Backyard Airstream
dan-miller44.bsky.social
Backyard Airstream
@dan-miller44.bsky.social
I'm just a guy trying to be a good dad. I also have a 1958 Airstream Flying Cloud in my back yard that I'm trying to find time to restore and/or renovate.
Flying Cloud!

I guess it's illegal to keep a camper in my driveway. So. I moved my Airstream into my back yard. I had to fly it over the house due to the narrow lot.
January 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This was the day I reattached the shell to the frame. It didn't fit the first time. I had to reshape the front end of the subfloor. The floor I inherited was poorly patched in several places & wasn't much of a template.
December 12, 2024 at 2:13 PM
In 1958 campers didn't have gray water tanks. I fabricated brackets & added these nice new tanks for gray and black water. I'll put a fresh water tank inside. Then I made a new subfloor from marine grade plywood with a phenolic top layer.
December 3, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Out with the old.

I removed the old floor & belly pan. I had the frame sandblasted and I gave it a shiny new coat of paint. It's just about ready for the new floor.
November 27, 2024 at 2:16 PM
And then I built a 2x4 frame inside the shell, and used that to lift the shell off the floor.
November 26, 2024 at 2:27 PM
I found out the only correct way to fix the soft spots in the floor of my 1958 Airstream was to remove the shell. So I got busy removing the interior.
November 25, 2024 at 2:21 PM
It took something like 60 hours to get it this shiny. But I think it was totally worth it.
November 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Here are some of the original light fixtures from my 1958 Airstream Flying Cloud. They will all be cleaned up, rewired for low voltage (12V) and used in the final build.
November 21, 2024 at 2:23 PM
First thing I wanted to accomplish... Getting this classic Airstream nice and shiny!
November 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Here are a few "before" pictures of my 1958 Flying Cloud. She was mostly original when I brought her home. Sadly, she had several soft spots in her floor, water leaks, and miscellaneous poorly executed repairs.

Wanna see some progress pictures?
November 19, 2024 at 2:32 PM