Airstream Dream. Sitting 17 years in a field! bringing home a field find Airstream

I followed my dreams and open an antique store to have adventures and spend time as a family sometimes you have to climb a mountain and open some new doors to find the treasures inside this is our life this is our adventure and this is curiosity Inc good morning Jason a you tired still what would you happy on a little bit well you should wake up guys because you know what's gonna happen today I'll give you a hint what is round from the 70s and gonna be in our driveway later on today if you say me I'm not very happy a house kind of it's both it's a car house dad's bringing home a trailer we're gonna have like our own little mini house on our driveway is that pretty cool and you can go inside and play in it but mom and dad have to clean it first so the kids have all headed off to school and that was just me I'm waiting for Charlie if you remember Charlie he's the one who drove me to pick up that rusty old ambulance last year it was pretty tough so admittedly the car is way worse than I thought it was I don't know what I'm gonna do with this thing hopefully this thing is gonna be in better shape I've already seen it once it looks pretty good we're gonna drag it out of a field an unmarked field and bring it back home so it's not gonna be an easy spot to find for us off to navigate so I'm gonna get our maps all ready when Charlie pulls up we'll hit the road Charlie did a little repair on the truck so you can see on this side it's a Cummins turbo diesel but this dodge just can't make up its mind because when you come around to this side here it's got a 5.7 liter Hemi but it does actually have a Hemi in it doesn't it yes it is not the turbo diesel but pretty good job matching up the fender you know considering it was just a used party pound so sometimes you do what you got to do now it's just a matter of taking the emblem off so it's no big deal one thing riding with Charlie there's always Johnny Cash playing in the background rain or shine it never fails I think we got a mo Johnny Cash CD for Christmas to try to give it a little bit of variety there's an interesting fence old thrashing machines every color in the rainbow and I have to kind of keep my eyes open because this road we're going down is unmarked so we're going off of instincts alone and I've got no doubt of a Geisha on my phone because we are completely out so I got to keep my eyes open here [Music] just gotta start slowing down a little bit here it's gonna look like it's just Bush but there's actually a path right here I think yeah this is it this is it just up down the corner it comes out to a clearing field it's his field we have to keep going straight [Music] walking in the front door bed / sofa on the right authentic avocado green counters checkerboard floor and that's a separate little bedroom and found the rest of the bathroom at the back front end is sitting on logs ties problem is he's built this deck really close to the trailers so we're gonna have to get creative and how to get it out of here without bumping into any of this stuff and at the front there is a tree and some sheds so we're probably gonna have to try and find a way to drag it backwards and then hook onto it not gonna be super easy are they down yeah and the jacks are all down on it too and they've been overgrown by weeds so just getting a wrench on here and trying to get the jacks lifted up so because the previous owner built this lean-to right next to the Airstream we can't pull it forward we can't really pull it back it's gonna wiggle and probably put a little dents all on the side so what we're having to do is try and skid it sideways a bit so we've placed boards underneath the wheels jacked it all up and we're gonna try and skit it forward a couple feet and then pull it back just so it reduces the risk of anything bumping into it so probably a lot more work than what Charlie was expecting though big thanks to Charlie for his help on this one the moment oh yeah you're okay over here still okay here yeah you're still okay here you're good you're good still good spinning his wheels their four-wheel-drive she's digging in and well you're pretty clear over here charlie column is the pulling it backwards the hitch is digging in we don't have much of a choice away this is I can already see one problem we got flat tire they had a change of plans we ended up running into one of the neighbors who lived about two miles down the road got enough air in the tire here just using some air from a tank that we can limp it to her place to their farm there and get it filled up and ready for the road we're just checking all the lights and then we're gonna head up to her farm and finish filling this up and here's where she sat and like the building all intact managed to pull it away Oh Charlie I'm just gonna pan around here he's got a hitch dawn we're just about ready for the road how's it looking charlie she is you got to make it through this really bumpy field first and as we get back out into the field I forget just how bumpy the ride it is I sure hope the trailer is gonna hold up to get across the field under the beat stays tight on that tire until we get some proper air in it and I just hope as we get to the trees that the road hasn't been overgrown too much and that the trailer can still fit through and it goes to show you can count on the kindness of strangers Thank You Chantel if you end up watching this and your family for lending us your air compressor to get our trailer roadworthy to get it back home and that's where we're headed down the highway and back toward the house well we got her home safe and sound thanks to Charlie's careful driving and this same being built like a solid brick let's go inside and have a look I'm promising you now there's not much to see until I get it cleaned up but let's go look anyway we'll do the before and after all right it does have pop-out steps down here button it up so I have a lot of cleaning to do I'm gonna try and get some light in here it smells