Few shapes rolling down the highway are as instantly recognizable as silver Airstream trailer homes. With over 200 sparkling color images and engaging text, this book presents David Winick's adventure re-creating custom-built Airstream home trailers that date from1948 to 2007, including his 75th Anniversary Bambi trailer. The challenge of making functional and beautiful small living spaces helped drive the restoration work. Learn the process, beginning with empty shells and ending with rolling Airstream art. This book will enlighten the growing legion of Airstream aficionados, architects and designers with a passion for small space living, and all who have ever camped or admired an Airstream.

Answers all of your Airstream questions on selecting and buying, operating and understanding all of the systems and components and life on the road and at the campground. Never published before Airstream Myths and Hacks which uncover the mystique and awesome aspects of owning an Airstream. A total emphasis on learning and developing the skills of new Airstream Owners and a refreshed to the experienced well-traveled owners. It starts with the buying process and developing a buying strategy for the best deal. Prepares you for the Pre-Delivery Inspection and how to ensure you Airstream is ready to hit the road. All of the Airstream systems and components are described with tips on operation and routine maintenance with included Q&A and a Troubleshooting Guide. Learn to develop a process to get "ready to drive" keeping the trip safe and enjoyable. Understanding solar and generator power, when and how to use alternate power sources and sizing solar power for your Airstream.Ramp us your knowledge with specific guides on Airstream Security, Safety and dealing with roadside emergencies.Once at the campground you will learn driving techniques and parking tips in addition to performing the campsite setup and hooking up utilities. You will know what to expect from the campground and other campers with the included Campground Etiquette. You will learn how to plan trips, find great campgrounds using tools and applications making the task quick and easy. There are detailed sections on National and State Parks, boondocking/dry camping and discount programs.

With their silver bullet design, Airstream trailers' iconic look has existed for almost a century. Celebrate their legacy with fascinating history and superb photography.

Tips, advice, explanations for owners of new Airstream travel trailers. Including advice on how systems work, camping, hitching, towing, repairs, maintenance and upgrades.

Illustrated with rare and exclusive images from the official company archives, an authoritative and entertaining guide to the wildly popular, beautifully designed luxury recreational vehicle that has become a cultural icon, embodying the American spirit of freedom and adventure—and the ideal in mobile living. With its distinctive silver-bullet shaped profile, the Airstream has been an integral part of the American recreational landscape for more than eighty-five years. Since the 1930s, thousands of Americans have used it as a personal canvas to paint their own unique story as they’ve traveled the road of life, and today, these stunning, nostalgia-laden vehicles are more popular than ever. In Living the Airstream Life, Karen Flett tells the unique story of the designers who have transformed the brand into a mainstay of American life and the dreamers who have found their home, and their heart, in an Airstream. Living the Airstream Life is a tour along the diverse roads aficionados have taken in chasing their Airstream dreams. Stunning color photographs featuring new and vintage versions and compelling stories capture the allure of the Airstream and offer advice and insight on the practicalities of adopting this lifestyle. With spectacular photography and compelling stories, Living the Airstream Life offers inspiration for those actively pursing the dream of life on the road—whether for permanent living or as a temporary escape from the daily grind—and everyone who wants to live vicariously through those who dare.

DIY enthusiasts, tiny house-lovers, and van-lifers will find inspiration and step-by-step instructions in Tin Can Homestead, the ultimate resource for living small in your own Airstream paradise. The Airstream trailer is the ultimate symbol of vintage wanderlust-and the classic touring vehicle's resurgent popularity has dovetailed with the tiny house movement, resonating with design-minded individuals looking to live small. Tin Can Homestead, based on the popular Instagram of the same name, is the ultimate resource for these would-be DIY-ers, and the perfect coffee-table addition for anyone looking for streamlined, modern lifestyle inspiration. Part practical how-to, part lushly illustrated design inspiration, Tin Can Homestead follows the story of one couple as they build themselves a new life in an old Airstream. Through personal stories and down-and-dirty checklists, this book guides readers through all stages of creating their own Airstream homes-from buying a trailer to plumbing and electrical work. With a hip, bohemian aesthetic and a fresh authorial voice, the authors pair their DIY knowledge with lifestyle advice-including dér, design, and entertaining-and abundant illustrations, from in-process photographs to hand-drawn illustrations.