I decided to do an updated video of the 28’ Airstream Ambassador. Please tell me what you think.
Showing posts with label Do-it-yourself. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Do-it-yourself. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Homemade Fire Starter
You may have noticed that I've been AWOL on this blog. Well, somehow, I had ended up with two different Blogger accounts and I was having trouble getting into this one. It had an old email account that I don't have access to, etc. etc. etc. Anyway, I'm back and have even been able to connect all of my blogs onto one account! Woo hoo!
Here's a link to a post I just shared on one of my other blogs: Prairie Scraps. Because I created this blog specifically for our Airstream Memories, in the past, between seasons, I found it really hard to continue posting on this one topic regularly. I'm ready to revisit my original intent and at least update with some of our recent memories from our Airstreams.
Here's my how-to on how to make a great, recycled Fire Starter! Enjoy and stay tuned for more Airstream Memories to come!
Here's a link to a post I just shared on one of my other blogs: Prairie Scraps. Because I created this blog specifically for our Airstream Memories, in the past, between seasons, I found it really hard to continue posting on this one topic regularly. I'm ready to revisit my original intent and at least update with some of our recent memories from our Airstreams.
Here's my how-to on how to make a great, recycled Fire Starter! Enjoy and stay tuned for more Airstream Memories to come!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Spice Rack
I wanted to share with you my new spice rack that Mr. Airstream made. If you look to the far left of the picture, you can see the spice rack hanging on the wall. It was completely rotten, so it had to be replaced. We decided to make it the same size, but deeper for extra things to be put there.
It looks a little different, because we didn't put up the paneling in the kitchen, the rack doesn't stand out as much. We decided to put the paper towels under the rack. To the left of the paper towel, we added an aluminum towel hanger for kitchen towels to hang on.I am linking up to:
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
An Upholstry & Zipper Tutorial
You may have seen our front goucho in the Ambassador already. I upholstered this last year when we gutted the entire thing. One of the things that I had done was measure every angle of the goucho and then took the measurements and drawings to the fabric store to figure out my material needed. I always buy an extra yard just in case, especially on big projects like this.
Well, after figuring my yardage, there were just a couple of yards left on the bolt and it was the only bolt with this material, so I bought it all. I think I only had about four extra yards, but it is the wider, upholstry fabric on the big rolls. I found my new fetish - the Mill End Outlet Store, which has the nearest store in Rochester, MN from us. We made a side trip on our way out to South Dakota last year to pick out upholstry. I was able to purchase all of the fabric for the curtains (including lining) and the goucho.
As it turned out, I had enough fabric left to upholster the wall behind the twin beds in the middle too. Needless to say, I still had a stash of the stuff in my closet, so when we started to talk about adding benches, I thought I MIGHT have enough to at least do the tops of the cushions with my fabric from the goucho.Here's the finished bench. I love the piano hinge that was used to lift the lid to the storage. Mr. Airstream found that purchasing the hinge in the largest size and then cutting it in two to the size that we needed was less expensive than buying two different hinges.
Just a view of the open bench that we added. (Those are the pedistals for the new table that will go here.) Plenty of storage space for Mr. Airstream & I to put rubbermaids with our clothes in it for trips.
The first thing that I did after finding the foam on the internet was to get Mr. Airstream to cut it the correct size for the space. We purchase very firm 6 inch foam in two pieces (one was the exact size we needed and the other had to be split in two.) We bought it from Buyfoam.com at the lowest prices we could find.I then laid it down on the material to get the main top pieces cut correctly. Some of the things that I try to do is to make sure that the fabric runs in the same direction as the rest of the couch. In this case, I just was happy to get the top and then the side also going in the same direction.
I actually don't measure this part out. I cut about an inch away from the foam. Then I turn it to the next side down and cut another piece for the same cushion. I was very excited to be able to get three side pieces and the top of the cushion cut out of my leftover fabric from last year! I literally only had a few scraps left over.
I then laid the top and one back side of the fabric down on top of a coordinating vinyl for the bottom and back side of the fabric. These sides won't show in the camper, but will come in handing for turning over for young kids to sit on!
Next, I took one side from each cushion to put a zipper on it so the cover can be removed for washing. I chose the shorter side, because zippers can be costly and hard to find in really long sizes. These two sides, I cut in half and then sewed back together using a basting stitch, leaving a half inch seam. Press the seams open.
