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theVAP - The Vintage Airstream Podcast
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theVAP, discusses travel trailer, RV, and motorhome, repair, purchasing, restoration, and travel. Join us each episode as we talk with the nets top Airstream enthusiasts for a fun and lively discussion.
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theVAP - The Vintage Airstream Podcast Episodes - | theVAP Episode 100: Future VAP | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage with special guests Steve of Vintage Trailer Supply and Rich of Airstream Life Magazine. Candid talk about the Aistream hobby, past, present and future.
-Well wishes for 100th show
-Future of theVAP....
-VAP Contest
-New vs. Old Airstream
-Tim gets a thumbs up
-Tim's camping trip
-Vintage awnings
-Twin Temp maintenance
-Vintage Trailer Supply update
-Airstream Life update
-Vintage Trailer Jam
-Vintage Trailer Supply VAP Contest | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 100: Future VAP | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 88: The Lost Questions | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-VAP On CD - Feedback
-Question on the Ambassador's grey tank
-The Almost Daily Blog - Not!
-SeeLevel Gauges - RVGauge.com
-Listener feedback
-Found emails on the server - months old
-Composting toilets
-VAP Book?
-Ebay Special
-81 Excella questions
-Eric's '78 Update
-Fixing double pane window leaks
-Proper rivet question from the UK
-Picking up trailers with out dated tags | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 88: The Lost Questions | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 86: Vintage Resolutions | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage with special guests John and Rick.
-Happy New Years
-Louis from Georgia's resolution
-Colin's new trailer
-Tim's resolutions
-New PO Box
-Attempt to get shows available on CD
-Rob's resolutions
-Try to only have five AS at the end of the year
-Try and get the 1948 AS thats stuck in a field
-Try and make all VAC rallies
-Colin's resolution - finish his bathroom
-John and Rick's 1965 restoration update | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 86: Vintage Resolutions | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 83: Axles and more | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-Rob's xmas wish trailer
-What happens when you miss an AS trailer deal
-A doggie door on a trailer
-Axle replacement question
-Returned mail to PO box
-How to support an Airstream to replace axles?
-Area 63 Productions visit
-Coming Area 63 Productions restoration update
-Axle choices, Dexter, Henchen, Axis
-Colin's BreakWind update
-Frank update
-Frank's big announcement | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 83: Axles and more | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 80: Body Works | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-President Rob
-WDCU Installation Rally
-Colin's Ambassador Update
-Transmission Tow/Haul mode
-Caller report from the road
-Dent repairs repairable vs new panel
-Can you pull a dent out?
-How do you form end panels?
-What are the steps to replace a panel?
-When is a scratch bad?
-Best rivet to use when replacing panels
-How to blend a replacement panel with existing
-Draw the line on making a scratch free trailer
-We call them beauty marks | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 80: Body Works | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 79: Last of the 70's | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-Where 's Colin
-Listener contribution
-Scam Airstream purchases
-Listener's call in '79
-Trim package vs length
-70's good models to start with
-Last year of the Argosy
-Listener needs '66 gaucho
-Finding your WBCCI unit
-Listener wanting to use nylo-board
-Listener installing an A/C on a '68
-Rob tells Colin he purchased an A/C for his SOTR
-Tim tours Area 63 Productions | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 79: Last of the 70's | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 77: Positively 77 | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pro Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-Rob's out of gas
-New A/C for the SOTR
-Small world on the plane flight from CA
-Rob's newer fridge bit the dust
-Caller sings praises of his 1977 Ambassador
-Vent stack repair
-Noisy water pump
-Solar panel resources
-Caller furnace won't start
-Airstream Plymouth Watershed Drawing
-Repairing subfloors
-Third year anniversary of theVAP | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 77: Positively 77 | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 75: It's All Good | Join Host Tim Shephard, Panel Pro Rob Baker, as they talk vintage.
-Ice box cooling
-Episode 74 the last one?...
-VTS fun for all
-Shout out to the 70's trailers!
-36 foot 1969?
