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08-07-2007, 07:48 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
, Kentucky
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Trip of a lifetime.....
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1974 20' Argosy Motor Home
1975 24' Argosy Motor Home
1974 31' Excella trailer (parting out, as of 4/1/2015 I have wheels & windows left to sell)
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08-07-2007, 07:55 PM
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2015 25' FB Flying Cloud
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2005 25' Safari
Santa Rosa Beach
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That is one cute little guy. We're glad you got him home OK. Please keep us posted on his progress. You need to give him a name.
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08-07-2007, 07:55 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
West of Fort Worth
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,699
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You're a brave man.
I'm glad it all worked out for you, and that you found the brake problem before you got on the interstate!
Dave
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08-07-2007, 08:11 PM
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Rivet Master
1985 34.5' Airstream 345
Tujunga
, California
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,969
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its a cutie
My husband wants to get one and trick it out to set a land speed record for MoHos!!! but we have to sell AS #2 first----I am pushing for a 79 28' that is polished!
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Ron and Debbie Lawrence
1985 345 Motorhome...... delightfully tacky......yet unrefined
AIR 7992
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08-07-2007, 08:28 PM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Airstream310
Central
, Ohio
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,094
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MOST STRESSFUL Trip of a Lifetime!
Brad forgot two words in his title, added above! I think we each lost a few years off our lives over this one. It was a white-knuckle trip all the way back. But we got home safely! We will not be doing that again, for sure!
Brad being the mechanical guy he is, posted all of the "technical" photos and skipped over the other neat aspects of the trip! So here are some other things I took pics of along the way.
This sighting in Tennessee got the trip off to an absolutely PERFECT and fortuitous start!
We saw this RV on our way up - he was carrying a full-size cruising Harley on the back of the RV along with a bicycle, then towing the Jeep carrying another motorcycle and stuff we couldn't figure out. Amazing.
When we got to Kingsport Saturday morning, we stopped to check directions and I saw this rainbow. It was a whole rainbow, but the right end came down right where we picked up our new little baby!
Here we are at the dollar store parking lot, where I ran in to ask about a brake shop.
The sign in this picture says it all. $514 later, we were back on the road.
We saw no Airstreams on the road on the way up, but on the way back, we saw two in quick succession on I-81 east of Knoxville. The first one was being flat-towed and I am still amazed I got that shot off in time.
This horrific looking thing followed us all the way back from Kingsport!
Here is what the view from the front window of Ruby Tuesday looked like as we stopped for lunch. I still can't believe we got it safely home!
I was talking to my mom on the phone as I saw this sight, and calmly kept talking as I yanked out the camera and desperately angled for the shot. Got it! (Okay, it's not the best...)
More in the next post. I ran out of picture space!
Susan
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1984 310 Limited Motor Home "The Rockin' A"
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08-07-2007, 08:29 PM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Airstream310
Central
, Ohio
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Hee hee, Debbie - I told Brad we needed to put the hopped-up 454 in it and go around collecting pink slips at the street races! It's a REAL sleeper, ha ha!!
Susan
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"Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?"
1984 310 Limited Motor Home "The Rockin' A"
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08-07-2007, 08:38 PM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Airstream310
Central
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Okay, here's the rest of the trip. Here's something cool we saw on the way back. For those of you who do not know Cirque du Soleil, you MUST get a DVD and check them out. They are absolutely amazing.
This is a power plant in the mountains of Tennessee. It was wild to come over a mountain and see it all of a sudden. VERY impressive stacks!
We woke up, had breakfast and went to the gas station Sunday and saw this.
This truck backed into the gas station we were at later in the day. Moo!
This is the Argosy moho and trailer outside Memphis on I-40 I didn't get such a good pic of on our last trip. We stopped and asked about them, and I have the name and phone number of the fellow who owns them if anyone is interested. We have no knowledge of condition other than what these pics show.