When I did the original goucho, we found this zipper by the yard and zipper slides and stops at the Mill End Outlet store. I again had purchased just enough to put these two zippers into the cushions. You just put the zipper slide on the zipper and add the stop at the other end.
Next, pin the zipper down the center of the seam you just made. You have to be real careful, becuase where the seam is will be cut open to reveal the zipper on the other side. Be sure to put the right side of the zipper towards the back side of the the fabric. (I know seems backwards, but trust me, the zipper will be revealed on the other side in the end!)
Using the zipper foot on the machine, sew along the edge of the zipper on both sides. I like to leave about a quarter of an inch gap, just in case I am too close to that seam. Now the fun part! Turn the fabric over to the front side and use a seam ripper to take the basting stitches out. Voila! You have a zipper that works and is hidden!
To finish the cushion, I put the pieces I cut upside down and pin the sides on. I take each pinned section to the machine and sew where the pins are placed. There's no real science to this, you just want the fabric to be straight and tight on the cushion. When you do the last piece, be sure to leave the zipper partially open, so that you can turn it right side out. There is nothing more frustrating than having to rip out a seam because you can't open the zipper from the wrong side! 
Here's the new benches with cushions! (Don't worry, that little hole by the drawers got a false front added later to make it look finished. Oh - and because I had all the materials for the cushions were purchased last year and left over, these two cushions cost me nothing. Stay tuned for the table!!!I am linkin up to:
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
A Bed of Our Own
The original bed plan in the Ambassador was two twin beds in the middle and a somewhat small double pull out goucho (couch) in the front. We had several issues with this set-up, the main one being that we have too many people in our family for four beds. (I'll be showing you soon what we did to the goucho to make it comfortable for the two of us to be in the same bed at the same time.) I think most people who order these Airstreams with the twins in the middle don't actually sleep together. After 15 years of marriage, I find that I enjoy sleeping with my husband, and after spending a few years in our Clipper, where we couldn't stand sharing a tiny bed in hot weather, our goal for this "new" Airstream was that everyone would have a bed of our own.
We tend to be purists with the Airstreams. We talk about all the changes we might make, but find that we are very loyal to the way it was originally - to a fault! So with that being said, if I sound like I am trying to justify these changes, I am trying to just convince myself that it's not sin to change it!
All that being said, we went first with what we knew, and that was our 1953 Clipper bunk bed. Mr. Right copied the base of the bunk in the Clipper in structure and built two of them. We planned to use the space above the twins, where the cupboards were beyond repair from water damage (yes that was a justification). We wanted them to fold up, since it would take up extra room at the ceiling level to have the beds in the down position.
All that being said, we went first with what we knew, and that was our 1953 Clipper bunk bed. Mr. Right copied the base of the bunk in the Clipper in structure and built two of them. We planned to use the space above the twins, where the cupboards were beyond repair from water damage (yes that was a justification). We wanted them to fold up, since it would take up extra room at the ceiling level to have the beds in the down position.
Here was our next plan, a way to make the beds stable when kids are in them without putting too many holes in the camper. After much discussion about the ability of the ceiling structure being able to hold up the bunk (I know, many of the bunks that were originally in the Airstreams were hung from Elephant Hooks from the ceiling.). Another trip to the hardware produced and great find of Angle Aluminum. This we bolted to the walls and closets that are on each side of the beds. 
The passenger's side did not have a big enough wall to hold the bed in place when someone was in the bed like the driver's side did, so when a child would climb into the bed, it would tip out of place. We didn't want to attach the other side to the aluminum wall or put in hinges so we could flip the bed up. (Mr. Right cringes at putting holes in the aluminum, something about all the holes he's had to fill with rivets already.) To fix this unstability, we used aluminum pipe on each side to act as legs between the upper and lower bed. A plumbing filange was used to hold them in place.
When the beds are up, we just put the pipe in the upper bunk to store them.
When the beds are up, we just put the pipe in the upper bunk to store them.
Now to the storage of the bunk while moving down the road and during the day. We figured that a hook and eye would hold it in place, but found after our first trip that the motion and weight of the bunk was too great for this simple fix. Instead of this, we drilled a hole in the wall under the bed and inserted a thicker bolt with a cotter pin to hold it in place. (Yes, another trip to the hardware store.) This pin is taken out and put in a drawer (where little mechanics can't find it) when the bunk is in use.
