Tin Pickle Adventures

The answer was very simple in the end, if you looked at all the angles. This detailed post will likely interest only people with early 1970...

June, 2013 Here's another of those "I'm really glad I did it once, but I wouldn't want to do it again" projects. Our...

Finished birch interior We wanted a lighter, warmer interior for our trailer. We also wanted to keep the vintage Airstre...

It works! We have a new awning!  We have a functional awning!  After years of not quite being able to get the Tin Pickle's ...

It's tough to put a "finish" date on this, since there always seem to be a few loose ends to tidy up. This dinette had seats a...

We hadn't planned to gut the bathroom. But when early floor investigations turned up rot and rear end separation, we had no choice. We d...

Replacing the kitchen window frame had to be done. No one would argue with that. The finished window frame holds the blinds in place. ...

The lower bunk is a standard twin This was a quick two day project that made it possible for the four of us to sleep out of the dust at...

When we designed this dinette, we had delusions of converting it from bed to dinette and back again each day. Every inch of space under...

One of the common tasks with older Airstream trailers is replacing the rubber torsion axles. Evidently, if the trailer is not used for ...

One of the characteristic problems that can beset older Airstream trailers is dry rot in the floor plywood. These trailers used 3/...

The naugahyde covered gaucho hide-a-beds were removed in February when we pulled out the old carpet and started floor repairs. Selecting...

The front of the trailer (A frame in trailer parlance) was pretty cluttered, with bits of an old weight distributing hitch, temporary lighti...

The Tin Pickle was mostly original when we bought her. This was a result more of neglect than of any interest in authenticity. She became ...