-Using a vintage airstream for temp housing
-Happy Birthday Rob
-Rob's Airstream bday present
-Changing the trailer from original
-Calling all Argosy owners
-Vintage trailer weights (airstream.com/docs/weights-1.pdf)
-California restorer - Area63 Productions
-Rob's Sovereign update
-Airstream matchmaking | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 75: It's All Good | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 74: The Airstream Spirit | Join Host Tim Shephard, Panel Pro Rob Baker, and special guest Frank as they talk vintage.
-Courtesy parking at the Baker's
-Tim's 2000+ mile trip
-The snow wish
-Frank's fridge repair
-The Airstream Spirit
-You're making me tear up
-There's no snakes in there
-4000lb vs 9000lb
-You're going to cry with this one
-SOB owner goes vintage
-Thumbs up
-I see the SOB, I pass it
-Detour the fairy
-The Oregon gas station
-The emergency purchase
-The black tank story
-The 45 foot stinky slinky
-How many amps for a coffee maker?
-Caller on why he likes his '74 | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 74: The Airstream Spirit | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 73: The Hodgepodge Show | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker, special guest Frank, as they talk vintage.
-Stanton or Stanton
-Who's stocking who?
-No 73's?
-Trenching a ground rod
-Hail storm for Rob
-Dometic recall story
-Airstreams were designed to work
-Trout Stream
-Frank's Dometic story
-I'll bet you a buck
-Running wires in the bellypan
-Bunk, original or not?
-I did it, but don't recommend it
-A shower without a curtain
-Crazy desert people
-Ridding on three wheels
-Colin's 1970 Ambassador rescue
-The dirtiest Airstream I've ever been in
-Rob's first sponsor
-Vintage Trailer Jam
-#1 Vap Fan | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 73: The Hodgepodge Show | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 72: A 12 Volt Life | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-Apology please
-Rob's baked bean polish
-Cheap polish vs. good stuff
-Trailer Jam '08
-Episode 83 the end of theVAP?
-Grounding while boondocking
-Rob's flag pole lightning rod
-Vintage trailers may not have grounded outlets
-Original Univolt vs modern converters
-AGM vs wet cell batteries
-Rob's fake international
-Tri-state converters
-Car battery vs. deep cycle
-Parasitic loads
-Golf cart batteries
-Wiring batteries
-Inverters
-Wiring inverters
-Charging while driving
-Rob's boondocking rally
-Dometic recall | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 72: A 12 Volt Life | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 71: The 70's Rule | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage with special guest Rivka.
-Gas prices
-Rob's foolish mistake
-Polishing updates
-Not a very happy camper
-Getting hatch keys
-Hot bearings
-Caller's 31' Ambassador?
-Caller: Why '70s are great
-Rob's back paddling
-Rivka's Caravel
-Caravel, Bambi's unsung brother
-Who needs two sinks?
-I need a shower
-Adding an outside shower
-Repairing rear panel damage by adding a door
-70's windows
-Baked potato vs twinkie
-Cheap honeycomb flooring
-Bowing Surplus
-Making an aluminum frame
-Selling 70's for good money
-Rob's '58 vs Rivka's '71
-Finding 4" outriggers | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 71: The 70's Rule | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 70: Crazy PO Repairs | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage with special guest Frank.
-Polishing updates
-Listener likes his 69 Tradewind
-Sheet flooring buckling
-PO repair: Cedar plank floor
-PO repair: Custom astradome
-PO repair: Electrical inlet was an outlet
-PO repair: Front window a/c unit
-PO repair: Fake subfloor repair
-PO repair: Thumbtack upholstery
-Three for one
-Olympic vs solid rivets
-Airforums NorCal rally
-Throw-down flack
-Running into a fence fixed my trailer
-Frank's olympic rivet rant
-PO repair: Aluminum sign patch
-PO repair: Crazy air conditioner cover
-PO repair: Heightening a shot axle
-Colin's picks up a '63
-The henweighs did it
-Wanted three wheeled Airstream
-Tim's trailer fence fight
-Rob's '64 Tradewind raffle | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 70: Crazy PO Repairs | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 69: Airstream Ranch | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk with special guest Frank Bates of Bates RV.