And lastly, here is a tiny peek at an AS at a dealer/repair place outside Little Rock on I-40. I saw it on the way out, but wasn't quick enough to get the camera. I almost forgot it this time, too, but caught the very tip end of it amongst the SOBs.
I hope you enjoyed our trip! I'm sure most of our hair will grown back in RealSoonNow...
Susan
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"Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?"
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08-07-2007, 09:19 PM
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Rivet Master
1951 21' Flying Cloud
1960 24' Tradewind
West Coast
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First off Susan, you are very quick with a camera. I'm impressed, and great photos. I don't think I have managed to get a photo yet of an Airstream on the road as we travel. Donna just shakes her head and laughs now when I start to go through the motions.
What an adventure you two had. I'll bet you were exhausted mentally and physically when you got home. These are the kinds of trips you can relate for years to come as you sit around the campfire. There's nothing wrong with that, now that you have it safely home of course. Is this a longer term project or something you intend to tackle pronto? More pictures of it would be great.
Brad - when you started mentioning that you had the fellow assist to tow it on with his Isuzu and you said he was spinning his wheels in the gravel I had visions of you saying that he managed to knock out the window or something. Glad that went well. Man, you guys sure went to a ton of effort for that little puppy. It owes you big time for rescuing it.
Thanks, and congratulations.
Barry
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08-08-2007, 04:58 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
, Kentucky
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by safari57
First off Susan, you are very quick with a camera. I'm impressed, and great photos. I don't think I have managed to get a photo yet of an Airstream on the road as we travel. Donna just shakes her head and laughs now when I start to go through the motions.
What an adventure you two had. I'll bet you were exhausted mentally and physically when you got home. These are the kinds of trips you can relate for years to come as you sit around the campfire. There's nothing wrong with that, now that you have it safely home of course. Is this a longer term project or something you intend to tackle pronto? More pictures of it would be great.
Brad - when you started mentioning that you had the fellow assist to tow it on with his Isuzu and you said he was spinning his wheels in the gravel I had visions of you saying that he managed to knock out the window or something. Glad that went well. Man, you guys sure went to a ton of effort for that little puppy. It owes you big time for rescuing it.
Thanks, and congratulations.
Barry
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Barry,
After the trip both of us were mentally and physically drained. We've got a lot going on right now and this trip didn't help any
My biggest concern for the trip was that we would have some kind of break down and have to find a place to store the Argosy until we could make another try. Needing the brake job just about met that criteria, fortunately throwing money at it solved that problem, and a lot of luck of course
I hadn't even thought about breaking a window when he spun his tires . Thats an image I don't even want to think about. Fortunately he was parallel and off to the side of the Argosy so that might have helped. Once he put it in 4-wheel drive the wheel spinning stopped.
We're going to be pulling the 350 out and replacing it with a rebuilt 454. The plans are to use the Argosy to pull our race car trailer which is being made out of a 1974 31' Excella 500 trailer. I figure out rolling load is going to be somewhere around 15,000 lbs so I don't think the 350 thats currently in the Moho is up to the task. I'd love to throw a diesel in but the odds of finding one we can afford are pretty slim. Besides I have the 454 sitting in a donor truck ready to pull.
We'll keep a post going detailing our progress. For the next few months though I think I'll catch up on my sleep.......
Brad
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Air forums # 1674
1974 20' Argosy Motor Home
1975 24' Argosy Motor Home
1974 31' Excella trailer (parting out, as of 4/1/2015 I have wheels & windows left to sell)
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08-08-2007, 05:25 AM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Airstream310
Central
, Ohio
Join Date: Feb 2007
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And it will be a longer-term project. We were going to pull the Excella with our 1953 Chevy one-ton panel truck, but this will take the place of the Chevy (which was a longer-term project as well).
One Chevy panel truck for sale soon! Needs restoration, but very cool!
Susan
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"Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?"
1984 310 Limited Motor Home "The Rockin' A"
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08-08-2007, 06:07 AM
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2 Rivet Member
1970 31' Sovereign
1963 26' Overlander
Greeneville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 60
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Congrat's!!
