The 1958-1960 Airstreams had awning-style Hehr Clearview windows. So, that means a couple things:
They’re pretty rare, however, parts are pretty readily available from Vintage Trailer Supply, so that’s nice.
There aren’t a lot of tutorials on how to fix them.
Ours are pretty ugly, they’re pitted quite a bit, they’ve clearly leaked quite a bit before, and some joker thought it was a good idea to seal them up with silicone caulk. Anyway, they’re ugly, we’re not in the business of having an ugly Airstream, so we decided to rebuild them.
Now, I’m going to lay it straight here (Kyle typing). It’s fun to tell people that we’re remodeling a 59 year old Airstream. It’s also fun to think about all the great times we’re going to have when we’re done remodeling our 59 year old Airstream. Today and these windows made me ask myself the following questions:
Are we ever going to finish this thing?
Why did we do this?
How much of a bath financially would I take on it if I just listed it and all of the crap I bought for it on ebay/Craigslist/LetGo/Facebook Marketplace/RV Trader/Star Tribune/Tampa Bay Times and walked away?
So, shortly thereafter, I came to my senses, Jackie encouraged me to stop being a little whiner and move on. Okay back to 3rd person…
Let’s talk about these windows. There’s essentially 4 parts to them:
The aluminum frame
The glass
Double sided butyl tape to seal between the glass and the frame
Hehr Clear-view Glazing Strip