A new project for ARC. A 1949 Airstream Liner. Arc will fully restore this liner to its original glory.
Category: Retro Airstreams
A new project for ARC, an Airstream motorhome comes in for restoration and a new interior.
American Retro Caravans and Retro Retrims make a good team.
Our client’s Airstream is nearing completion. Handcrafted interior in oak with zinc and copper. Beautiful hand stitched detailing on the seating by our resident upholsterer Chris Burns. The owner arrived with her beautiful dog Rumi the Great Dane. The owners will be taking this to Glastonbury festival next year. Arc will deliver the Airstream for…
Work begins on a 34ft Tri axle with a large lift up hatch. This will be used as extra accommodation at the clients home.
In the workshop today, these two Airstreams are both having a full refit. The guys are busy templating new aluminium sides ready to go on. We use special aluminium which comes in a large roll from the US. It is the precise grade needed for external Airstream repairs. Elsewhere in the workshop this VW camper…
We were surfing the web over the weekend when we found this fabulous sculpture and felt compelled to share it with you! Entitled, ‘Port of Call: Earth’ This amazing piece of art was commissioned by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and installed in the Southside Park Playground in Sacramento, California in 2005. It was created…
Joining us this month is Chris, with his business Retro Retrims. Previously from Birmingham, Chris has fallen in love with a local lass and relocated to Somerset where he has set up his workshop alongside us here in our sunny cider orchard here on the Somerset Levels. Chris will be working on his own vehicle upholstery…
In the ARC workshop today – this vintage 35ft super rare 1952 Vagabond trailer has just arrived at the ARC workshop from the US, ready for a refit with what can only be described as a wonderful Kardashian backside.
In the ARC workshop today, this 1950’s classic Whale Tail Flying Cloud Airstream project is almost ready to go to it’s delighted owner. We’ll be having a photoshoot of the Airstream in the owner’s garden with our expert photographer, Jeremy Phillips: so watch this space for some super glamorous interior shots coming soon!