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Originally Posted by Tim A. I suspect that some of the vintage Airstreams with "wood" cabinets have plywood fronts with a decorative wood veneer. That surely does not make them less desirable. |
The reference (Vintage Airstream Features) Bob gave is to my website. The information there has been gathered from many different resources and complied as a quick reference to help determine the basic differences in trailer years. Where I have stated "wood" in the description of cabinets it is more a reference in contrast to the plastic laminate or vinyl wrapped cabinets of the 70's or the metal cabinets of the 30-40's. It may be either laminated plywood/veneer (60's) or solid (50's) depending on the year.
As an example, my '64 has all 3/16" plywood with oak veneers on the face. They are not finished with a "sealed" lacquer or finish, it is more of a penetrating oil-type finish. My '56 has a combination of solid birch door & drawer cabinets and 3/16" bent plywood upper cabinets with the face veneer being birch to match. The end result of both is they are "wood" not plastic laminate or metal.
The intention is not to say one is better than the other...just to describe the differences and to give clues in trying to ID unknown vintage trailers.
Hope this clears things up...
Shari
