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Originally Posted by HitnMiss
I see where the 60 era Overlanders are described(here) as 28 footers.
I think of Overlanders as 27 footers. I think from a 70 era POV.(point of view).
So did they shorten the trailers or just lengthen the rulers? 
i.e. did they change the length or the method of description?
Do the measurement oddities have any thing to do with geography (Cal vs oHIo).
I recall a thread somewhere that suggested a way to uniformly state our units descriptions. I recall that adding the "birthplace" was suggested. Ill try to find that. Seems like it would be a good idea to all speak one tongue  when describing an Airstream.
And was it SantaFe or Cerritos (Serritos) Calif?
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Frankly, Airstream has difficulty speaking it's own language, much less the rest of us trying to learn and use it...
There was very little standardization on the units actually until the mid-'80s. Unit to unit, they were similar, but not necessarily the same, especially from one model year to another. Names were used to describe models, then trim packages... then models again. The Bambi name has been used on 16' trailers, then 17' trailers, then 19' trailers, and then back to the 16' again... then abandoned on the 16s. The
Caravel has been both 17' and 18'. The Overlander has been 26' and 27' models... on and on...
The serial number schema isn't even standardized across the board.
Actually the original Overlander/Cruiser body was 26' when they were introduced in the '50s. I had a '57 Overlander with a custom interior for a short time.
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