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05-30-2015, 07:07 AM
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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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The story of the Airstream 310 Jacket
Back in 2002 I won an ebay auction for this Airstream Jacket, which I have proudly worn to all Rallies and Airstream events.
It features a picture of a 310. After owning and restoring a 280 and a 345, the prophecy was finally fulfilled. I took possession of 1982 310, which is mechanically in good condition, due to all the work performed by the previous owner in the last 10 + years. Cosmetically it will take a lot of work, since it has some endcap and awning damage and is due for an extensive interior make-over.
I can't wait to get my hands on this new adventure/project and will share some of my progress.
I am proud to be rejoining the ranks of the Airstream Drivers
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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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05-30-2015, 07:11 AM
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Rivet Master
1999 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Hillsboro
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,406
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What,,,,??? Man, the fever won't stop!!!! ���� must be the spell on the jacket!
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Peace and Blessings..
Channing
WBCCI# 30676
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05-30-2015, 07:40 AM
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by cwf
What,,,,??? Man, the fever won't stop!!!! ���� must be the spell on the jacket!
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Yes, Channing, what can I say.
Well, I am hot blooded and got a fever of a hundred and three...
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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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05-30-2015, 07:42 AM
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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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and I do like a challenge ...
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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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05-30-2015, 09:44 AM
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Rivet Master
1999 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Hillsboro
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,406
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I think you have a 'fever of 3 hundred and TEN!"
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Peace and Blessings..
Channing
WBCCI# 30676
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05-30-2015, 12:12 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Congrats on your new 310!
Sent from my iPhone using Airstream Forums
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May a Firefly land upon your shoulder
and bring you good luck, good fortune, and abundance.
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05-30-2015, 01:56 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by dadstoy
Congrats on your new 310!
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Thanks Dean.
Its titled as a 1982, like your 280, but the dash is from 84/85. It also came with aluminum Rims, which is unusual for 82
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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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05-30-2015, 03:10 PM
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Rivet Master
1989 34.5' Airstream 345
Ebro
, Fla Panhandle
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,212
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Hey Peter, glad to see the jacket worked its charm on you and brought you back into the fold.
I'm sure we are all going to enjoy watching you bring another one back.
What is the bed/ bath layout in your new 310.
Have you sold the smaller Moho that you picked up a while back?
Cheers Richard
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05-30-2015, 03:40 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by tevake
Hey Peter, glad to see the jacket worked its charm on you and brought you back into the fold.
I'm sure we are all going to enjoy watching you bring another one back.
What is the bed/ bath layout in your new 310.
Have you sold the smaller Moho that you picked up a while back?
Cheers Richard
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Thanks for the welcome back, Richard!
the 310 has the rear twins, center Bath. I just purchased a dinette set from a 85 290 that happened to have the same table formica as my kitchen formica..fat chance, huh ??
I will convert the 2 barrel chairs flip table to Mini dinette to have the best of both worlds:
Front gaucho/dinette rear Twins that have the option to make a huge King bed, if one would desire to do so
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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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05-30-2015, 04:48 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
, Kentucky
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 9,115
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Peter, welcome back to the dark side
Congrats on your new 310!
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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05-30-2015, 05:31 PM
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Dazed and Confused
Currently Looking...
1983 31' Airstream310
Hillsburgh
, Ontario
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,805
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Congrats on the 310 purchase Peter. It seems like someone has done some mods on yours already as your nose has either a bra or has been painted.
Also interesting, a fixed window beside a slider at the front? I have never seen that before unless the window was replaced at some point.
Now I have a 310 but sadly no jacket. Does the jacket have a manufacturers tag by chance?
What is it about Classics and rear end cap damage...DO PEOPLE NOT LOOK UP? That's not going to buff out.
Cheers
Tony
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Per Mare, Per Terram and may all your campaigns be successful.
“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.” "Harry S Truman"
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05-30-2015, 05:58 PM
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Rivet Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeterH-Airstreamer
Thanks Dean.
Its titled as a 1982, like your 280, but the dash is from 84/85. It also came with aluminum Rims, which is unusual for 82
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The later dash looks like a nice upgrade! I see someone added the side panels as well. I like the side panels but they wouldn't fit mine with my "upgraded" wider seats.
Are you going to keep the "rose" carpet? I'm sort of disappointed I replaced mine! NOT!!!
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05-30-2015, 05:59 PM
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Rivet Master
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I bet we are all dying to see more pics! At least I am! I wish so bad that I had a 310 with rear bedroom, but "it is what it is"!
