Well that's exactly what I did last year! Now I will say this up front, unless you have about $20,000 lying around, 800 to 1000 hours of time and some serious reno/sheetmetal/construction experience, buying something else might be a better idea. But if you do have the time, or the money to pay someone like me to do it ( but I most likely wouldn't again haha).
1974 Airstream Landyacht
We video logged the near finished project on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyMYR5G0o3Udpoe-6SyZcqg. Feel free to check it out, it is mostly just me talking about what we did are are going to do at each step. We are about %80 done at this point in one year with only 2 people and mostly me doing all the work while raising a young child was insane. We took a break for the winter, but will be doing a bit more on it this year. 2016 was a crazy adventure, we had a child just before it started, bought this amazing aluminum beast, renoed it, then moved a bunch. Now back in the mountains where our hearts sing! Hope you check out the youtube page and see what we did with this Trailer. We lived in it for 6 weeks, it was a blast.
A short breakdown of the process for you before you check out the videos...
- Full gut, everything was taken out to frame and shell left.
- Cleaned and resealed all windows.
- New reflectix and insulation in all walls.
- Reinforced the frame, cleaned and repainted with rust proof paint.
- Solar system on the roof 400watts, 4 flex panels, 3 big batteries, all hookups.
- Design is for offgrid.
- Put walls back in and everything is new inside, but you will have to check it out to see them.
Anyone with questions of how about doing a project like this let me know, also if you have some ideas, also let me know. I have a few things left to do on it!