You may want the service manual instead or in addition to the owners manual. The service manual has diagrams of how everything is put together, etc.. Owners manuals, the ones that I have seen anyway, are more like advertising brochures.
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Airstream has them for sale. They list one for 1982, you might want to contact them and see if they are suitable for 1981. FWIW Owner's Manual is $48 and Service Manual is $65.
Aaron
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