-The Crackle Barrel plug
-Frank Bates' Airstream Ranch
-Cadillac Ranch
-Auto Week Article
-Airstream on a crane
-Sign or art?
-Head of county arts council claims art!
-Panel Pros declare ranch as art
-Nebraska's Carhenge
-Precedence setting lawsuit
-Wall of Airstreams
-What really got me mad
-The next step
-Airstream hay silos
-Would not have worked with SOB's
-Rob's Harley Ranch?
-Ebaying Airstream Ranch
-Long Long Honeymoon Blog
-Save Airstream Ranch shirts
-Comment on Auto Week for support
-1001 places to see before you die
-Grief from Aistreamers on the Ranch
-Hidden Scotty trailer in the AS Ranch
-Fire at the AS Ranch
-Vertical Airstream makes great chimney
-Free viewing at the ranch
-Help save the AS Ranch! | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 69: Airstream Ranch | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 66: More Q&A | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-More trailers for Rob
-1964 Tradewind raffle
-Classic Rides on YouTube
-Airstreams and Rolls Royce's
-Polishing the rub rail
-LP Copper grades
-Argosy painting questions
-Bellypan insulation
-Rob's tub story
-CBR Bathroom Throw Down
-Building a shed for a trailer
-Vista View water leaks
-Trailer weight and gas mileage
-Composite floors | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 66: More Q&A | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 64: We Love our Airstreams | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-Three Airstreamer's in the dog house
-Colin at the Tin Can Tourist rally in FL
-Mobile museum
-Listener question: Starting axle angle
-Torsion angles explained
-Favorite parts of our Airstreams
-The Major VAP fan
-Listener question: Aluminum thickness
-Bob the Airstreamer
-Frank Throw Down update
-Safety glasses vs goggles
-Why is it a C channel when its clearly a J
-Rob's 1958 dog house
-Rob's update
-Valentine's wishes | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 64: We Love our Airstreams | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 62: Heading West | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-Airstream's Marriot
-Rob's laugh unprofessional
-iTunes reviews
-Ambassador Update
-Black tank handle pulls loose
-Extending a valve handle
-Preparing a vintage trailer for cross country trip
-Planing a cross country trip
-Rob's $7000 plan
-Gas prices affect travel
-Door won't close on a '78
-Out rigger issues
-Rob's out rigger repair
-Episode 60 revisited
-Rob *custom* seat
-wbcci.savewally.org | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 62: Heading West | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 61: Subfloors and More | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage.
-Time for heat
-New Years resolutions
-Give us a review in iTunes
-Have your trailer loose weight
-Rob's new trailer
-Parts for 70's vents
-Restoring a bathroom
-Disassembly of the bathroom
-Gaining access to the c-channel
-Removing the rotted floor
-Fitting the new floor in
-Securing the subfloor
-Refinishing the tub
-The throw down
-Frank selling? Giving up?
-Frank's bathroom update
-Throw down goals
-Judges check list
-62 Show | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 61: Subfloors and More | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 58: The 60's | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk with VAC Historian Fred Coldwell.
-The Disneyland trip
-Towing through LA
-60's good year
-1960 last year for leaf spring axle
-60's bring more custom parts
-60's era brings more stylish interiors
-West coast vs. East coast
-Dura-toruqe axle comes in '61
-1964 last year of door within a door
-60's bring about modern electric wiring
-Park models up through '62
-Propane line woes
-Weird trailer smells
-Wally's trailers loose his influence
-60's Airstream Ads
-60's styling
-Appliances of the day
-Aluminum wiring
-Replacement windows from VTS
-60's Door knobs
-1969 sees a new trailer body style | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 58: The 60's | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 57: From Roads to Rockett's | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk with Rikki Rockett of Poison.
