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Officially finished with the outside for now

Posted 09-23-2009 at 07:53 PM by Bowmans

We painted all of the trim and lettering on the camper, cleaned the trunk, made a new cover for the fiber-optic light thingy out of aluminum and used a wire brush on the tongue to clean up a little rusty area and re-painted that. I found out that taping of the lettering wasn't the way to go so everything that was painted was done freehand. The only things left on the outside are what we will do with the antena and polishing the gas tanks.

Close-up of the Airstream logo painted:

Airstream logo on rear painted:

Close up:

New cover for the fiberoptic light thingy (made from a piece of aluminum angle):

International logo painted:

Hubcaps emblem painted:

International logo and trim painted (still need more years to polish and get rid of the marks from the vinyl sticker but that will happen one day):

The plate with SN info:

Trunk and bumper frame after cleaning, wire brushing and a coat of silver:

Trim painted on the battery doors (and rivet heads on trimline):

Posted in Restoration Blogs, 1979 Sovereign 31' renovation

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	First rate!!! Now the neighbors won't care what you do on the inside - 'cause it looks so purty on the outside... George
	Posted 09-23-2009 at 09:11 PM by georgezink

	How many feet of the 1/4" trim did you use? I need to order, but hope you already measured..lol
	Posted 09-24-2009 at 09:03 AM by Dakota's Dad

We bought 3 25' rolls and had alot extra. Not enough to make another full roll worth but close. We also put this 1/4" trimline in the AC cover. Our AC cover had the aluminum trim to mount the blue in that went around the whole circumference about mid-height. Not sure if yours is the same. If not, 2 rolls may do it. For the ~1" (wider) stuff we bought 1 roll and had 3" left over. Just enough to take to Sherman Williams to get a color swatch for the trim paint.

Posted 09-24-2009 at 09:43 AM by Bowmans Bowmans is offline

	wow that is looking really sharp
	Posted 09-24-2009 at 06:48 PM by gutsgolf

	and you're really not going to tow it but to Chesapeake Bay one time? (I've been talking to Dakota's Dad!)
	Posted 10-09-2009 at 07:46 PM by Dakota's Mom

	HAHAHA! The bin is in the mail by the way (mailed regular mail Thursday). We are planning on renting a spot on the bay as a cheap summer vacation home until we can get the money we spent on the renovation back in the bank. Then we can look at traveling in it. We will probably keep the spot at the bay and just tow it from there when we get to traveling.
	Posted 10-09-2009 at 08:06 PM by Bowmans