Greetings from beautiful Foresthill, Ca. My wife Angela, our two boys (ages 6 & 3) are the proud new owners of the most beautiful piece of junk, a 25' 1952 Caravan "Cruiser". She was in a Misourri feild for the last 18 years used as a storage shed. She's pretty rough, but our family has rallied to invest the time, sweat and $ it will take to get her back in working order. Our plan is to do a frame off refurbishment. With respect to the original look and feel, we will incorporate some modern features. Our theme is 1952 Ansel Adams - Yosemite. This site has already been very informative and we look forward to further advice as we plug along. Here are a couple pics and we will update through out the process.
Welcome to the board - that's gonna be cool when you're finished
Repeat after me: getting there is half the fun....
Enjoy the reno and ask when you have questions
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Greetings from beautiful Foresthill, Ca. My wife Angela, our two boys (ages 6 & 3) are the proud new owners of the most beautiful piece of junk, a 25' 1952 Caravan "Cruiser". She was in a Misourri feild for the last 18 years used as a storage shed. She's pretty rough, but our family has rallied to invest the time, sweat and $ it will take to get her back in working order. Our plan is to do a frame off refurbishment. With respect to the original look and feel, we will incorporate some modern features. Our theme is 1952 Ansel Adams - Yosemite. This site has already been very informative and we look forward to further advice as we plug along. Here are a couple pics and we will update through out the process.
Welcome Prattman
You are brave. Good luck. Sounds like a good Theme.
Good luck with it Prattman! You might want to hit a restoration rally somewhere...the 4CUnit Restoration Rally will be held in early June 2010 in ABQ, NM... It's a winner!
In the meantime, have a blast...
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Welcome to the Airstream family (nice people, great site). We are new airdreamers also and look forward to a long relationship with all Airstreamers. Good luck with your project we will be watching!!
Prattman, you've taken on quite a new 'Hobby'...should be a 'fun' project to keep you busy for a long while...
BTW, we used to have friends that lived in Yankee Jim's - in fact they had the property that the Historical Monument is placed on...haven't been up in that exact neck of the woods for many years...we have done some camping this year off of Ice House Rd, north of Hwy 50, not all that far from you guys...
Enjoy your new toy...
Ray near Stockton
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Great find! Take lots of pictures, post them too, but great to look back at where you started as inspiration for the next round of work. Looking forward to watching your progress!
roof locker tracks (plastic) square cornered astrodome screen 63 refer, or at least the original door insert 2 12v hehr motors (working) w/ or w/o fan blade
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" Life is like a bicycle...to keep your balance you must keep moving." Einstien, 1930...and lastly,-"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, Live the life you,ve imagined"...Henry David Thoreau
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