Argosy Pre-Restoration Post 2

 These pics are taken after delivery. She doesn't look too bad for being 38 years old.

It was the end of the 70's and, this being a 1979, was the last year they built the Airstream Argosy's. I have heard that the Argosy line was the bargain camper where they both tried new concepts and used things they may have damaged while building the shiny campers. While most of the exterior shell is aluminum, the exterior endcaps are steel.

I can't decide how to describe the interior patterns. The bin doors are either "tiger stripe" or some sort of "aboriginal" pattern.

The interior wall coverings in the bathroom are some "Peter Max" like floral pattern.

The furniture was covered in a southwest, Navaho type blanket pattern.

Tambour sliding doors are used abundantly in the upper interior end units, on a spice cabinet in the kitchen, in the bathroom and on lower storage units in the main living space and in the rear bedroom. Most are still in workable condition.

The bathroom sink unit & wall cabinets are all plastic and in fair shape (not brittle). Storage bins in the bedroom end table, kitchen and in the living area below the couch are plastic and on roller glides. The plastic was thin and there are holes in the weak areas.

While all of this looks decent from the pictures, the wall coverings are dirty and sticky from the plasticizers deteriorating with age. There is spot mold on the bathroom walls, the fake woodgrain is delaminating and the plastic has yellowed significantly.

There is extensive information from those that have restored before me (Airforums.com) and a very nice bunch of folks on the Argosy Facebook page as I embark on this journey.

Onward!