Episode 12: Restoration and Refurbishment
theVAP talks with the
Vintage Airstream Club historian, Fred Coldwell. Fred talks with us about the club, and educates us on vintage trailer ownership.
-What is the Vintage Airstream Club
-The VAC historian’s job: Airstream history not club history
-Preservation, Restoration, Refurbishment, and Modernization
-Most renovations are refurbishments
-Listeners question: What is the best way to maintain value, keep it original or change it?
-Take time to learn the trailers design, layout, and usage
-Colin’s restoration update
-Rob’s run in with Dicky Riegel, Group President of Thor
-Listener question: How is Rob’s trailer being polished?
-Fighting the polish: Filiform Corrosion
-Request for DIY restoration comments and questions
-A polished Argosy?
-Rob’s
Sovereign somewhere between a restoration and refurbishment
-Period appliances restored offer boondocking benefits
-Restore or refurbish with trailer use in mind
-Your feedback
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www.theVAP.com