Turnkey Camping

The renovation has begun in earnest and has so far consumed about five days.  Day one was removing furniture and saving all of it to make templates. Next came skin removal. After that, insulation was removed.  Stu and his friend built a wooden skeleton inside to give it strength when the “pull the shell” - meaning they’ll unbolt the frame from the aluminum dome. The frame is in pretty rough shape. It will need to be repaired at the very least.  The demo part has felt quick - we’ll see how rebuilding goes!  

​ Our Airstream journey started with a vintage rig, so it is somewhat appropriate that we have gone back to the vintage realm. A friend of ours restores Airstreams on the side. He is a cabinet maker by trade and he and his wife partner to rehab one trailer a year.  We were camping with them at the end of last season and they casually mentioned that they were building a trailer to take to Europe when they retire. Our ears perked up and this idea was quickly added to our bucket list.  Fast forward a few months and we needed a project to get us through the winter. Stu started looking for a project and came across a unique find: a 1956 13 panel front kitchen 22’ Safari.  It arrived on Wednesday and we gutted it on Friday and Saturday.  Next up will be removing the skins from the inside.