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markjoandall · 11-10-2005, 10:00 AM

Boy,

I'm impressed.

Mark

StingrayL82 · 11-10-2005, 01:26 PM

Thanks, Mark. I'm picking Lazarus up tomorrow. I was tempted to ask Ron if I could come up tonight with the kids and spend the night in it, before heading out for the Turkey Rally tomorrow, but I woke up with a bunch of gunk in my throat, so NyQuil is working overtime right now to make me feel better. Besides, it will give me the time I need to get everything we need for the weekend together.

Frederic

StingrayL82 · 11-13-2005, 04:35 PM

Well, we went to the Turkey Rally in New Jersey, and all in all I am extremely satisfied with Lazarus' performance. We found one leak in the PEX line, but it turned out that the fitting hadn't been crimped, so after Jack crimped it, everything was sealed up....no leaks. There were a few other nitnoy details to iron out, but what a comfortable trailer! The weekend was really fun, we met a lot of nice people, and I ended up joining the Delaware Valley New Jersey Chapter of the WBCCI, courtesy of Ron and Linda Amme of South Jersey RV...my number is 8371, in honor of Sherri...her birthday is the 8th of March, 1971, and Lazarus is a 1971 incedentally. Here are the pics from this weekend.

Frederic

StingrayL82 · 11-13-2005, 04:37 PM

Here's a few more pictures.

Frederic

Over59 · 11-13-2005, 04:38 PM

Looks like Jersey was the place to be this weekend.

juel · 11-13-2005, 04:46 PM

What a beautiful trailer. You should be very proud. Thanks for taking the picture of that cute Argosy. The class of the rally I'm sure.

StingrayL82 · 11-13-2005, 04:55 PM

Over,

We couldn't have asked for better weather....not a cloud in the sky all weekend.

Juel,

The Argosy belongs to Joe Campbell, the President of the DVNJ Chapter...he's a really great guy, as are all the other members of the chapter...everyone went out of their way to make us feel at home....but it really made me miss Sherri. I know I had the kids with me, but I still felt very lonely.

Frederic

xFieldTech · 11-13-2005, 05:25 PM

That trailer is absolutely beautiful! Successes like yours are a real inspiration to those of us just starting our restoration projects.

tin sista · 11-13-2005, 05:42 PM

Kudos! Very inspiring restoration! Nice rally pix too! Hang in there. Peace and Blessings.

NorCal Bambi · 11-13-2005, 06:10 PM

Nothing like a fine restoration to look at when one is half way through on their own. Thanks for the inspiration!

fotobryant · 11-14-2005, 01:25 PM

Stingray,
We're still new to all of this. This community is just so amazing. We've almost wished we got something to restore! We love being Airstreamer's, it feels like we are part of a new family, we hop to be able to contribute and share with all of you.
Stingray, you have a great sprit, we can not imanign with two little ones and life in general how much work ypu have done,you'er pride of Ownership!!! must be coming out your ears. Our thoughs and good wishes for you and yours, Happy Streaming, and looking forward the times ahead we have never wanted to be in a gang "club" before BUT this group is changing our minds.There is a lotof "love" here and fun to see how everyone cares and jokes.....ok a little to wordy thats what happens when my wife lets me do the talking .

Doug&Margit Bryant
P.S.bad speller

wahoonc · 11-14-2005, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fotobryant

Stingray,
We're still new to all of this. This community is just so amazing. We've almost wished we got something to restore! ....ok a little to wordy thats what happens when my wife lets me do the talking .

Doug&Margit Bryant
P.S.bad speller

Doug and Margit,
Welcome to the forums...last time I checked there weren't any laws about having an old and a new Airstream at the same time

In fact there are several multi AS owners on here. And some of them have new or fairly new AS as well as the Vintage units.

What happens if your wife doesn't let you do the talking????

As far as spelling check out some posts by CannyBanjo-man

I don't think you get negative karma for spelling

Aaron

StingrayL82 · 11-14-2005, 03:35 PM

Doug & Margit,

Thanks for the kind words. The best thing about this weekend was listening to one of Sherri's favorite songs, Billy Joel's "Piano Man", on the new stereo system with Quadraphonic sound

It really made me miss her.

Frederic

fotobryant · 11-14-2005, 10:26 PM

regarding Wahoonc's question "if the wife doesn't let Doug do the talking": the message is straight to the point, less sobby, punctuated, not as creative, and spelled correctly (and this is my third language!)
The wife aka Margit

fotobryant · 11-14-2005, 10:33 PM

Okay, I don't want to overstep my boundries, but every time my husband reads your messages about Sherrie he starts to cry. Was she your wife? I don't mean to intrude, so it's okay if you don't answer. I won't take it personal. Cute kids by the way!
Margit Bryant

ganthonyh · 11-15-2005, 03:11 AM

Hi Stingray..Great ship my man! just getting stated on my first restoration of a 72 sovereign

excited excited exuasted...lol will post pics soon!
George Anthony

wahoonc · 11-15-2005, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fotobryant

Okay, I don't want to overstep my boundries, but every time my husband reads your messages about Sherrie he starts to cry. Was she your wife? I don't mean to intrude, so it's okay if you don't answer. I won't take it personal. Cute kids by the way!
Margit Bryant

Margit,
Here are the threads about Sherrie Here
and also This one

Aaron

wahoonc · 11-15-2005, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fotobryant

regarding Wahoonc's question "if the wife doesn't let Doug do the talking": the message is straight to the point, less sobby, punctuated, not as creative, and spelled correctly (and this is my third language!)
The wife aka Margit

I had to ask

Aaron

StingrayL82 · 11-15-2005, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fotobryant

Okay, I don't want to overstep my boundries, but every time my husband reads your messages about Sherrie he starts to cry. Was she your wife? I don't mean to intrude, so it's okay if you don't answer. I won't take it personal. Cute kids by the way!
Margit Bryant

Margit,

Sherri was my wife of almost ten years. She was the love of my life and she passed away in August, after a four-year long battle with breast cancer. Aaron (wahoonc) posted the links to get to the posts to read about her.

Frederic

fotobryant · 11-16-2005, 11:45 AM

Frederic,

We read the threads ... don't have any words left ...
Thanks's for sharing! Wonderful how you keep honoring her. She's touched everyone's heart through you.
And thanks for serving in the armed forces!
Margit + Doug