Category: Show Archive

Episode 188: Name that Airstream

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics. 

Rouge Wires

 Rouge Wires

Astradome-Ladeau Lifter

Astradome-Ladeau Lifter

Colin's Mobile Glide aluminum floor

Colin's Mobile Glide Aluminum Floor

Tim's camping trip
Backing into a court
Rogue airstream wires
Pipe damage estimates
Rear end sag repair
Axle replacement
Trailer names
Colin's Mobile Glide aluminum floor
Astradome-Ladeau Lifter Question
Vintage trailer model
 
Release Date: 07-12-2013
Running time:  57:24
 
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Episode 187: China Bombs!

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics. 

Vinyl Tape used by listener for dis-simular metal separation

 

Listener's problem with uneven door

 

Listener's outrigger coming through skin

Rally round up
Ambassador's new tires (blog post)
China Bombs
New vintage owner
What does CCD mean?
Mounting generators
Quick toilet install
Adding rubber couplers to drain lines
Using vinyl tape for dis-similar metals
Rolling paint on endcaps
Venting for catalatic heaters
Adding a ceiling light when replacing vents
Emergency exiting
Axles and tires weight ratings
Outrigger ripping through skin
Outrigger shape
Turnabond tape vs butyl tape
Drains in the c-channel
60-70's vs current Airstreams
Sealing a Fantastic Vent
 
 
Release Date: 06-14-2013
Running time:  01:23:54
 
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Episode 185: Time for Restoration

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics. 

-Colin gets a new fridge
-Black tank alternatives
-Black tank pan mounting
-Painting end caps in a '73
-50 – 60's Step construction
-Restoration updates
-How do you find time to work on your trailer?
-Removing stripped screws
-Use a 1964 Galaxy to tow a '69 Airstream?
-Converting a fresh tank to a grey tank on a '73
-Removing a tub drain
-Where to start when renovating?
 
Release Date: 05-24-2013
Running time:  01:24:02
 
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Episode 183: Rally Roundup

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics. 

 

 

 

Tim's NorCal Rally report
Check in with Region 8 rally in Kansas
Music events from Dancin' Hansen
Bay Area Airstream Adventures opening
Outrigger repair
Removing window seals
12v lighting conversion
Weather-stripping for the Astrodome and doors
Owners manual for a '60 Ambassador
How to hang cabinets in a '73 Tradewind
How to avoid hitting wires when installing cabinets
Wiring new A/C breaker panels
Safe way to work on the roof of an Airstream
Overlapping panels
Public car washing an Airstream
70's era modifications to help prevent rot
 
Release Date: 04-26-2013
Running time:  01:12:11
 
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Episode 182: Poopatina

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics. 

Rotisserie explained
Collin's Mobile Glide work begins
More Apps
Outrigger work
Tire load ratings
When is a water leak a problem?
Scheduled maintenance
Polish or seal first?
Washing your Airstream while traveling
Hydrometer battery testing
 
Release Date: 04-12-2013
Running time:  01:08:50
 
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Episode 181: App-A-Rama

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics. 

-VAP Drinking game
-Alumalina Rally report 
-All Electric Trailers
-Adding a rear bike rack to an Airstream
-Traveling Apps
–Yelp
 
 
Release Date: 03-29-2013
Running time: 59:40
 
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Episode 180: Previous Owner Repairs

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics. 

PO Modded L-77

PO Modded repair of an L-77 handle

 

1968 Spray foam insulation
What constitutes vintage?
Mermaid L-77 Handman
Thumb-tacked couch
2×4 Cross members
Crazy A Frame mods
Propane leak repaired with electrical tape
A/C mounted with duct tape
 
 
Release Date: 03-15-2013
Running time: 47:14
 
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Episode 179: The Wheels Go Around

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics. 

-Colin's fridge rebuild
-RV Life Magazine Interview
-Social aspect of restoration
-Split rims
-Radial vs Trailer tires
-Inspecting a trailer
-Avion info sources
-Airstream support groups
 
Release Date: 03-01-2013
Running time: 57:39
 
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Episode 176: Tiny Texas Roadhouse

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics.  With special guest, Brad Kittel, of Tiny Texas Houses.

Brad Kittle – Tiny Texas Houses
Window needed for a 1966 Safari
Updates from Colin's shop
Tim's going to a rally
WifiRanger update

Release Date: 01-18-2013

Running time: 53:27
 
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Episode 175: Gliding Into the New Year

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics.

