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Dear Airstream friends,
Just a few words of introduction....
My dear wife Lori and I live full time in Phoenix and bought our first
Airstream three years ago, a '72, 27' Overlander. What a learning
experience. I am a woodworker so promptly began a restoration and redid
the interior with cherry cabinets and furniture. Then we came upon a
wonderful piece of property in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Nevada City , CA and
decided it was the perfect retirement spot. Boondocked the remodeled
Overlander on the property and began to plan our future "quiet
life". That was great! But, both still having full time jobs in
Phoenix, we missed camping on the weekends, so had to find another
Airstream. Found a classified on the web and located a perfect '68
Globetrotter in Riverside. Managed to make a deal and we able to enjoy
Airstream pleasures again on the weekends when we were not at Nevada City ranch.
Now, we didn't plan this but a few months ago in Sacramento we came upon a
airstream parked on the curb with a for sale sign. Of course curious, we
drove past a couple times and a woman popped her head out and said "do you want
to buy this trailer?" Not really wanting a third airstream, we looked at
each other cautiously but could not resist a "look see". This airstream
thing seems to have a way of getting under your skin! An hour later we
were towing it away with $900 less in cash having made a homeless woman and her
daughter even more homeless (actually I think our cash saved her from
homelessness for a while because I'm certain she could not have been living in
that trailer). Nothing worked and it was very trashed inside. So,
our plan is to clean it up and redo enough of it to use it as an "office" at the
ranch and as a guest bedroom until we get the property developed.
So now for the fun (or is it the tough part). I've ripped pretty much
everything out and of course discovered the subfloor badly rotted from water
damage under the windows. I've replaced sections of it but need to figure
out the best way to stop the windows from leaking. The trailer is a '72,
31' Soverign with "skylight" six inch high windows above every side
window. I think those things are what is leaking and the water is running
down inside the walls to the floor. Has anyone had experience sealing
those things? Looks like taking out all those rivets holding the frame to
reseal would be a major project. Any advice would be
appreciated.
Gene Johnson
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