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01-07-2020, 07:30 PM
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Overkill Specialist
Commercial Member
2020 30’ Globetrotter
2014 23' International
Dadeville
, Alabama
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 4,516
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New to Airstream......
Hello,
I’m New to Airstream and Travel Trailers in general. I just purchase a 196? Airstream That has been buried in waste deep grass for a decade. I plan on gutting and restoring in my parents back yard. My budget is $500. I’m going to rent the trailer as a AirBnB once complete.......................
I hear this story ALL the TIME on the Forum. Does this ever work???
Post your pictures and success stories here.
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01-07-2020, 07:52 PM
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#2
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Rivet Master
2017 28' International
Jim Falls
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,300
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMFL
Hello,
I’m New to Airstream and Travel Trailers in general. I just purchase a 196? Airstream That has been buried in waste deep grass for a decade. I plan on gutting and restoring in my parents back yard. My budget is $500. I’m going to rent the trailer as a AirBnB once complete.......................
I hear this story ALL the TIME on the Forum. Does this ever work???
Post your pictures and success stories here.
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You won’t do much of anything for $500. Is that a typo?
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01-07-2020, 11:34 PM
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Rivet Master
1964 22' Safari
modesto
, California
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,094
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01-08-2020, 07:35 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 21' Globetrotter
Houston
, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,314
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If by "work" you mean turning a complete trailer into a gutted mess, and then reselling as a "clean slate ready for your custom interior," then, yes, I see examples of how this works quite frequently.
I am sure there are examples of actual success along these lines, though. I recall Forums member Continentsco, where they did the "pre-midlife crisis" thing, hunted around for a viable Airstream, bought one from the early 80's with a poorly repaired subfloor, worked on a fairly extensive (though not a shell-off) repair and rebuild of the trailer over about 6 months, then sold their house and excess possessions, and spent the next ~year touring the western US in their trailer. Not sure their plans to subsist on hipster jobs as baristas and micro breewery beer tasters panned out, but the trailer aspect of their adventure seemed to work.
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01-08-2020, 07:59 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMFL
Hello,
I’m New to Airstream and Travel Trailers in general. I just purchase a 196? Airstream That has been buried in waste deep grass for a decade. I plan on gutting and restoring in my parents back yard. My budget is $500. I’m going to rent the trailer as a AirBnB once complete.......................
I hear this story ALL the TIME on the Forum. Does this ever work???
Post your pictures and success stories here.
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“There is a definite banal lack of appreciation for the subtleties of the absurd around here lately.”
RLC 
Bob
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I’m done with ‘adulting’…Let’s go find Bigfoot.
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01-08-2020, 09:18 AM
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Rivet Master
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Sag Harbor
, New York
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 17,523
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Understatement!
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01-08-2020, 09:59 AM
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#7
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Rivet Master
2015 23' FB International
2007 19' International CCD
Steamboat Springs
, Colorado
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,018
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMFL
Hello,
I’m New to Airstream and Travel Trailers in general. I just purchase a 196? Airstream That has been buried in waste deep grass for a decade. I plan on gutting and restoring in my parents back yard. My budget is $500. I’m going to rent the trailer as a AirBnB once complete.......................
I hear this story ALL the TIME on the Forum. Does this ever work???
Post your pictures and success stories here.
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And I want to tow it with a 1973 Datsun Hilux pickup.
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01-08-2020, 11:24 AM
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#8
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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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If you click on his username, you'll see that this member is a bit of a wing nut.
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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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01-08-2020, 11:52 AM
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#9
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Overkill Specialist
Commercial Member
2020 30’ Globetrotter
2014 23' International
Dadeville
, Alabama
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 4,516
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Isuzusweet
If you click on his username, you'll see that this member is a bit of a wing nut.
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Haha.
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01-08-2020, 11:56 AM
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#10
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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IMHO, it’s still true that, “everyone is someone else’s weirdo.”
Lord knows I’m a fine example at times.
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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