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12-01-2002, 03:10 PM
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Airstream Driver
1994 30' Excella
1992 35' Airstream 350
Austin
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 5,224
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paint or not paint
I had to fill the urge for riveting and bending aluminum this weekend, so I removed two dinged up skirt panels and installed some new ones.
Now I am in the process of repainting the entire lower section of the motorhome, but those 2 panels look so darn good in Aluminum that i am tempted to leave them like that.
Can I still come to our Motorhome rally like that or am I really crossing the line.
The wife thinks it looks real cool, kinda like there is sunken Living room.
I am just worried, Fred is going to give me a real hard time.
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1994 30' Excella Front Kitchen Trailer
1990 25' Excella Travel trailer
1992 350LE Classic Touring Coach
AIR #13
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12-01-2002, 03:31 PM
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Contributing Member
2018 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Austin (Hays County)
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,164
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Just holdin' my breath
Can't wait to see your beauty at the Vintage Get Together next month.
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John W. Irwin
2018 Interstate GT, "Sabre-Dog V"
WBCCI #9632
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12-01-2002, 03:46 PM
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3 Rivet Member
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 229
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Nice work Peter....
How did you form the roll, by hand or machine?? Oscar
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12-01-2002, 04:14 PM
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Airstream Driver
1994 30' Excella
1992 35' Airstream 350
Austin
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 5,224
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John I, looking forward to vintage meeting myself. Just don't inspect the front right too closely. I still have a few dings there. I keep them for memory sake.
Oscar, I used flat panels (cut-outs from my windows) and talked them into bending.
To get a straight bottom line, I used a square
3/4" aluminum stock and riveted it behind the panel. There is nothing behind it to fasten it to. It took over 100 Olympic rivets to do a little repair like that.
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1994 30' Excella Front Kitchen Trailer
1990 25' Excella Travel trailer
1992 350LE Classic Touring Coach
AIR #13
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12-01-2002, 06:43 PM
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Rivet Master
1966 26' Overlander
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 8,525
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Peter- looks great to me! Makes me wonder about painting mine, I have plans to respray the greay lower panels, but wonder how aluminum paint would look? The Dupont grey is not bad but...
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12-01-2002, 06:56 PM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 58
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walls
Its like washing the walls, minds well do the whole thing. Paint looks good and is probably is the practical answer due to rocks and road hazards but It looks cool in shiny new aluminum. Now polish the whole darn thing.
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12-02-2002, 06:25 AM
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Rivet Master
LOST
, Hawaii
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Aluminum!!! I didn't have a lot of choice because of my caps and some of the work I did. I like my paint, but looking at your pictures aluminum is awesome, I should have held out for an Airstream.
John
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12-02-2002, 08:19 AM
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Rivet Master
1966 26' Overlander
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 8,525
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Believe me Larry- the stripping and polishing thing has crossed my mind many times, however...my plasticoat is in pretty good shape, and I wonder if the shiny polished look would be too much for the campers at the KOA to handle
Even now my rig is kinda bright in the sun- you need shades to get close.
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12-03-2002, 05:59 PM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 58
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So cool you have to ware shades
Yes we are in the same boat. mines kinda bright also .I would'nt want to cause a wreck. Ive' been stuck behing some of those big rigs with the polished rear trailer doors and I could'nt see a thing. kinda unsafe but it looks good.
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12-05-2002, 06:46 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 521
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idea
I like the look...perhaps you could add a smaller piece to the bottom of the step so that when closed it continues the rolled aluminum edge look forward. Maybe someday do the whole thing with the Aluminum color rocker panels...you'd be one if not the only with this custom look!
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12-11-2002, 04:47 PM
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Airstream Driver
1994 30' Excella
1992 35' Airstream 350
Austin
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 5,224
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Making progress, two more doors left to strip and polish on this side. The aluminum does polish out nice. One of the panels had pretty rough sanding marks, which I wet sanded and steelwooled before polishing.
The plastic end caps will be painted.
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1994 30' Excella Front Kitchen Trailer
1990 25' Excella Travel trailer
1992 350LE Classic Touring Coach
AIR #13
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01-19-2003, 04:04 PM
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Airstream Driver
1994 30' Excella
1992 35' Airstream 350
Austin
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 5,224
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Got the end caps painted, used a metalic pewder.
Now I want to paint some silver metalic flames on the rear endcaps to make a transition from the aluminum to the pewder.
The left rear was in such a poor condition that I decided to use a water base paint stripper to remove all the paint. The water base paint remover are usually not as potent as the solvent base types, which assured no damage to the plastic itself.
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1994 30' Excella Front Kitchen Trailer
1990 25' Excella Travel trailer
1992 350LE Classic Touring Coach
AIR #13
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01-19-2003, 08:28 PM
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30 yr Airstreamer
2018 16' Sport
Port Townsend
, Washington
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 72
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Looks Great unpainted!
Very classy just like the big bus conversions. My AS MH has stripes and painted sections and it kind of looks rinkydink. I did notice that there is a silver painted section on the rear corner. The previous owners fixed a dent and then painted the area silver. It blends right in and you really have to look closely to see it. I think this might be a good way to go for the top panels when the clear coat goes. The roof always gets it the worst from the sun. For those considering stripping off the clear coat. The fully polished rigs I have seen look great but the upkeep is a daunting task.
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01-19-2003, 08:36 PM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 60
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lookig sharp
i think that you should put the aluminum look on the entire body and put a nice shine to it
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01-21-2003, 06:30 AM
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Rivet Master
LOST
, Hawaii
Join Date: Jun 2002
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I should have held out for an Airstream.
John
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01-22-2003, 09:27 AM
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Rivet Master
1966 26' Overlander
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 8,525
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Hey John, your rig looks so good, and unusual as well so don't sweat the lack of aluminum shine.
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