Monday, December 21, 2009

Airstream Cruisette Diary 7

When we first hauled our Airstream out of the field where it had been sitting for years it needed some temporary reenforcement to the floor where the front of the shell attaches.  The body separating from the frame on I-70 would have been embarassing to say the least.  When we peeled back the blue indoor/outdoor 70's carpet to add the floor patch some of the original floor tiles surfaced.  They're definitely not linoleum, and don't quite appear to be vinyl but rather seem like some sort of composite of cloth & paper.  The pattern is an interesting mix of colors. 
Since these tiles lay on top of lots of rotted subfloor preserving them in place isn't going to happen.  I removed a few pieces and they are pretty fragile.  Finding a modern equivalent is not likely to happen so a current idea I've got is to try to save a few tiles during the floor replacement and incorporate them into a serving tray

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