Rick and I worked on the AS this past weekend. I had the glorious job of figuring out the plumbing. Airstream did not add gray water tanks until after 1973 so our AS only has a black water tank. Our plan is to add a composting toilet, get rid of the stinky black water tank and add a gray water tank. I don't know the first thing about the plumbing other than what I have learned on line and in the forums I regularly go too for information.


    Rick used our handy dandy new pheumatic dent puller to see if he would have any luck on the humongous dent of the front curb side.

This is a picture of the dent puller. We bought it at Harbor Freight for about $65. The tool worked very well but our dent needs more then this tool can provide. Like I said, the tool worked well. The suction was pretty strong. We only used a small air compressor with it though. I'm not sure if we had a larger, stronger one that the suction might have been a little better. The way these work is you turning the air on, get the suction and then quickly pull the weighted slide handle back while pulling on the tool. Rick already had a wrist issue and this did not help it! All and all, it really didn't get the job done. I'm not blaming the tool, we will try it on other things too.  So here are the before and after pictures of the dent. As you can see, it is still there in all its grandeur. I am now waiting for a quote for replacing #12 and #14 panels. I know the panels themselves go for around $450 each give or take a little. If you look closely you will see white butterfly stickers all over the dent. Previous owner (PO). It was her way of dealing with the dent.