Little Green Airstream

What the Deuce?!

February 10, 2014November 15, 2016Leave a comment

Now with two 1969 Airstream trailers and a 1/2 researched & carefully thought-out, 1/2 naive & boldly off-the-cuff plan to gut one of them for parts to use in restoring the other, I decided that it was time to call Colin Hyde Trailer Restorations in Plattsburgh, NY to figure out a scope of work, rough time frame & cost estimate. I’ve spoken to Colin a couple of times...

James Bought A(nother) Trailer

February 9, 2014November 15, 2016Leave a comment

Over the last couple of years, I’ve kept my eyes out for other ’69 Airstreams for sale on eBay and Craig’s List, mainly to see if I could find another trailer that I could buy inexpensively and use for parts. The Safari I’ve had for the past couple of years is gutted except for the bathroom, and so parts like overhead compartments (which might be challenging to build...

Hank Bought a Bus

January 26, 2014January 10, 2016Leave a comment

My mom just sent me a link to an article about this fantastic thesis project by architecture student Hank Butitta, who renovated a school bus into a mobile studio / living space in just 15 weeks! In the video above, Hank makes the curious comment that, “I didn’t have time to focus on anything but the physical construction of the bus. I was so busy with figuring out...

First the Bad News…

January 25, 2014November 15, 2016Leave a comment

After our first meeting to discuss the project, I forwarded some photographs of the trailer to my project advisor, Robert, along with a preliminary list of renovation tasks I have in mind. This was his initial response: “James, “I downloaded and examined all the photos, looked over your work breakdown spreadsheet, and perused your blog site. “You probably don’t want to hear this, but I would have advised against...