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Oakville-based publisher John Thomson had walked past the broken-down trailer in a farmer’s field
not far from his home for about a decade. Slumped beside a shed, with grey boards over its broken
windows, the 1967Airstream trailer hadn’t been used in at least 20 years. When it turned out the
owner was willing to sell for $1000 just to be rid of it, Thomson didn’t hesitate.
Thomson didn’t want it as a vacation trailer—with a background in high-resolution audio, he had a
vision of turning it into a pop-up shop outfitted with listening stations to rent to trade or consumer
shows and festivals throughout Ontario and Quebec. It took a while to get there—the interior was
somouldy andmouse-infested that you had to wear a ventilator inside—but today theWifi Hifi
Airstream is a glittering new 50-year-old sublime hunk of upcycled aluminum.
Sounds evenbetter than '67. JOHNTHOMSON
