shows our renovation of a 1979 Sovereign 31' center bath AS)

We took the winter off for the most part. We started back up in February with the belly pan on the to do list. We cut strips and bent using metal angle clamped to a saw horse and a rubber mallet for the "C" channel. Not the prettiest but since they will not be seen, they will work.

"C" channel cut and bent:

Then it was time to mount them to the floor. We used SS bolts and nylock...

Bowmans

Rivet Master

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1950 Liner "Weeble" - Rebuilt the door-in-a-door from scratch - Part 2

Posted 03-25-2018 at 06:50 PM by Bowmans (This blog shows our renovation of a 1979 Sovereign 31' center bath AS)

The next step was to attach the outside sheet to the sides. I used a small, hand-held duct bender to make the bends on the sides. Then cleco'd and solid riveted using the (oh so handy) plier like rivet tool from VTS. This tool was such a time saver.

Sheeting the door sides:

Test fit with sheeting on sides modeled by my wife:

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Bowmans

Rivet Master

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1950 Liner "Weeble" - Rebuilt the door-in-a-door from scratch - Part 1

Posted 03-25-2018 at 06:47 PM by Bowmans (This blog shows our renovation of a 1979 Sovereign 31' center bath AS)
Updated 03-25-2018 at 08:00 PM by Bowmans

We are splitting this in to two postings due to the number of photos.

In late October 2017, we started work on the door. The original door was resheeted inside and out by Dave before we bought it and he said that it was found in a cow field after cows had walked all over it. The door-in-a-door was not there and once we took the inside sheet off, we realized there was no hope for this door. One frame rail had been spliced in 3 pieces, the other had two door knob holes and all had...

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