Hi all, my name is Steve and I bought my wife a 1978 Travelux (I had promised her an Airstream for her 40th birthday...but that took me about 14 years before I happened upon the Travelux since affordable Airstreams are hard to come by in our area).
All that to say we are delighted to have finally gotten a vintage unit but I have to confess that I'm pretty much an RV idiot...we did have a simple circa 2005 hybrid trailer but it was completely different from these older beauties.
I'm looking specifically to understand vintage copper plumbing, how
12 volt electrical actually works (I can't figure out why most of my lights don't work), and very specifically what kinds of 'trim' applications airstream and similar unit owners use to tidy up the seams between the liner and cabinetry for example.
LOTS to learn and happy to begin the process. Having spent a bit of time perusing threads its absolutely wonderful to see such helpful and encouraging commentary in this forum.