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(currently being revised)
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-textile
database
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-serial number calculator
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"The term 'Bohemian'
has come to be very commonly accepted in our day as the description of
a certain kind of literary gipsey, no matter in what language he speaks,
or what city he inhabits .... A Bohemian is simply an artist or littérateur
who, consciously or unconsciously, secedes from conventionality in life
and in art." ["Westminster Review," 1862]
01.01.05
this is a fun way to
start the new best year of my life. I don't know what it is, but I seem
to get connected with CCD sometimes - I like the company!
- The
Mod Pod - surreal estate: by carol lloyd
- i got an email from robyn dochterman (from the StarTribune
article below) asking for a place to go to get her new vintage airstream
repaired. i knew it! it's contagious!
- 2005 is once again the year of the airstream. i've been finding
resources for machining and parts fabrication for not only the old airstream,
but the 1951 plymouth puller as well. maybe in the next week or so I'll
be able to go through this site and give you some new links and updates
from my little end of the mod world.
- speaking of the puller - I've decided on an original nile green
paint scheme, a hot
rodded flathead 6 (the original motor modified in a traditional
style) and bright orange rims via American
Hot Rod. pretty sure i'm sticking with the purple interior though.
maybe with bright orange piping.
- with that, i've always planned to put a purple fainting couch in place
of the current couch in the airstream. i'm beginning to write some tech
articles for the Vintage
Advantage 2005 season, but the upholstery one will probably come
much later.
- if the weather gets nice enough in WI this month, I may just head
out and grab some parts that need to be replaced, and get them drawn
up on CAD for some CNC machining work - then I can play with some fiberglass.
08.28.03
check out these
articles:
i'm in these:
- StarTribune
- airstream travel trailer has become an icon of american design: by
robyn dochterman
- core77
- go west (or anywhere, just go!)
i'm not in these:
airstreamBohemia
started in 1999 as a resource for vintage airstream restorers when there
weren't a whole lot of sites out there. since then, there has been a swelling
of the vintage airstream community and there are sites everywhere!
here are some of my
favorites:
and resources you
might not think would be related to airstream restoration:
- TMTechnologies
- better metalworking tools - sells the tools that Discovery Channel
says are "hard to find" on "Motorcycle Mania 2."
if Jesse James can use them to build motorcycles, I can use them to
fix airstreams.
- Aircraft
Spruce - rivets, metal and other things.
here's what you can
look forward to on this site over the next couple of days through the
next couple of years.
- complete documentation of my restoration - a 1960 24' Airstream Tradewind
- a handbook of bizarre destinations (i still travel even though the
trailer's in the garage!)
- a model reference. Vintage
Airstream has the best one so far, hopefully he and I can
make a better one together.
bookmark this site
and check back often, more to come! thanks for visiting!
-toby folwick
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