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Episode 84: Last of the Q&A

Episode 84: Last of the Q&A

Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.

-Colin’s goose
-Tim’s aluminum black Friday purchase
-John’s call on axles
-Axis axles still available
-Why did the Minuet aluminum flooring go away
-What to look for in buying a trailer to renovate
-Rob drooling over a ’48 and ’52
-Window restoration/maintenance
-Call for show questions

Thanks to the Trailer Park Troubadours for our theme music

Running Time: 53:51

Release Date: 12-05-08

Episode 82: Meet Dale “Pee Wee” Schwamborn

Episode 82: Meet Dale “Pee Wee” Schwamborn

Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk with Pee Wee Schwamborn.

theVAP Talks with Pee Wee, cousin of Airstream inventor Wally Byam.  Pee Wee recounts his time with Wally, and his mother Helen Schwamborn, a major part of the WBCCI.

Thanks to the Trailer Park Troubadours for our theme music

Running Time: 01:02:34
Release Date: 11-07-08

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Episode 73: The Hodgepodge Show

Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker and special guest Frank as they talk vintage.

-Stanton or Stanton
-Who’s stocking who?
-No 73’s? -Trenching a ground rod
-Hail storm for Rob
-Dometic recall story 
-Airstreams were designed to work
-Trout Stream
-Frank’s Dometic story
-I’ll bet you a buck
-Running wires in the bellypan
-Bunk, original or not?
-I did it, but don’t recommend it
-A shower without a curtain
-Crazy desert people
-Ridding on three wheels
-Colin’s 1970 Ambassador rescue
-The dirtiest Airstream I’ve ever been in
-Rob’s first sponsor
-Vintage Trailer Jam (Link)
-#1 Vap Fan    

Thanks to the Trailer Park Troubadours for our theme music
Running Time: 1:01:42
Release Date: 06-20-08