The weekend of May 8-10 we will be starting on the two GT's...then tackle Birdy if we still have time.
I will definately hang around for this! Right now we are planning on all on us drilling out the old rivets, then after the new panels are drilled we'll tag team putting them on...on the GT's we will use Olympics and shave them. On the Safari we'll be bucking...Lot's of pictures to follow after this one! Smile Fred!!!
Shari
Waaaaah!!!
I sure hope the forcasters are wrong!
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Friday: Mostly sunny in the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon and then mostly cloudy with light showers developing late in the evening. Morning lows will be in the lower 40s, afternoon highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy and cool with rain. Morning lows will be in the upper 30s, afternoon highs in the middle 50s. There will be some wet snow in the morning in the Front Range mountains generally above 9,000 feet.
Sunday: Happy Mother's Day! It will be sunny and mild with light winds. Morning lows will be in the upper 30s and lower 40s, afternoon highs in the lower 70s.
Shari
__________________ Vintage Airstream Club - Past President 2007/2008 WBCCI #1824 - DenCO Unit Past President (2005) AIR #30 - Join Date: 2-25-2002
Great photos of your work. Looks like real progress is happening.
I want to compliment Fred on........how can I say this.....his procurement of a sizable metal working device of eminence proportions. But people might get the wrong idea
Great work.
That's more like it. You'll fly through the rest o' this resto with that kind of weather. Loving the photos and updates, keep it up!
Yeah, but...if it rains Fri & Sat...kinda makes it hard to do a panel replacement which is the next step. THEN we can button her up for the interior resto...I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
Shari
__________________ Vintage Airstream Club - Past President 2007/2008 WBCCI #1824 - DenCO Unit Past President (2005) AIR #30 - Join Date: 2-25-2002
Great photos of your work. Looks like real progress is happening.
I want to compliment Fred on........how can I say this.....his procurement of a sizable metal working device of eminence proportions. But people might get the wrong idea
Great work.
Yeah, he looks pretty proud of that, doesn't he?!
Shari
__________________ Vintage Airstream Club - Past President 2007/2008 WBCCI #1824 - DenCO Unit Past President (2005) AIR #30 - Join Date: 2-25-2002
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Fred Coldwell, WBCCI #1510, AIR #2675
Denver, Colorado - WBCCI Unit 24
Charter Associate Member FCU
Airstream Life "Old Aluminum Adventures"
Oh Fred, your sense of humor is just riveting! Shari
I know, because I keep getting hammered about it until I mushroom.
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Fred Coldwell, WBCCI #1510, AIR #2675
Denver, Colorado - WBCCI Unit 24
Charter Associate Member FCU
Airstream Life "Old Aluminum Adventures"
Shari, Great progress. You guys are doing an excellent restoration with attention to detail. I'm a little behind you all and my shell is off. I may have missed it but did you say who did your rechroming? I have several pieces I will need to rechrome and I'm in Wy. So if your reference is reasonably priced it may be useful for me to send to Colorado. Thanks Ed
Whew! Working hard this weekend!!! Taking lots of pictures, hope to have some time tonight to post them...
Fred's GT is done - new panel in place, rivets pulled, clipped & shaved. We've taken off Birdy's old panels, cut & drilled the new panel, made minor rib repairs and we're ready to get bucking. I doubt we'll have the energy to finish, but we'll get as far as we can ~
5:30 to 11:30pm on Friday
8:00am to 8:00pm on Saturday (even through the rain/snow lightly mid-day)
7:30am to ??? today (gorgeous weather...great encouragment to work outside!)
Hope to at least have her closed up before the end of the day, we leave Tuesday for a well deserved (albeit non-Airstream) beach vacation! Bring on the umbrella drinks!
Shari
__________________ Vintage Airstream Club - Past President 2007/2008 WBCCI #1824 - DenCO Unit Past President (2005) AIR #30 - Join Date: 2-25-2002
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