FULLY RESTORED - 1961 Airstream Bambi | Complete Walk Through Tour

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• PO

  @popette13 · 4 years ago

  WOW! You did an absolutely IMPECCABLE job restoring that - it's so beautiful. It's nice to see someone put the time into the craftsmanship and the effort to make everything congruous takes a keen eye not everyone has - really really impressive : )

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• JM

  @jmichaelmalone · 4 years ago

  No adjective covers this! ❤️ How proud you must be just being able to stand back and look at how the Bambi turned out.

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• KE

  @kelliintexas3575 · 4 years ago (edited)

  This was bitter sweet for me! My earliest memory maybe 3yrs or younger is camping with my parents. My dad is in his late 60&apos;s and my Mom passed away in 2011. We stayed on the beach in a TINY camper. My mom had me at 17!! So this is in 1979. On Matagorda Bay Between Galveston &amp; Courpus Christi. They were poor young hippies scraping by on Love 🥰. We stayed a week in that tiny camper night fishing and all piled in the bed together. I often think of that memory &amp; it fueled my love of tear drops. I can&apos;t picture the outside no matter how hard I try. My mom would tell me often, Good thing I was just a baby and had NO clue how broke &amp; hopeless they were. Funny because it&apos;s such a treasured memory of mine! When you stepped in your camper I almost fell off my bed!! THIS IS THE EXACT TYPE OF CAMPER WE STAYED IN!!!!! SAME layout, stove, bedding - MIND BLOWN. I have looked for years! Now I know the outside, the details as an adult! It was an OLD pretty rough original they had rented then! Made me get a lump in my throat. I see my mom so young and vibrant enjoying the adventure! &nbsp;My mom was hardly older then I am now when she passed. She battled stage 4 Breast Cancer for 9yrs. and by then there wasn&apos;t much left of her or her spirit.<br>She would later say we were &quot;camping&quot; waiting on a furnished apartment to become available. Had it not been for that tiny camper we would have been homeless! Funny how innocent kids are, as long as they are loved and feel safe, they have no clue how precarious things are. She looked back at those days as making the best of a desperate situation. Probably fishing out of the mere necessity too. I see my first adventure that fueled a lifetime love of Camping, the beach and a obsession with tiny little trailers 🥰😍😇<br><br>Thank you for the trip down memory lane &amp; solving a lifetime Mystery! 😉⛺️🏖

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• CR

  @creativitybycarilyn6634 · 4 years ago

  Beautiful!!! &nbsp; I really like the way the Nest cushions look in there and the color is very vintage looking. &nbsp;Of course I like the whole thing. &nbsp;You could have likely easily bought a new one for the amount you have in it, but yours is truly one-of-a-kind and tastefully done...priceless.

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• MA

  @malindafoster5719 · 4 years ago

  This is obviously a labor of love. &nbsp;What a beautiful restoration! &nbsp;Your hard work has paid off. &nbsp;I love that you saved all the different emblems, &nbsp;warrantees etc. I like the color scheme. &nbsp;The device to hold the lawn chairs is awesome, &nbsp;I always look for the &nbsp;area for storage for chairs, trash and laundry when I view these videos. &nbsp;I can&apos;t recall, did you invent the holder for the chair holder? &nbsp;Overall, &nbsp;incredible 👏. &nbsp; Thank you for sharing. I am sure that this is like displaying your baby for the first time. &nbsp;Have you ever thought about doing conversions? &nbsp;You have the knowledge and expertise of what people would like based on having seen your camper and this Airstream restoration.

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• BO

  @bonnienklyde918 · 4 years ago

  This is soooo nice. I could live in this full time. Id even trade my van for this. Maybe. You did a great job! <br>Thank you for sharing this and for all the work, sweat, heart and soul you put into the remodel.

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• TH

  @The_Joy_Finder · 4 years ago

  The end product is a testimony of love. The perfect blend of upgrades while keeping the original flavour. Excellent job Patrick. <br>I can&apos;t believe you found perfect cushions! <br>So well done. High five!

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• AL

  @alisonbaker2618 · 4 years ago

  Simply amazing...from a Jersey Girl born in 1961...the year this camper was &quot;born&quot;!

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• CO

  @corytruckdriver · 4 years ago (edited)

  You did an amazing job with this resto-mod, I love your attention to detail. I had a chuckle when you mentioned the old school labels and having someone on Etsy make them, I still have one of those label makers and use it occasionally. They were the original cordless label maker😁.

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• R.

  @r.c.7762 · 4 years ago

  Patrick, you out did yourself, what a great job, so detailed, very impressive. You are a true craftsman. Thank you.

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• AP

  @aprilasbahr · 4 years ago

  To think this beautiful sweet treasure was made when I turned 7 yrs old. &nbsp;This is a true treasure!! &nbsp;This is something that you will never regret doing. &nbsp; I love it. &nbsp;Thank you for sharing your love you put into this home.

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• AL

  @alicesullivan1790 · 4 years ago

  You are justifiably proud of your work and skills used to bring this Baby Airstream back to its glory days. &nbsp;I think I, at 4&apos;10&quot; tall, could live full time in this beauty.

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