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09-06-2011, 10:41 PM
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Rivet Master  
1959 26' Overlander
Powder Springs
, Georgia
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 671
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You might be restoring an Airstream if...
... you have more work-on-the-trailer clothes than regular clothes.
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~Lynnetta
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09-06-2011, 11:30 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
1974 25' Tradewind
Ponchatoula
, Louisiana
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 76
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If you spend more of your days off working on your trailer than fishing.
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09-06-2011, 11:46 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 Argosy 20
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Kooskia
, Idaho
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 4,591
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If you are still looking at Craigs List postings every day, and hoping to find another one to bring back to life.
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09-07-2011, 12:12 AM
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Rivet Master Commercial Member
1962 19' Globetrotter
1963 19' Globetrotter
1961 19' Globetrotter
Wheat Ridge
, Colorado
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 624
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If you spend 8 hours or more a day... bucking rivets... bending aluminum... shinning aluminum... and returning countless emails and phone calls about all things AIRSTREAM!!!
still lovin it!
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www.VINSTREAM.com
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
WBCCI # 1962
Instagram #Vinstream
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09-07-2011, 12:26 AM
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Be Calm, Have a Cupcake
Vintage Kin Owner
Houston
, Texas
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 223
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You go to sleep every night and wake up every morning dreaming about Airstreams.
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Secguru
Would you rather have a mansion full of money or a trailer full of love?
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09-07-2011, 02:51 AM
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Restorations done right
Commercial Member
1962 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Vintage Kin Owner
Currently Looking...
Baltimore
, Maryland
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,545
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vinstream
If you spend 8 hours or more a day... bucking rivets... bending aluminum... shinning aluminum... and returning countless emails and phone calls about all things AIRSTREAM!!!
still lovin it!
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What Todd said and "you can't wait to get out of bed to do it...."
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09-07-2011, 05:32 AM
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4 Rivet Member 
1985 34' Limited
1960 24' Tradewind
Summerville
, South Carolina
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 382
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...if your garage holds hundreds of Airstream parts waiting to be refurbished one at a time and put back on the trailer. You often wonder if you will ever get your garage back.
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Bill Cantrell
AIR 24338
TAC SC-1
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 Easily distracted by shiny objects.
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09-07-2011, 02:28 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
Powder Springs
, Georgia
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 671
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... if you keep a running list of things you should/could/would do different next time.
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~Lynnetta
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09-07-2011, 02:41 PM
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Restorations done right
Commercial Member
1962 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Vintage Kin Owner
Currently Looking...
Baltimore
, Maryland
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,545
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...if you find aluminum shavings in the bed.
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09-07-2011, 02:45 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
1960 24' Tradewind
1961 16' Bambi
Oakland
, California
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 758
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We're There, Doing That
. . . if you've purchased, or are considering purchasing, another Airstream for "parts".
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Gemma and Murray
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09-07-2011, 02:57 PM
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New Member
1968 30' Sovereign
pekin
, Indiana
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 3
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even after all summer long, you still get excited at the sight of the UPS or Fed x truck........ knowing that ur pretty sure you didnt order any thing else...... ummm pretty sure lol 
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09-07-2011, 03:00 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,702
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You have semi-permanant "guy-liner" on your eyes from polishing!
Shari 
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09-07-2011, 03:22 PM
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Site Team
1964 26' Overlander
1964 19' Globetrotter
OlyPen
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,935
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You might be restoring an Airstream if...
All you want for Christmas is a rivet shaver.
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09-07-2011, 05:11 PM
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Rivet Master In Training
1965 22' Safari
Mount Airy
, Georgia
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 132
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If you love the smell of Nuvite in the morning.
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09-07-2011, 05:26 PM
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Site Team
1974 31' Sovereign
Ottawa
, ON
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 11,219
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You might be restoring an Airstream if...
you find yourself kneeling in the grass beside an AS, cursing at a water heater, old or new.
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“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ...John Wayne...........................
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09-07-2011, 05:37 PM
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Rivet Master Commercial Member
1954 22' Safari
Deerfield
, Illinois
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 1,419
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If you drive down the street, looking down your nose at everyone with a lower GWVR than you.
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Brad
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09-07-2011, 05:44 PM
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Wheels Itch)(Must Travel
2014 25' FB Flying Cloud
- east coastal area -
, Florida
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 683
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you keep asking your spouse how your A*S is looking. 
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az-streamer 
Jon & Deb
Phoebe & Ellis - The Airstreaming Mini-Schauzers
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[CENTER][I]
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09-13-2011, 04:48 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 17' Pacer
Long Beach
, California
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 920
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You manage to hold your bladder for two hours or more because the office bathroom at your storage yard is locked and you don't want to leave without removing the next section of subfloor.
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09-13-2011, 04:54 PM
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Rivet Master
1967 17' Caravel
Oak Creek
, Colorado
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,560
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If upon waking this morning the first thing that popped in to your head was C-channel.
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09-13-2011, 05:22 PM
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#20
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2 Rivet Member
1965 22' Safari
LEONARD
, Texas
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 63
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You overrun the data plan on your phone searching for 9 yards of actual 1960s upholstery fabric 
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