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vhariable · 03-11-2011, 11:10 AM

My VIN is I307S185. You might already know, but you can find information about your VIN here: Airstream, Inc :: 60s. I am not as familiar with the format of your VIN. What condition is your trailer in?

Always nice to meet someone that lived in Abilene at one time or another! Abilene is basically the same place that it was in the 90ies. There are more stores and restaurants. The recession basically had little to no impact to this area at all. Let me know if you drive by and this area sometime and you can check out the trailer.

The frame has several coats of POR-15 and the wheel wells are almost completely restored and ready to be installed. The a-frames have been moved into the shop and are now holding up the shell. That is the way to do that job. I will post some pictures this weekend.

TheDrake · 03-11-2011, 12:25 PM

Is your vin stamped on the A-frame? My trailer is in pretty decent shape, everything works, the interior is extremely clean.

Next time I'm in Abilene, i'll come check
Out your trailer, same for you if you are ever near san marcos. I graduated in 95 and have not been back to Abilene since.

vhariable · 03-16-2011, 06:22 PM

TheDrake: I didn't notice it on my a-frame, but I will double check tomorrow. I found my VIN on the plate by the door.

vhariable · 03-16-2011, 06:28 PM

Last week was a fairly productive week with the frame being coated with POR-15, installed the wheels, repaired the exterior wheel well covers, and worked on dry fitting the floor. The first picture below is of the repaired frame from the previous week.

The POR-15 went on really well with two coats. We will be putting on a top coat of POR-15 black chassis paint on the axles, frame wheel well area, and the exterior wheel well covers later this week. It took a gallon to coat the bumper to most of the hitch area two times. We will finish the bumper and hitch later and then have a silver top coat of POR-15 that is UV resistant.

We moved the a-frames into the shop and lifted the shell off of the 4×4 supports. The a-frames make this such an easy process and took no time at all to setup. We then moved the frame under the shell to get it ready for a dry fit. The shell looks a little crooked in the pictures, but we added some counter weights later and that got it to sit perfectly level.

The floor has been cutout and waiting for a week or so now. We dry fitted the floor and it looks pretty good. The front curved area was partially rotted, but we were able to use the c-channel that was still in great shape to create our pattern. The rear was almost completely rotted and the c-channel had broken into three different pieces. We are going to use a combination of the c-channel that has been spliced back together and the curve of the shell to trace a pattern and get the rear floor cutout probably sometime tomorrow.

The floor has now been partially bolted down for a final dry fit. The shell went on almost perfectly and a notch was made for where the door frame is inset into the floor. We are still awaiting aluminum so the shell will have to come up again once we have the front banana wraps and the rear belly pan aluminum ready to install. The new hoist system makes lifting and lower the shell a one man job that takes very little effort.

JGS · 01-02-2012, 08:42 AM

Anyone know if As used+ LAtex or Oil based paints? My recently purchased 1967 Sovreign iternational interior skins are in good shape. Now I want to do Kil latex and then paint but don't wantr to go over oil with lates if they used oil. Anyhelp would be great. Also need pic if frame under rear bathroom.

Thanks, John

BIGED52 · 01-02-2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JGS

Anyone know if As used+ LAtex or Oil based paints? My recently purchased 1967 Sovreign iternational interior skins are in good shape. Now I want to do Kil latex and then paint but don't wantr to go over oil with lates if they used oil. Anyhelp would be great. Also need pic if frame under rear bathroom.

Thanks, John

John, The interior was vinyl paint called Zolatone and is very hard to remove from the aluminum interior skins. I have heard about and seen some interiors that have been painted. As to how the paint was prep/applied or how it has held up over time I don't really know. The Zolatone paint product can be purchased from most brand named paint stores so they should be able to tell you how to paint over that product. Be sure that the interior is cleaned to degrease the finish before you prep for painting. Ed