A new project for ARC. A 1949 Airstream Liner. Arc will fully restore this liner to its original glory.

A new project for ARC. A 1949 Airstream Liner. Arc will fully restore this liner to its original glory.
Two of our clients have brought their refurnished Vintage Airstreams in for their annual service a 1965 Airstream Tradewind and a 1960 Airstream Overlander.
The guys are busy in the ARC workshop. The 1965 Airstream is coming together quickly now and the bespoke kitchen and bathroom going in. Beautiful copper bowl from William Holland for the bathroom and fabulous zinc and copper doors on the units, ARC’s bespoke speciality! The leather couch and headboard should be going in soon…
In the workshop today, the team are scribing in a dividing wall which has a void so that cabling can be run in between the boards. The end caps made by us, are templated first before using high polished copper or aluminium.
In the ARC workshop today – the rusty chassis is being removed from this Airstream. The walls are then braced to keep the structure in place until a new chassis is fitted.
In the ARC workshop today – the Airstream Sovereign is coming along nicely – here you can see we have fitted some black strapping to the wooden ceiling with studs to enhance the ‘barrel top’ effect. Meanwhile, the wood panelled walls are getting their first coat of paint.
In the workshop today: Chris and Peter are hard at work dismantling the chassis of this Airstream so that they can install the new one that they have made. This one is a little bit blurry, but it gives a good oveview of how they are putting it in:
In the ARC workshop today: This Airstream project is nearly complete. Keep watching the blog to see the final product!
In the workshop today: This Airstream is being fitted out with some really lovely looking pippy oak. Keep watching the blog to see the finished article!
After the Whaletail Airstream made it’s way to a new home last week, we’re getting stuck into our next project already: taking out the interior of this vintage Airstream, ready for a luxury refit. This Airstream is going to have a very decadent and luxurious interior and will be shipped out to a client in…
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