http://www.airforums.com/forums/ en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:56:09 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.airforums.com/ugala/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.airforums.com/forums/ http://www.airforums.com/forums/f142/1960-caravel-18-a-58265.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:40:39 GMT Hi all. I've been around the Vintage Kin forum for awhile and shared a couple projects.
Yesterday I just brought home my first Airstream. Just starting my research but it appears to be a 1960 Caravel, which there is next to no information on anywhere. There's not even a section in the main forum for it so I thought I'd share it here. From what I've gathered so for, it's an Ohio built, typically un-named "18 footer" of which a few were given the "caravel" nameplate. I tend to collect the more uncommon trailers so this is the perfect "first Airstream" for me.
If any of you Airstream guru's can shed a little light on this please jump in!
This trailer has no paperwork or plate and hasn't been registered in decades, so I'm just going on what I've been able to find online. Here's pics!













]]> Airstream Trailer Forums ST131 http://www.airforums.com/forums/f142/1960-caravel-18-a-58265.html http://www.airforums.com/forums/f142/single-vs-tandem-and-smallest-tandem-axle-58100.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:37:06 GMT What is the shortest tandem axle trailer that Airstream made? Best I can tell, it was the '65 and newer Tradewind 24 footers. I know the Overlanders are 26 footers. Is there anything else in this range?

As well, I guess I'm asking this of those of you that pull single axle trailers...do you have any misgivings about the single axle vs. the tandem? Ever have a blowout? If so, how'd the trailer react?

I currently am pulling a 34 foot triple axle. I really like the coach, but I'd like to get a second trailer that is smaller. Something that I could really take just about anywhere. My grandfather has a '58 Traveler that I've been looking at hard. But, I'm a bit leery of the single axle trailers. I'm just afraid of what would happen during a tire blowout. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I want to set up a rig I can pull on rough roads. I'm figuring that with tandem axles, I could at least get the thing down the road a little piece with one tire blown. And, with tandems, I'm thinking that if a violent blowout occurs at high speed, it wouldn't automatically throw me into the ditch. But, I've never pulled a single axle trailer; only tandems and the triple.

I was thinking of finding the smallest tandem axle trailer and going from there. But, thought I'd throw it out here for everybody.

Any recommendations on years and models? Am I worrying about nothing on the single axle?

thanks, ]]> Airstream Trailer Forums JimGolden http://www.airforums.com/forums/f142/single-vs-tandem-and-smallest-tandem-axle-58100.html