We saw you on I-81 near Knoxville! I was Jealous...
Have fun with it
Kevin
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08-08-2007, 06:34 AM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Airstream310
Central
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Yeah, I figured if we were to be seen on any trip we made, this one would be it (wry smile)!
Susan
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"Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?"
1984 310 Limited Motor Home "The Rockin' A"
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08-08-2007, 08:05 AM
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Rivet Master
1994 30' Excella
Currently Looking...
Milwaukee
, Wisconsin
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What a great trip. 53 miles per hour is two less than Chummy's top speed, now you can appreciate all the wonderful things we see at that speed.
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Forest River Forester 2501TS
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08-08-2007, 11:05 AM
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Tom, the Uber Disney Fan
2006 30' Safari
Orlando
, Florida
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Congratulations on a safe trip home and good luck with the restoration. That should be a great size for racing trips.
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2008 F-250 Lariat Power Stroke Diesel Crew Cab SWB
Family of Disney Fanatics
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08-08-2007, 11:57 AM
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4 Rivet Member
2005 22' International CCD
Phoenix
, Arizona
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 309
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What a nice family you have ... Triumphs and Airstreams ... and all the other critters. Hope to see you down the road, and you might even be easy to recognize.
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08-08-2007, 12:28 PM
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Rivet Master
2014 27' Flying Cloud
Viera
, Florida
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alumatube
I was talking to my mom on the phone as I saw this sight, and calmly kept talking as I yanked out the camera and desperately angled for the shot. Got it! (Okay, it's not the best...)
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I've been to that Airstream Dealer. That's in Cookeville, TN. I've also driven I-40 from the NC to Nashville, TN. You had quite a trip with that load.
Thanks for sharing the fun , and good luck with the restorations.
Randy
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The best part of any trip is when you pull away from home.
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08-08-2007, 01:21 PM
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Tom, the Uber Disney Fan
2006 30' Safari
Orlando
, Florida
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Now that you mention it, that is where I bought our Airstream! Nice folks. Treated us really well. I'd recommend them to any body...well, I guess I just did.
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2008 F-250 Lariat Power Stroke Diesel Crew Cab SWB
Family of Disney Fanatics
WBCCI# 4821
https://streaminacrossamerica.com/
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08-08-2007, 01:55 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1982 28' Airstream 280
Norfolk
, Virginia
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Thanks so much for sharing the trip. You two have more guts than I do. While you might have lost sleep on the way home, I would have run out of clean underwear! I am guessing that the roads home were no better than the roads to pick the vehicle up. (I have a keen sense for the obvious).
Anyway, great pics and a wonderful story.
Steve
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08-08-2007, 03:33 PM
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Rivet Master
1983 34' Excella
1967 24' Tradewind
Little Rock
, Arkansas
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,825
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An Adventure in Moving
Hi Brad and Susan,
Remember when Uhaul had that painted on their trucks? Then they realized that adventure was the last thing anyone wanted during moving. Same for Airstream pickup.
Thanks for the photo documentary. Glad you are back home safely. Agree about the 454. Good as the 350 is, the big blocks are outstanding engines. I look forward to your progress.
Vaughan
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08-08-2007, 08:17 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
, Kentucky
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaplain Kent
What a great trip. 53 miles per hour is two less than Chummy's top speed, now you can appreciate all the wonderful things we see at that speed.
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Chaplain, actually 53 mph was our TOP speed
We probably averaged no better than 50 mph for the trip and possibly a little less. I think it took us something like 18 hours of driving (with gas stops) to make the return trip.
All in all I'm glad we made it back and now I'm looking forward to when I can actually start working on it.
Brad
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1974 20' Argosy Motor Home
1975 24' Argosy Motor Home
1974 31' Excella trailer (parting out, as of 4/1/2015 I have wheels & windows left to sell)
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