• 1969 Sovereign

A RESTORATION STORY

This Airstream represents decades of our family’s adventures and memories. This project will allow it to have many more.

The demo part 2 – the dreaded bathroom
June 15, 2020

This particular airstream’s layout had the bathroom at the very back. Rather than aluminum panels, the bathroom was formed out of…

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So much scrubbing.
June 3, 2020

I have been cleaning, and cleaning, and cleaning… The walls had the requisite 50+ years of grease, dust, and … rodent…

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The demo – part 1
May 22, 2020

Once it was clear that almost none of the interior woodwork could be kept, it was time to arm myself with…

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The finds
May 22, 2020

In the process of cleaning and demoing the trailer, I periodically came across some wonderful finds that make me really happy….

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The mess
April 10, 2020

For the last 10 years at least, it sat unmoved in a driveway in Texas. It baked in the sun and…

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The arrival
March 31, 2020

It took months of calls to figure out how to put together a chain of events that would get the Airstream…

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The backstory
February 4, 2020

This airstream has been in our family since it was purchased by my grandparents in the early 70s. They traveled with…

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