Ohio Design Thesis - Resto/Redesign

[Cursh]

Back from the dead (for a day maybe)

I've seen the light i've seen the light.

My car is for sale (not that anyone is going to buy it) because I can't justify the two grand i will need to pour into it to make it tow safely. I have also quit driving (my current tank of gas cost me $3.40 a gallon and is above 3/4 full) so fuel economy is not a concern in my only vehicle.

The replacement will be a period pick up and i am leaning towards the Chevy C-10 step side or a first generation K5 blazer. I'm not married to either of these, but thats just where I am looking currently. (the C-10 is much easier to find in good running condition for little to no money)

I have also been over intimidated by the plumbing and flooring process. I talked to Steve at Pands Trailer Service and they will be throwing in Polyboard and a new belly pan and plumbing.

I got my second piece of vintage flair for the finished project today. I work for the most fantastic jewish man downtown in a vintage shop and he threw a gorgeous old robins egg blue eskimo my way today (it can be wall mounted.) I also purchased a 2015 Marantz tuner/reciever from the mid 70's - It only has 15 watts per chanel but thats more than my 140 sq ft. could ever need (its also from back when saying a reciever was a certain wattage meant something.)

Lastly I made friends with a man who has a bunch of late model inverters from his AC repair company. He was willing to part with a couple of them (I would obviously only need one) and the prices were good.

Anyway - Theme is - I'm about to graduate and am completely distracted from working on the airstream 90% of the time, but it is still a very important project to me. I have every intention of moving into it by this fall (whether it is complete or not) and . . . yeah . . . you guys rock.

oh - and my girlfriend left me - but whatever. I'm going home to win her back . . . or live in my moms basement . . . or both - mid june.

The updates will continue to come as things happen - I haven't forgotten about Bahbu - and will be back soon - hopefully full throtle.

Much Love

-Ben

P.S. - Vintage Gadget Porn

[Cursh]

P.P.S. - I'm no longer lofting the bed - but I have a fantastic (in my mind) storage solution that I will share with you once I find my sketches (and make sure that they would make sense to anyone other than me.

[byamcaravanner]

Ben,

Good to see you are still at it. Keep those great ideas comming... but make sure you run them past the folks on the forum so we can make sure you're not about to nearly kill yourself again :-)

Cool finds... you've got the right idea on the vintage stuff.

HERE is a blog for you to check out regarding a great vintage trailer/tow vehicle set-up. You may also want to drop Brad a line... I'm sure you two have some things in common.

Continued Good Luck!

[dmroot]

Hi Cursh,

I just caught sight of this thread and had to laugh at the firestorm of comments. I hope you have a great time with your trailer. It is really a cool design problem to work through. We had a great time doing ours. And the fun isn't over yet

If you are able to get it into great towing shape (brakes, hitch, tires, brake controller, etc) you'll be able to bring it with you even before you've realized your interior vision.

At the last rally we went to outside of Portland, at least one or two people were sleeping in a pretty empty trailer in an Aerobed. It made for a pretty great tent while they worked through the interior projects.

Enjoy. I'll start watching this thread more closely and look forward to seeing you have a great time with this. Love all the creative thinking you've done so far.

[bredlo]

Originally Posted by Arteacherz

...a teacup of urine,

Originally Posted by 2airishuman

...there are incineration units that fry poop!

Ye gods, how long are you people boondocking for, anyhow?

As for ByamCaravanner's comment, you betcha - we do have a lot in common. I'm kind of "the Cursh of Christmas Future" in that I gave up on some of the more grand ideas I started out with on our first trailer, but still a risk taker to a degree.

On the vintage tow/trailer combo, I'll say that a lot of research went into making the decision on this vintage Jeep and GlobeTrotter matchup, including reaching out to people who've already done it. It paid off, too: they're well suited to each other, and when you factor in that I stayed in the right lane at 55 mph, I still got from North Carolina to Chicago in a day without a drop of sweat on my brow.

Keep up the creative thinking - you'll land on the right thing to do with each step. You're already way ahead of the game by talking with the people on this board, and as long as you heed their advice, both warnings and encouragement, you'll be fine.

Speaking of good advice from AIRforums, I finally got off my butt this past week and became a Supporting Member for the first time. Thanks to all of you who make it worth visiting.

[bertro]

Cursh, Love the old marantz, I had a 2216 back in the day with some RTR 3 ways. Robert

[malconium]

Originally Posted by Cursh

I also purchased a 2015 Marantz tuner/reciever from the mid 70's - It only has 15 watts per chanel but thats more than my 140 sq ft. could ever need (its also from back when saying a reciever was a certain wattage meant something.)

Cursh,

I have a Marantz in my basement that is so classic it is still monoral. Very high fidelity though. Actually the tuner and the amp are sepepate units and both have vacuum tubes. I know what you mean about the wattage really meaning something too.

Malcolm