-Rockett Drum Works
-Rikki's '64 Bambi II
-Too original to update
-Feast or famine in LA
-The ambulance tour van
-We all deserve our own buses
-Coolest tour bus with Basecamp in tow
-Basecamp neat idea that falls short
-Airstreams 27' toy hauler?...
-Basecamp got lots of looks
-Alclad Drum
-Airstream not interested in custom drum
-I always viewed Airstream as quality
-California camping
-Build up a vintage unit as new
-Bobby Dall had an Airstream
-Tour bus vs Bambi
-Airstream represents freedom
-Nothin' But A Good Time
-AS needs to advertise more
-Most celebrities are into vintage
-Travel by AS is much different then a bus
-The pee story
-Kate's Lazy Meadows
-Rikki's vintage trailer ideas
-Quick polishing from India | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 57: From Roads to Rockett's | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 56: Scary Airstreams | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk vintage Airstreams.
-Museum trailer exhibit
-1934 Thompson House Car
-1949 Hunt House Car
-1935 Bowlus Road Chief
-Scary Flying Cloud recovery mission
-Rob's scary yard
-Snakes in the walls were eating the mice
-Small snakes falling out all sides of the bellypan
-I was sleeping and BAM the whole trailer...
-The whole tank fell on top of me....
-Scary towing story.... black ice
-Scary work by previous owners
-Almost lost the front of the trailer.. that was scary
-The bed liner took flight!
-He towed it with a Suzuki Jeep
-Vintage tow vehicle/trailer insurance is scary
-Scary movie, The HIlls Have Eyes | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 56: Scary Airstreams | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 55: The Long Long Honeymoon | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they talk with the long long honeymooners, Sean and Kristy.
-Two people that have the travel bug
-A different way of seeing our country
-I didn't think I was going to spend my wedding night in it!
-Until you boondock, you don't know what your getting into.
-A full-hookup kinda gal
-Laundry and the sniff test
-Most unusual camping spot
-Natures hot tub
-We might be driving to our death
-When you have the opportunity you have to jump on it
-We'd do it again
-How did you feel about putting your trip on a website?
-Hello blog!
-How did you make the videos?
-Lot of emails from the blog, great motivation
-Two sites a way from Matthew McConaughey's trailer
-The ants of Malibu
-Positive reaction for the Airstream wherever we went
-Prevost vs Airstream
-When will you go vintage?
-Did the trailer hold up to its name? | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 55: The Long Long Honeymoon | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 54: Email Roundup | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they answer your questions!
-Collin in Stout, OH
-Wheels that fit
-Question 1: How do we like a '62?
-Last of the legacy trailers
-Question 2: Removing cabinetry
-Hunting for cabinet screws
-Question 3: Removing endcap zolatone
-Aircraft stripper is best, but still work
-Question 4: Building a 3/5 scale trailer
-Question 5: Repairing door hinge
-Removing interior to access bolts
-Question 6: Changing axle height
-Who's our email intern!
-Straight axles make good sense
-Cool guys coming out of the woodwork
-Question 7: Space to do restoration
-I'm on year 3....
-Question 8: Locating vintage parts
-eBay and Vintage Trailer Supply
-Question 9: Checking DC wiring
-Question 10: Inspecting the chassis
-Didn't you have a little rust? | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 54: Email Roundup | Play in Popup.
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| theVAP Episode 53: The Call-In Show II | Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker as they discuss trailers with two listeners.
-Listener question: Sealing leaks on a 2007
-Call In vs. Phone In
-Tim goes Mac
-Caller Steve '67 Ambassador
-Trailer stripped bear
-We feel your pain
-Grey tank install
-Moving cross-members
-Grey tank inlets, top or side
-Stainless Steel tank gauge
-Sloped bottom tank
-Tank heaters needed?
-Tank macerators
-How to choose the right refrigerator
-Changing badly painted walls
-Caller John '67 Sovereign
-Prepping floor for tile
-Vintage long trailers the best
-Painting an Airstream
-Sovereigns Rule
-I carry two wallets! | Get at Short URL | Download theVAP Episode 53: The Call-In Show II | Play in Popup.
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