 

Colin's Mobile Glide

Colin's Mobile Glide

 

New website – Mobile compatible
Restoring a Dream Book, Kindle and Nook
Colin's Mobile Glide
Rebuilding cabinets with thicker plywood?
Advice needed on replacing the floor on my '78 Argosy
Installing a grey tank on a '58 Traveler with 3" frame
Venting tandem grey tanks
Can I use a below floor black tank?

 

Release Date: 01-04-2013
Running time: 53:37

Episode 174: Rivets

Episode 174: Rivets

 

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss the weeks vintage topics.

1959 Shell off repairs
Frame repairs
Frame modifications
Removing a fridge
Solid Rivets
Pop Rivets
Stainless steel pop rivets
Olympic Rivets
 
 
Release Date: 12-07-2012
Running time: 01:02:24

Vintage VAP Replay of Episode 6 from November 2005

VintageVAP – Episode 6 Replay!

 

Join host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro’s Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they discuss the weeks vintage topics.

 

In A Toaster Moon – Ric Seaberg
Rob’s Sweet Sovereign Blog
Vintage Vagabond Podcast?
Review of Airstream’s book: Wanderlust – Airstream at 75
Colin’s restoration update
Leg-O-Matic chairs
Cooking a five course meal while camping
Is your propane system a pro pain? – Tips on checking out your propane system
How to get those hard to ignite gas appliances lit
Do you have a flair for flare pipe fittings?
Trailer weather tight?  Better make sure your propane connections are leak free
 
 
Release Date: 11-24-2005
Running time: 38:19

Episode 173: A Trailer’s Ecosystem

Episode 173: A Trailer's Ecosystem

Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss vintage trailers. 

 

 

 

Keeping mice out during winter storage
Winchester dolly usage
'67 Shower pan cracking
Drilling out exterior rivets
Mounting grey water tanks
Do you use tank monitors?
70's Bumper issues
Elevator bolt use
Monomaniac toilet keep or lose it

 

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Release Date: 11/09/2012
Running Time: 01:32:35

Episode 172: The Wheel Was a Smokin

Episode 172: The Wheel Was a Smokin'

 

Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss vintage trailers.  With special guest Airstreamer Bill Kerfoot.

Region 12 Rally highlights
J & J's Barn Find
Adding an air conditioner to a 1955 Flying Cloud
Colin's corporate trailer mod
The wheel was smoking
Pushed the trailer through the lobby
Bill's '54 Liner update
Surgeguard or Hughes Autoformer?
What wax for my polished trailer?
Subfloor removal tips
What early Airstream models had black and grey tanks?
Where's the VIN?
Winterizing an electric water heater
Touching up zolatone paint
 

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Release Date: 10/26/2012
Running Time: 01:22:14

Episode 171: Greased Up

Episode 171: Greased Up

 

Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss vintage trailers.  

 

Dexter Bearings

Dexter Bearings

 

Greasing bearings
Puling seals
Adjusting castle nuts
Parts availability
Replacing plumbing in a '80s Sovereign
Moving a trailer without a subfloor
Securing a frame for welding

 

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Release Date: 10/05/2012
Running Time: 55:48

 

Episode 170: Seven Years

 

Episode 170: Seven Years

 

Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss vintage trailers.  With special guest Airstreamer Eric Hamm.

 

 

 

7th Year Anniversary of theVAP!
Eric's '53 Cruiser Recovery
Colin's restoration of an '80's Caravelle
Halmark 12 window keepers
Routine maintenance on a magic chief oven
Trailer wiring tips

Thanks to the Trailer Park Troubadours for our theme music.

 
Release Date: 09/21/2012
Running Time: 01:04:37

Episode 169: More Than Aluminum

Episode 169: More Than Aluminum

 

Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Colin Hyde as they discuss vintage trailers.  

 

SurgeGuard

Click the photo to see the Ambassador Blog post.

 

Camper modified with 13 panel end cap

 
Slide in camper modified with 13 panels
Removing paint from an aluminum cab
'64 Bambi Window repair
Equalizer hitch too hard on trailer?
Plastic subfloors
Shell off techniques
 

Thanks to the Trailer Park Troubadours for our theme music.

 
Release Date: 09/07/2012
Running Time: 53:03