Here's another picture of the bed in the up position. The bunk hangs about 2 inches into the window, but we felt that it was worth the extra sleeping space!Please let us know what you think of our beds!
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
A Working Water Heater
This was hard to show in a picture, but there is a real flame going in the water heater, and better yet, nowhere else! Everytime we used the water heater, it worked fine, except there were flames coming out of other places than the pilot. We were having black stains up the outside of the Airstream. After much searching, we could not come up with a new regulator for it, which Mr. Right was positive was the problem. A search on the internet, came up with the idea to take the entire thing apart, clean it, and reassemble it to fix the problem. That's exactly what Mr. Right did, he took the water heater components apart, cleaned them and reassmebled them and Voila! It works just fine with no extra flames! The best thing, it was a free fix! That's something that doesn't occur very often!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Seal and the Door Works!
For those of you that are married, you might relate to this dilemma - Mr. Right (or Mrs. Right) can get something to work, but you never can! You know, how the car makes that noise and he never hears it, so therefore, you must be crazy and need to deal with the problem! This has been the case for our door handle on the Ambassador since we took it out of the junyard! Don't get me wrong, Mr. Right did "work" on it and tune it up, but for some reason, he has the magic touch and can open and shut the door with ease, and more importantly, knows the trick to lock it. When it works so easily for him, and myself and the kids keep slamming the door (why do slamming doors never bother children but drive parents crazy?) and it won't stay shut, it gets frustrating for all involved. I can't tell you how many times we got yelled at for not closing, slamming, or not locking the door!
Well, Mr. Right found a way to really fix the problem (our problem, not his!). He rasied the door latch by adding an extra piece of metal under the original latch. It's the shiny piece under the old catch. Like a miracle, we now have a door that shuts with ease, and hopefully the kids will remember not to slam the door.
In theory, changing a door seal isn't a lot of work, but it was just one of those things that just didn't done in the rush to get the Ambassador down the road last year. Of course, after awhile, we were quite tired of it too, and just wanted to enjoy. The adhesive was pretty badly stuck onto the door, but Mr. Right found that paint thinner took it off easily.
I don't know if you can see the results (check the picture with the door lock for a close up.) Such small things make me happy! While Mr. Right was working with the door, he realized that it was bent and not shutting near the bottom edge very well. Upon further inspection, several rows of rivets were missing along the bottom edge. He replaced those, and found that the door was a lot more sturdy than before! He's afraid the wood inside the door, holding the structure together, may be rotted out, but for now, this improves the overall use of the door.
Another part of the door that was looking pretty bad was the door seal. Here is the before picture, as you can see, there wasn't much to it.
In theory, changing a door seal isn't a lot of work, but it was just one of those things that just didn't done in the rush to get the Ambassador down the road last year. Of course, after awhile, we were quite tired of it too, and just wanted to enjoy. The adhesive was pretty badly stuck onto the door, but Mr. Right found that paint thinner took it off easily.
I don't know if you can see the results (check the picture with the door lock for a close up.) Such small things make me happy! While Mr. Right was working with the door, he realized that it was bent and not shutting near the bottom edge very well. Upon further inspection, several rows of rivets were missing along the bottom edge. He replaced those, and found that the door was a lot more sturdy than before! He's afraid the wood inside the door, holding the structure together, may be rotted out, but for now, this improves the overall use of the door.Tuesday, April 13, 2010
New Lights
We took our first year of travels with the Ambassador with the original lights on the front (Mr. Right will have a real name for those lights, but I'm too impatient to wait for him.) not working and all. As we are getting everything tuned up and ready for our vacation, this was one of the many thing we knew needed to be done before leaving. Unfortunately, the originals had faded and the wiring was bad, so we had to replace everything.
Mr. Right spent a few minutes with new wires and new lights and got them attached in no time! I love having a Mechanical Mr. Right! Don't they look great?
Mr. Right spent a few minutes with new wires and new lights and got them attached in no time! I love having a Mechanical Mr. Right! Don't they look great?Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Bed Restoration
Here is a before picture of the door side of the beds. The fabric on the beds and the walls seem to be original along with the mattresses. This was the junkyard dogs house, so bother were thrown out right away as they smelled and looked horrible.
The other twin bunk on the driver's side was just as grosse. The board you see in the the foreground is the tv tray - a much advertised inovation of the time in 1963!
