Second pressurized water tank?

Naddy had a big pressurized water tank in the front of the trailer under the Gaucho. We were however, surprised to find a second water tank - at least I assume that this is what is pictured here - under the bunk bed on the roadside. The belly pan was also modified to allow installation of this tank below the sub floor. Not sure this was a good idea since the floor was totally gone in that area.

The water heater. I would like to say it is the original water heater although I am not sure why it was installed somewhat unorthodox. The access hatch was modified and in order to fit it in, the installer/PO cut half an inch out of the C channel including the rivets that tighten the belly pan and the outer shell to the C channel in that area. Well, something to think about fixing at a later point.
Naddy does have btw yet another water heater tucked into the closet in the bathroom...        

Going to the mattresses...

I really did not expect that these green covers were original. They did not seem to be worn enough (one has only one small hole on the top the other maybe 2). They have since been washed (the 'Sterilize' program of our washer) and are sitting outside ready for anyone who would want them

 And as it turns out the mattresses and its covers were original too! Delivery dates stamped as 3 Jan 1957.  I was most surprised about the 100% rubber mattresses. They were really well constructed quite heavy and if I would know how one can restore/repair those I would probably not have hauled them to the landfill.

We did keep these covers - also to be washed on the trusted 'Sterilize" program. I just don't want to throw those away in case one of the restore-to-original guys comes along and should want them

Cleanup or cleanout

I do not spend nearly as much time working on Naddy as I do reading up on all sorts of technical advice on Airforums. It is just so helpful. For example there is no longer any discussion as to whether the shell can stay on while fixing the frame and floor - it absolutely cannot. That said, 11830 slowly gets ready for some serious structural repair.
The only bad thing about Airforums is that every day you want to buy another cool tool...  

Careful disassembling so the interior parts can be restored or used for templating

If you look really careful, you can count the FOUR color layers that were put on top of the original Zolatone

 More disassembling for later templating...

Slowly getting there. As of this post we have probably taking out 10 gallons of rodent excrement and I have not yet come down with Hantavirus (knock on wood). It is an activity for people with a sensitive nose...















Bathroom still left. The Old vinyl tiles are all gone. The sub floor is in really terrible shape but given that it is 57 year old wood that is totally fine. 11830 had a lot of leaks through which water could penetrate the floor because of several rep-plumbing events and many holes in the outer shell when a PO decided to put a skirt around the trailer. But that was all in the past of the trailer.

The Airforum community is the greatest information & advice resource - ever!

... but of course we knew that already.
Thanks to two very helpful Airforum members, we have learned that our Airstream was owned by a couple form Ohio for 37 years or so and that it has been to five international rallies during that time.  I think we will honor the long-time owners with a small plate engraved with their name and the known range of years they owned the trailer. Something like "The R. & V. Cripps trailer - 1966-2003"