The two awnings on my Overlander were made by Carefree Awnings of Broomfield Colorado. Interestingly, they were installed by a vendor in a Florida campground during one of the previous owner’s vacation visits in the early seventies. This surprised me because the Airstream had been originally purchased new off the floor at an RV Show, and I thought vendors always displayed models with all the options installed.

The fabric on both awnings, while in amazingly good shape, does have some mildew on the bottom side. It is nothing that a good dose of Clorox can’t handle, but I hate to kill the grass in my yard applying it. The steel parts on the bathroom awning have rust on them, but overall both awnings are in very usable shape.

Deploying the awning the first time was a bit of a challenge in that the four locking screws had all rusted in place. Coupling that with the fact that I had never unrolled an RV awning made for some tense moments when mild force was required to unlock the arms from the stowed position. I had to laugh when I finally got the awning unrolled, and found instructions at the fully deployed position.

Although Carefree is still in business, they now do not support Airstreams built prior to 1969. But since the only really unique parts are the curved arms on the main awning, I should be okay if it ever becomes necessary to replace the material.