The 'Vacuum Cap' invented by Edward J Artis

I've had a number of Airstreams with these caps installed. Some have been rusty tin, others like this one made from Aluminium Alloy.

Once I get a clue then it's pretty simple to find a bit of the history. In this case the Pat. number was all I needed.

I considered this to look art deco, and indeed it is

 

More of his inventions can be found by clicking here.

Nigel Mansell eat your heart out.........

For about half an hour last Friday I was let loose on the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch, with an Airstream of course.

Was a real thrill as my escort dropped back and let me lose to put the pedal to the metal.

I then  parked up and waited for the crew to arrive for the shoot.




All good fun......

Then early this week it my was turn to take the role of an escort for a delivery down to London Town -

Selection of Airstream dealer tags

there's a big ship in town......

When I lived in the West Village every so often I'd see the QE2 arrive into town on the Hudson river, whilst out jogging (gosh, did i say jogging!). This was always a site worth stopping for!

The QM2 might be a tad newer but still it brings the same feeling of excitement, this is the second time I've seen her docked in Southampton -

Never one to miss an opportunity and got a bit of video footage -

And finally another hard to find trailer, tandem axle ohio overlander which is my tow for tomorrow morning -

Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny

 I had a last minute booking with Professor Steven Hawkins and the discovery channel.

Wet, cold and empty, was like being by the sea in mid winter.

All I needed to do was setup which left me plently of time to meet with clients and also my catering equipment suppliers based close by, who I named the burger van after for the shoot -

My favorite -

Police working late shift -

Filming complete it was time to pack up and head towards home, was a long day -

Davis Products refrigerator face lift model

Nice little fridge in need of a little TLC

A little grease to keep springs working smooth -

Nice font

Quick blast and a power with blow dry -

Inside houses a more modern energy efficient cooling equipment -

Elsewhere in the Old Dairy there is no place to hide as some of the toughest Aluminium gets scrubbed up-

interest in vintage is on the up.....

This month Riga Latvia of all places is top of my list of 'average time per user' spent on my site.

Hello lativa, where ever you are, who ever you are!

In the states, so far this year CA and TX are the hot spots in Vintage Airstream interest with all 52 states showing interest in vintageairstreams.co.uk ....

Thank google for analytics....