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02-27-2009, 12:46 PM
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1961-1963 Airstream Bambi owners registry
I started a 1961-1963 Airstream Bambi owners registry on Facebook today! If you know someone with a Bambi let them know to register! I will put a link to the forums so they can find it!
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02-27-2009, 03:38 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Actually, lets start a registry here! It is for Bambi's produced from 61 - 63 only so if you have one list its VIN # and Picture and location so we can see how many there are left!
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02-27-2009, 03:39 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 932
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I will start Mine is a 1963 Vin# 161T200
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02-27-2009, 05:40 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,615
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardT
I will start Mine is a 1963 Vin# 161T200
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That VIN matches up with a 61 Ohio Bambi, not a 63.
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Richard
Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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02-27-2009, 08:03 PM
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1 Rivet Member
bradford
, Vermont
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 12
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1962 Bambi
I have one. Don't have the vin# right now.
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02-27-2009, 10:34 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by azflycaster
That VIN matches up with a 61 Ohio Bambi, not a 63.
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Of course you are correct, it is 163T200
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02-28-2009, 12:31 AM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
1960 24' Tradewind
1961 16' Bambi
Oakland
, California
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 758
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Here's Our '61!
We believe our 1961 Bambi, Sweetpea II, was the 147th trailer manufactured in California (16TDL1747). We love her!
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03-10-2009, 06:02 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1962 16' Bambi
2001 31' Limited
1985 29' Sovereign
Jenison
, Michigan
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 142
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62bam
Howdy....We purchased a 62 a few months ago (162T449).....It's a little cutie. I searched for months all over the U.S., and finally found one about 2 hours away. It was in the same family for 35 years. I'm sure we will give it a great home.
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03-22-2009, 05:00 PM
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1 Rivet Member
1961 16' Bambi
Santa Ana
, California
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 18
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16tds1642
i have owned this 1961 bambi since 1987, i have never spent the night in it, but after a 4 month upgrade of some of the original systems i think it's ready to hit the road, we'll see if i'm up to the task...see you out there !!!
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03-28-2009, 09:13 PM
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1 Rivet Member
1963 19' Globetrotter
Gilmer
, Texas
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 8
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Bambi
We have owned our 1961 Bambi (161T251) 5 years and have traveled about 8000 miles with it.
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04-17-2009, 03:37 PM
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R n B
1965 17' Caravel
1961 24' Tradewind
Ephrata
, Washington
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 85
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We just purchased a 61 Bambi and can't find the VIN. Where do we look?
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04-17-2009, 03:59 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebunny
We just purchased a 61 Bambi and can't find the VIN. Where do we look?
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It should be on your title, registration and on a plate next to the door. It should begin with the numbers 16 and be seven or nine digits long.
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Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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04-17-2009, 04:45 PM
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R n B
1965 17' Caravel
1961 24' Tradewind
Ephrata
, Washington
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 85
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The model # (16TDSS1659) is on the plate by the door, but we are looking for a VIN which should be on the frame. We can see a # has been stamped on the door side of the tongue up close to the body, but they are large #'s and I don't think there is room for all 9 of the #'s we read on the title.
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04-17-2009, 06:55 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 16' Bubble
Rose Lodge
, Oregon
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: 1961 26' Overlander
Posts: 921
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My '62 is an Ohio model numbered 162T446.
Since I'm moving to Oregon at the end of June, I'll be selling 2 of the 3 trailers I have here (the 4th is already in Oregon) rather than tow more than one. Sure hope Bambi is the last one standing in the driveway.
I'd always heard the number of 200 left on the road; hope that's holding steady.
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04-17-2009, 07:05 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebunny
The model # (16TDSS1659) is on the plate by the door, but we are looking for a VIN which should be on the frame. We can see a # has been stamped on the door side of the tongue up close to the body, but they are large #'s and I don't think there is room for all 9 of the #'s we read on the title.
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16TDSS1659 is your VIN. It is a California 61 Bambi with the double bed layout. It was the 59th of 60th (did they atart with #600 or #601?) made at that plant.
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Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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04-17-2009, 07:11 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,615
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Quote:
Originally Posted by summerkid
...I'd always heard the number of 200 left on the road; hope that's holding steady.
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I think that your number is very low. There were over a thousand Bambi's made in the 3 years of production. 200 is less then 20% which would be unlikely for a trailer as popular as the Bambi.
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Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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04-17-2009, 07:31 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 16' Bubble
Rose Lodge
, Oregon
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: 1961 26' Overlander
Posts: 921
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In almost 50 years of towing, falling trees, fires & hail storms? I'm a '62 too and am surprised to have lasted this long.
Someone please check my math, but I believe that an attrition rate of 16-17 trailers a year isn't out of the question.
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04-17-2009, 08:15 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1948 22' Liner
1961 26' Overlander
1949 24' Limited
Springs
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 330
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We have a newly acquired '62 Bambi- vin #162T471
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04-18-2009, 07:29 AM
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Vintage Alum. Enthusiast
1959 24' Tradewind
Phoenix
, Arizona
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: I currently do not own a 2nd Airstream
Posts: 4,360
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebunny
The model # (16TDSS1659) is on the plate by the door, but we are looking for a VIN which should be on the frame. We can see a # has been stamped on the door side of the tongue up close to the body, but they are large #'s and I don't think there is room for all 9 of the #'s we read on the title.
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That number is indeed your VIN. The stamped number can sometimes be so long that the last part of it ends up under the propane tank base. It fit when it was stamped there.
Brad
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04-19-2009, 02:06 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1962 16' Bambi
2001 31' Limited
1985 29' Sovereign
Jenison
, Michigan
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 142
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Great idea to register these....I did about a month ago.....I read some time ago that there were a total of 866 Bambi Airstreams made from 61 through 63, does anyone know if that is correct? Also, the 200 left on the road (mentioned above) seems low, does anyone know anything about that number?
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