This was the procedure that we had for all the stripping and staining. I would put the stripper on several of the pieces at once and then go back over them and scrape them. I would used steel wool to touch up any smaller places or hard to remove paint. Believe me, it was very rewarding to see all that grey looking paint come off the cabinets! After a washdown with paint thinner and a day of rest, I stained all the pieces with Red Mahogony stain. We knew this was a sort of risk in the "Vintage Airstream World." But we liked the look of the dark wood the best!
We started getting the frames in for the cupboards and beds without the walls (they weren't finished yet, but we were excited to get things done.) It still seemed pretty big without all the furniture in, so we were really excited at this point!
Here the drawers are back in with the frames. As you can see, we haven't veneered the drawer fronts that were ruined yet. That was the very last thing that we did, as the veneer was a pretty penny and hard to find.
Finally, the doorside bed, with the uphostry of the couch on the back of the wall is in. I found these great blankets at a rummage sale for $2 for both! My friends that as were with me thought I was crazy with the bright color, but I knew it matched my couch perfectly! 
Stay tuned for the bunk beds that we installed over the top of these beds! Hope you enjoy!
We started getting the frames in for the cupboards and beds without the walls (they weren't finished yet, but we were excited to get things done.) It still seemed pretty big without all the furniture in, so we were really excited at this point!
Here the drawers are back in with the frames. As you can see, we haven't veneered the drawer fronts that were ruined yet. That was the very last thing that we did, as the veneer was a pretty penny and hard to find.
Finally, the doorside bed, with the uphostry of the couch on the back of the wall is in. I found these great blankets at a rummage sale for $2 for both! My friends that as were with me thought I was crazy with the bright color, but I knew it matched my couch perfectly! 
Stay tuned for the bunk beds that we installed over the top of these beds! Hope you enjoy!I am linking up to:
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Shiny Propane Tanks
Today, was a beautiful day, so I was on a mission to get some spray painting done. I have a bunch of things to spray paint, but thought I would do my part to get the Airstream on the road soon!
We have the original Propane tanks from the 1963 Ambassador, but they have the old valves that can't be refilled. After looking at new ones this size and finding them to be $150 each. After looking a little further, my dh found the new valves for the tanks for $23 each. Now all we had to do is make them look a little more presentable.
Have I said before that spray paint is a wonderful thing? Well, the kids sanded the bad spots down, I primed it and then used Rustoleum Aluminum Spray Paint.
Here are the results. They almost look better than the Airstream at this point, at least from this angle. Just a view from far away. It will be nice to not switch our small tanks back and forth from our grill at home to the Airstream everytime that we leave.
The other thing that my dh got done today was to shuffle the Airstreams around. I guess this is the downfall of having a fleet is that it's never easy to figure out where they go. We had stored the '53 Clipper besidePenny Pinching Party - The Thrifty Home the garage in the front of the house for the winter and put the '63 Ambassador in the back yard. We are working on the '63, so we wanted it out to get it ready to go for our trip. The '53 is going to retire for awhile in the back yard. I have plans of making a large yard ornament and planting flower beds around it. It will be a fun little place for the kids to have sleepovers, until we decide we need it again.I am linking to:
Monday, March 8, 2010
Plumbing
Last year in the rush of getting our newest Airstream on the road, I didn't take pictures of the end and finished products of what we had done. Then came winter, and who wants to go outside and take pictures? Now that the weather is taking a turn for the better and the snow is melting, we are getting out to our beloved project and getting it back into order for camping as soon as possible. So today, I am sharing the plumbing. To the gentleman that asked more specific questions last year, I apologize for the delay!
This is the underside of the kitchen sink plumbing. I think the question that was asked, was how did we used the PEX plumbing on the sink drains. For the drain and the vent, but for the clean cold and hot water, we used the PEX. 
Here's the PEX behind the drains. On of the PEX travels along the floor along the wall to the tank under the goucho. The hot water PEX travels the same way to under the bed in the middle where the hot water heater is.
Here is a picture of the drain pipe. The white elbow is the pipe that goes to the vent. Originally, we had it piped out the roof, but on one of our ah-ha moments, we realized that we could used a house construction in wall vent cover, so we capped it off next to the bunk bed. Eventually, we will probably vent it under the sink, but right now the damage is done with the hole in the wall.
