History and Lore

Airstreams are a piece of American history. America, as a land and culture, is awesome. Making campers since the 1930s, the lead designer was also the designer of the Spirit of St. Louis, hence the riveted appearance.

The first manufactured Airstream; anyone seen The Rocketeer?

I was sent pictures of the Airstream for sale showing neon purple, fiber-optic orange, and gouge-your-eyes-out neon green and teal walls. It looked like a child threw up gallons of crappy Kool-Aid drinks his uninformed parents gave him.

How anyone fell asleep in this is beyond me.

"I dress down to perpetuate the myth I'm a fixer-upper."

Upon looking for pictures of renovated 1967 Overlander Land Yachts to get some ideas I stumbled upon the Airstream I was about to buy, betting that there had only been one person who had smoked themselves dumb enough to paint an American legend these colors.

Nice on the outside.

 But no.

 Just no.

They said they had been using it as a guest house. I doubt anyone came over.

So there's some pictures of what it looked like before the guy I bought it from nobly ripped out the interior for me. Leaving only the 50 year old vinyl as a reminder of how dumb a color scheme can be.

My guess is the last owner was trying to make a cool travel camper for him and his kids, and got dragged down by having a steady job and responsibilities. Good thing I skipped all those nuances.