Well this thread has been long quiet. #1 sits safely in the Airstream Heritage Center. Hopefully in the not too distant future the rest of the family and I will head out that way towing a trailer to visit her and to see 692, the Golden's Around the World Caravan Trailer that spent some quality time with the family as well. A lot of credit goes to Samantha Martin, Joe Peplinski, and Dale Schwamborn for getting it there, and of course many other friends and family who helped it come together, not to mention strangers who sold or sent me parts.
Here's the Heritage Center Video Airstream produced:
https://www.airstream.com/blog/the-a...ite-airstream/
The reason for the post tonight is just that I wanted to pay tribute to the trailer's talented painter. Jim Richardson, a dear friend, talented painter, machinist, hot rod builder, and engineer was the only person I could talk into helping me paint a 26' foot trailer. He helped me design a paint booth within a pole building, a rolling bridge (much like a pull in and park automatic carwash) to allow continuous spraying across the top of the trailer while two of us pulled it across the bay, lighting, ventilation, air filtration, the works. We spent a week building it all, and shooting the trailer. It looks that good because of his skills and wisdom to get the job done right.
We used to live about 8 houses apart, but 10 years ago our family moved out into the country to have some land for the kids to play and for a property space to work on trailers. We kept in touch, just not as often. I learned tonight that a few weeks ago he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer.
I didn't get to tell him thanks enough, not just for the paint job but the friendship and adventures over the years, so I wanted to take a moment and thank him here.
Here's a link to his obit, not just so you see the artist, but if you check out the truck at the top you'll see his last project. A vintage pickup body retrofitted onto a ford ranger chassis (including a stretched bed to match wheel bases). RIP Jim!
https://www.brooksidefuneral.com/obi...one-richardson
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