like a musty old mouse got mouse traps in here I'm gonna need to do some serious cleaning but the good news is black-and-white checkerboard floor that will clean up sweep mop strip and wax actually come back up the plus side is the countertops are all in really good condition and it's pretty well all original so there's a little bit we're coming up to do somebody who's stuck wallpaper on top of the paneling but you can see just about all back to normal so take undo some of the 1980s quasi renovations that people did and put it back to factory here this little bathroom so right now it's just kind of dingy so we'll try and get her cleaned up try and get some airflow happening in here not Airstream but air flow well thanks again very much Charlie you got it here safe appreciate it well reflector is the least of my worries right now thanks again it's like there's definitely been mice in here they were dreaming about a log home apparently this wasn't big enough for them at their property so what here's this from does it say 1991 that's been sitting there while prices have probably gone up since then first thing I'm doing is pulling out all the crummy old upholstery armrests have to go next the seat bottom is we're gonna get those into an upholstery shop and get them redone sweeping getting ready to clean throwing out all the garbage and after it's more or less cleared out I can start the deep clean in here but don't want my wife to see right now before she gets home because she will never want to come back in without gross it is and I don't want her questioning my sanity more than she already does so sweetie I'm trying to get this ready so that you will actually step foot in here so hopefully I do a good enough job and then she has offered to help me clean hopefully she doesn't change her mind when she sees that it's not super nice in here but we'll get that fixed well since I got it vacuumed out and swept out do you wanna have a look around but you still can't really touch anything you have to wash it okay so can you imagine it's gonna look nicer once I get it all fixed up yeah I'm gonna help you in okay dad's gonna come up to you okay so okay I have to walk you through honey come here it has to be like a Grand Tour so this over here turns into a bed and it's a couch yeah that's what I put outside the fabric but this is a couch and then it goes like a transformer and turns a new bed that slides out it's like the lamest transformer in the world it transforms from a couch into a bed and this over here is the kitchen now you can see there's some broken parts that dad has to fix and there's the stove and it's not very clean right now but mom and dad are gonna get it cleaned up and that's a little fridge right over there it's a fridge yeah keep walking anyhow I'll show you the whole thing this turns into another little bedroom so this little door closes and this turns into a separate bedroom and then there's a bathroom back there yeah yeah there's the door yeah yeah so it's like a little house what do you think yes but do you think mom and dad can clean it up nice I think so too okay I'm gonna help you back [Music] now to find the one that I need which i think is gonna be that guy right there 5,000 pound 15 inch should do the trick well I got the parts I needed today at princess Otto really unique place it has lots of cool stuff and yeah they're kind of located in industrial complex with other sorts of businesses such as quantum leap dance where you either are taught by Scott Bakula or you go back in time I'm not sure either way it can all happen here when you're picking up your car parts and other various stuff over right princess Otto what you get have to go that's for the camper hmm something for the trailer and something for the kids seems fair I'm gonna work on getting the front Jack put back in place the new one that I bought this morning well I'd like to say this has been an easy job getting the jack back on the front somebody welded in a sleeve to hold the different style of Jack so I had to use my grinder here angle grinder thing off now now 30 minutes of grinding I should be ready to put the thing back in done so Melissa decided she wanted the new mop because it was better than our old gross mop this one so I'm gonna use the old mop in the trailer which makes sense because it's only gonna get worse after being in here so first step for me mopping the floors kids nowadays have no idea the fun they're missing by manual labor that's okay dad we'll do this part maybe they'll help out once it's a little cleaner while I wait for the floor stripper to dry and I have to do that before we wax it I'm gonna work on the front kids what are you guys doing a little fresh wax and it brings that shine right back on the old floor looking much better in there and that ends what has been a very busy day one on our camper renovation so it's coming along the floors are much sparkly as you can see the glow and the shine the lights are all working we did get everything all operational in terms of the lighting in here so next is a test some of the other stuff out like the a/c make sure the pipes are good try it with the water and this thing should be pretty well ready but it's got a long way to go and upholstery yeah there's a long list but thanks so much for tuning in on today's adventure don't forget to hit that subscribe button if you haven't already there's always something happening around here whether it's antique stuff or antique trailers or cars we're just kind of into everything so thanks again for watching make sure to tune in again and we'll see you all soon bye for now

Channel: Curiosity Incorporated

Views: 149,602

Rating: 4.9580283 out of 5

Keywords: iMovie, airstream, camping, trailer, alex arcbhold, curiosity inc, curiosity incorporated, discovery channel, history channel, american pickers, making money, abandoned, junkyard, scrapyard, scrap cars, full episodes, history, adventure, family fun

Id: pdQrTxQjeEQ

Length: 15min 39sec (939 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 10 2018