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Well, for once I am taking advice I usually give to new homeowners... take care of the roof and exterior maintenance before working on the interior. We have had a lot of rain these first few weeks of spring but a sunny (2-days-in-row) and "no" client work in my work room coincided today so I devoted the day to problem solving, cleaning, and sealing the exterior trim on the rear end of the '65 Tradewind. The front window doesn't seam too bad as it has an extra rock guard covering. In the rear, from the inside of the trailer, I could see moisture on the upper corner of the back window. The plywood floor has also been very moist. I was planning to tackle the new water lines but I changed gears and heard my own voice saying to take care of the roof before getting to the interior! I did some crowd sourcing for advice and although everyone seams to have their own favorite product, the hot tip of the day was to clean the aluminum with rubbing alcohol and use a finger dipped ...

Welcome to TinCan DreamN This is the rehab story of my '65 Tradewind by Airstream. This trailer is a long time dream of owning a vintage Airstream trailer and that story is for another day when there isn't much to share of the rehab work. I found and purchased this trailer in October 2017 and I am just now getting to work on the rehab in earnest and hoping to make continuous strides, hence, the accountability blog. I will post when there is something interesting to say and I will fill you all in on the past 1.5 years it has been in my possession. Spoiler alert, I spent a lot of time dreaming not much rehabbing but I will get you up to date and show you from start through the process of us actually getting this back on the road, fingers crossed! Here I am in the woods of Maine in lake country with the second owner of this trailer. He purchased it in the early 1980's, used it well and here is where it sat from 1991 until I purchased it and removed it from this locatio...