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05-30-2015, 09:25 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by tevake
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Have you sold the smaller Moho that you picked up a while back?
Cheers Richard
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Yes, Richard, I sold the 1983 Class C London Aire. My experience in the last 6 month restoring this rare Class C made me want an Airstream motorhome again.
I understand you already know and appreciate this, but Classic Airstream Motorhomes are top notch and superior to almost anything out there.
I sunk over 300 rivet and 11 tubes of vulkem in this London Aire to get it water tight. I pulled every window and found nothing but crap.
The end result is fine and rare Class C and the person that got it from me, truly appreciates all the work I did.
Here are a few pictures of the final product:
40 000 original miles, mechanically top notch with complete new exhaust system and dash AC.
Would I do it again? Probably not, but i am thankful that this experience got me back into my real passion: Classic Airstream Motorhomes
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1994 30' Excella Front Kitchen Trailer
1990 25' Excella Travel trailer
1992 350LE Classic Touring Coach
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05-30-2015, 09:41 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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Tag on the Jacket says Nemesis Sportwear.
The nose is painted and needs to be redone. I think what you are seeing on the passenger window is the broken metal bar that holds the fixed front window in place.
Does your 83 have the same dash as mine? I think that I have an 1983 instead of 82 as the title says. GM portion being an 82 and the Airstream a 83
Quote:
Originally Posted by Isuzusweet
Congrats on the 310 purchase Peter. It seems like someone has done some mods on yours already as your nose has either a bra or has been painted.
Also interesting, a fixed window beside a slider at the front? I have never seen that before unless the window was replaced at some point.
Now I have a 310 but sadly no jacket. Does the jacket have a manufacturers tag by chance?
What is it about Classics and rear end cap damage...DO PEOPLE NOT LOOK UP? That's not going to buff out.
Cheers
Tony
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1994 30' Excella Front Kitchen Trailer
1990 25' Excella Travel trailer
1992 350LE Classic Touring Coach
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05-30-2015, 09:47 PM
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Airstream Driver
1994 30' Excella
1992 35' Airstream 350
Austin
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 5,224
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bkahler
Peter, welcome back to the dark side
Congrats on your new 310!
Brad
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Thanks Brad, I only did it to awaken you from your self imposed "vacation"
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1994 30' Excella Front Kitchen Trailer
1990 25' Excella Travel trailer
1992 350LE Classic Touring Coach
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05-31-2015, 02:14 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Airstream - Other
1986 34.5' Airstream 345
Grefrath/ Germany
, NRW
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 210
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Congrats!!!
Hey Peter,
What a nice project now to do for you!!!! The 310 looks not that bad...! The floorplan is great, pleaaaaaase do not throw away the little swiwel chairs and the foldable table!!!!
I totally agree, even if the London Aire looks great, it is NO AIRSTREAM
As you know, i am busy since month to restore our "baby", i also found "tons of crap", once i torned out the interior.
It appears to me, in the mid 80ties, the Guys from Airstream had a competition:
"Who dies the worst job today?" Probably the team, who assembled our 345 WON this match...!
Loose screws, missing rivets, badly cutten wood, tons of terribly installed caulking, the liist is endless. Everything vovered with thick carpet, to "hide" the clumsy work.
I have re-builded every (!) piece of furniture, insulated the floor, the wheelhousings and the drivers cabin. Then installed a warm toned laminated wood floor and i will keep the original colour (rose!!!) for the carpet in bedroom and cabin. It took me a while to get this carpet, it is about 1" thick, named "antique rose". It was strange to see it in the shop, but now installed, everybody is exited about.
It looks soooo retro-chique!
A few little things are still to do, i enjoyed every minute i wirked in our "Bangles"!!!
Our next project is there also:
We purchased just an 1975 Ambassador 29, a "survivor", never restored, never "updated", close to "0" dings in the shell.
We will ship it soon to Germany
Will try to add some pictures!!!!!
Best Regard from Grefrath-Germany
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05-31-2015, 02:33 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Airstream - Other
1986 34.5' Airstream 345
Grefrath/ Germany
, NRW
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 210
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We move forward...!
See some pictures of our restoration project:
Before and after...,
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05-31-2015, 02:41 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Airstream - Other
1986 34.5' Airstream 345
Grefrath/ Germany
, NRW
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 210
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Sorry, "newbie-question":
HOW can i post pictures here....?
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05-31-2015, 06:45 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Airstream - Other
1986 34.5' Airstream 345
Grefrath/ Germany
, NRW
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 210
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i try again, mabe the oictures are now visible...!!
I am a Computer dinosaur!
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