Finally, the PEX was also used for the toilet. We did learn a hard lesson and added the main in water source tube to have a valve that could be turned off when we are out of the Airstream. Unfortunately, on our second day at WBCCI International in Madison last year, the tube that my husband has used on the toilet burst and we flooded the Airstream. (The tube was not PEX, or the wrapped hose that you now see coming in - an effort to save money that didn't pay off!) The PEX is the blue tubing and the wrapped plumbing tubing is the clear looking stuff.
One of my favorite features of the toilet is the kitchen sprayer for flushing out the toilet. I'm not sure why we don't have this great feature in our house bathrooms, but it is so nice to be able to get the toilet clean without touch it! I think that Airstream was extremely genious in this invention. It does seem to be overkill, since the toilet can be flushed with water, but I made sure that it was put back in on the redo!
This is the underside of the kitchen sink plumbing. I think the question that was asked, was how did we used the PEX plumbing on the sink drains. For the drain and the vent, but for the clean cold and hot water, we used the PEX. 
Here's the PEX behind the drains. On of the PEX travels along the floor along the wall to the tank under the goucho. The hot water PEX travels the same way to under the bed in the middle where the hot water heater is.
Here is a picture of the drain pipe. The white elbow is the pipe that goes to the vent. Originally, we had it piped out the roof, but on one of our ah-ha moments, we realized that we could used a house construction in wall vent cover, so we capped it off next to the bunk bed. Eventually, we will probably vent it under the sink, but right now the damage is done with the hole in the wall.
Finally, the PEX was also used for the toilet. We did learn a hard lesson and added the main in water source tube to have a valve that could be turned off when we are out of the Airstream. Unfortunately, on our second day at WBCCI International in Madison last year, the tube that my husband has used on the toilet burst and we flooded the Airstream. (The tube was not PEX, or the wrapped hose that you now see coming in - an effort to save money that didn't pay off!) The PEX is the blue tubing and the wrapped plumbing tubing is the clear looking stuff.
One of my favorite features of the toilet is the kitchen sprayer for flushing out the toilet. I'm not sure why we don't have this great feature in our house bathrooms, but it is so nice to be able to get the toilet clean without touch it! I think that Airstream was extremely genious in this invention. It does seem to be overkill, since the toilet can be flushed with water, but I made sure that it was put back in on the redo!I didn't include the pictures of the bathroom sink plumbing, but that is similar to the kitchen, in that we used regular plumbing for the drainage and PEX for the water in.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Honey Do List
Before all you men panic (or my dh for that matter!), our list to the right is just a honey do list of everything that we eventually need or want to get done for the 1963 Ambassador. I thought it would be nice to put up a list for all to see, and for us to remember. We thought we were really almost done on this one, but now with the list, it looks like we are nowhere near done! Some of the things are just our dreams, like making our bed bigger and a flat screen tv. Others are a little more urgent like the controller and the wiring.
About the fire - I guess that I never even put up on the blog that we had a fire this summer on our way to WBCCI, International Rally in Madison! We went to the Vintage Rally at Jefferson. We got both Airstreams set up and finally running. There was a problem with the electrical on the grounds. Slept our first night with not much ado. The next morning, we got up at 6am to get ready and in line for the Vintage Parade to Madison. I was in the bathroom dressing and getting ready, when my husband asked me what I was burning. I have no electrical appliances to get ready, so quickly turned off the bathroom fan and said I didn't smell anything.
Then I started to smell it! My husband started getting after me about burning something, and while we were arguing, our oldest son, "what about the battery?" Well that got my husband running! He opened the battery box (we now know why it is enclosed in a fiberglass compartment outside!) and found the battery on fire. We evacuated all the sleepy kids in their pjs and he ripped the burning battery out of the box! Fortunately, nothing else caught fire except a small section of the wiring.
As it turned out, my dh has forgotten to cap off a set of wires for the water pump on the front wall, and when he sat on the front goucho, it pinched the wire in between the goucho and the metal wall bracket, causing all the wire to burn up and started the battery on fire. He still doesn't know why the breaker never snapped, but I was thankful that no one was injuredexcept the small burn on my dh's hand and that it wasn't my fault that it happened on our first big adventure out!
Needless to say, my dh has since fixed the wire, there are just no switches (to my knowlege) on that bare wire that caused the fire in the first place. I'm sure he'll let you know if I need to stand corrected on that (it's behind the curtains, so you don't see it.) Thought I'd share one of almost tragedies at International!
I'd love to hear any more ideas you might have for our honey do list - please just comment on this post.
About the fire - I guess that I never even put up on the blog that we had a fire this summer on our way to WBCCI, International Rally in Madison! We went to the Vintage Rally at Jefferson. We got both Airstreams set up and finally running. There was a problem with the electrical on the grounds. Slept our first night with not much ado. The next morning, we got up at 6am to get ready and in line for the Vintage Parade to Madison. I was in the bathroom dressing and getting ready, when my husband asked me what I was burning. I have no electrical appliances to get ready, so quickly turned off the bathroom fan and said I didn't smell anything.
Then I started to smell it! My husband started getting after me about burning something, and while we were arguing, our oldest son, "what about the battery?" Well that got my husband running! He opened the battery box (we now know why it is enclosed in a fiberglass compartment outside!) and found the battery on fire. We evacuated all the sleepy kids in their pjs and he ripped the burning battery out of the box! Fortunately, nothing else caught fire except a small section of the wiring.
As it turned out, my dh has forgotten to cap off a set of wires for the water pump on the front wall, and when he sat on the front goucho, it pinched the wire in between the goucho and the metal wall bracket, causing all the wire to burn up and started the battery on fire. He still doesn't know why the breaker never snapped, but I was thankful that no one was injured
Needless to say, my dh has since fixed the wire, there are just no switches (to my knowlege) on that bare wire that caused the fire in the first place. I'm sure he'll let you know if I need to stand corrected on that (it's behind the curtains, so you don't see it.) Thought I'd share one of almost tragedies at International!
I'd love to hear any more ideas you might have for our honey do list - please just comment on this post.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Plumbing
We used the Pex plumbing to run water to everything in the Ambassador. We didn't really take a long time to decide this for several reasons. The first was that the only copper tubing had cracks everywhere and was even not attached in places. Secondly, we both thought that the Pex looks better and cleaner. Also, because the Pex is flexible, we were able to put it everywhere, without making extra joints. We figured, the less joints, the less leaks we would have.
Initially, we fretted about the Pex tool that would cost $100 to clamp the Pex, but my husband found that one of his CV Boot Clamp Pliers worked for it. (This was a tool he had in his posession for working on cars, but one could be found for around $30.) We were very excited about this savings. Although my husband did think he'd get more use out of the Pex tool, it was nice to not have to spend as much on the tool as we would on the tubing. All tubing was purchased at Menards. If you watch sales, you can get some good deals.
Here is another vew of the plumbing. This is in the closet. To the left is the toilet - if you see that tan line of fiberglass, that is the black water tank. It is enclosed in a step under the toilet and into the back sink cupboard. To the right, you can see the original water heater. It works and fires, but needs a replacement controller, but does work in the mean time. That's our next project at some point.
Just to give you a picture of what the plumbing from the kitchen sink looks like (and also under the tub & bathroom sink. We really didn't change anything as far as the original. Where the pipes were bad, or disconnected, we just bought the same to replace it. We tried to use as much of the old as possible, to save money and the environment! You can see that under the sink, the white is the new and the black and grey is the old. The only thing that we did change was the exhaust on the kitchen sink. Instead of running the entire pipe through two beds and out the roof in the original spot, we used an inwall cap to vent it inside. Because it is used for nothing other than the kitchen sink, there really is no smell and the hole that leaked buckets of water in the ceiling was able to be capped off permanantly. The cap is just on the inside bed in a corner. You can't find it unless you are looking. I hope this answers any questions that people had about how to do the plumbing. Please leave a comment if you have questions or comments.
Here is another vew of the plumbing. This is in the closet. To the left is the toilet - if you see that tan line of fiberglass, that is the black water tank. It is enclosed in a step under the toilet and into the back sink cupboard. To the right, you can see the original water heater. It works and fires, but needs a replacement controller, but does work in the mean time. That's our next project at some point.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
We've Come a Long Way!
I just wanted to show some of the pictures from our original adventure of getting our 1963 Ambassador out of the junkyard. To get the full story of how we got it here.
Here's what it looked like from the street. Those weeds you see are nettles!
More nettles and junk - some of those nettles were up to my shoulder!
How does one collect so much junk?
I held my breath while the junkyard owner backed out the Airstream with the bobcat. I wasn't sure that he was really going to be able to get it out without scratching it! He did fine, but I could barely breathe!
There is the empty whole from where our new adventure was born!
Hope you enjoyed my before pictures! Stay tuned for more soon!
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