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07-25-2004, 12:42 AM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 39
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Waiting to pick up my 65 trotter early this week (1st Airstream)!
Paid way too much, but I had to have it!
I have been/will be scouring the fourms, as I will be doing a full restoration/remodel and I wanted to say hello...So any tips for the maiden voyage home? I am hauling about 5-6hrs from Northern CA to Southern CA down the 5 over the grapevine...(high winds sometimes).
Thanks for any info and I hope all of you are welll and I look forward to picking your colective brains.
Best,
MW
PS Am I crazy or do the 65 Globetrotter's have the only rear light cluster in a raised rectangle that is exclusive to our model and year??? This is one of the things I liked about the 65 styling, very cool...we are an anomoly right??? Let me know your thoughts...
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07-25-2004, 04:50 AM
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Rivet Master
1965 20' Globetrotter
Currently Looking...
Houston
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blrpix
PS Am I crazy or do the 65 Globetrotter's have the only rear light cluster in a raised rectangle that is exclusive to our model and year??? This is one of the things I liked about the 65 styling, very cool...we are an anomoly right??? Let me know your thoughts...
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My 65 GT has these rear light housings. Someone "tried" to take them out at one time and went nuts with the rivet gun and used steel pop rivets wtih rubber washer/gaskets when they ran out of Olympic rivets.
They made a real mess of the install I think trying to stop leaks. I think the leaking problem is why they were short lived in Airstream's use of this style. Also they become brittle over time.
Click the picture for super enlargement. (Having your own webserver lets you do cool links like this )
The other one looks worse. If you look carefully you can see cracking at the top on this one.
The only way to get them out without removing exterior panels is though the inside and that is if you remove the bath and inner panels behind the bath.
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BobbyW
AIR# 123
-"You want to make it two inches - or, if you're working in centimeters, make sure it's enough centimeters for two inches."-Red Green
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07-25-2004, 08:11 AM
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Just a member
1978 28' Argosy 28
Lutz
, Florida
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,549
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I think they were used only in 65. My sister in laws 65 safari has them too. On the 67's I have seen they are aluminum castings.
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WBCCI #5501 AIR # 49
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1978 Argosy 28 foot Motorhome
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -- Plato
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07-25-2004, 10:12 AM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 39
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Newbie Towing
Thanks for the post about the 65 lights...but does anyone have tips for towing older airstreams a distance of several hundered miles? I plan to have the tires, brakes, wheels, bearings and lights checked in a town close to where I have to pick it up (8mi to town w/ no brakes-4 prong conection only) Towing with a GMC Yukon so I dont think this is a problem? Is there anything special I need to tell the mechanic who repacks the bearings, brakes...etc.???
Thanks!
Quote:
Originally Posted by blrpix
Waiting to pick up my 65 trotter early this week (1st Airstream)!
Paid way too much, but I had to have it!
I have been/will be scouring the fourms, as I will be doing a full restoration/remodel and I wanted to say hello...So any tips for the maiden voyage home? I am hauling about 5-6hrs from Northern CA to Southern CA down the 5 over the grapevine...(high winds sometimes).
Thanks for any info and I hope all of you are welll and I look forward to picking your colective brains.
Best,
MW
PS Am I crazy or do the 65 Globetrotter's have the only rear light cluster in a raised rectangle that is exclusive to our model and year??? This is one of the things I liked about the 65 styling, very cool...we are an anomoly right??? Let me know your thoughts...
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03-11-2007, 07:39 PM
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New Member
1965 20' Globetrotter
Glendale
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Hi everyone. I just registered today. I have a 21' 1965 Globetrotter. we bought it last October in Payson, Arizona. It is basically in great shape. We do want to put our own personality into it as we go along. The problem I am having right now is the waste holding tank. I rebuilt the Thetford valve but when I bolted it back up to the waste tank I can not get it to quit leaking. I am afraid that the bottom flange of the waste tank has some hair-line cracks in it. Is the tank replaceable, and if so, do you remove it from the top or bottom?
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07-13-2007, 03:08 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Florissant
, USA
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 5,083
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Can anyone tell me how long the awning rail on their 65 GT is?
Has anyone installed an awning from Vintage Trailer Supply on here?
Steve
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11-14-2008, 06:27 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1965 26' Overlander
winfield
, Kansas
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 129
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65 g/t
we got our 65 gt in oct- 08 (what a money pit ) but im loving it. looking forward to our first rally!!! we are in winfield ks thats south of wichita ks. if any one knows of a rally with in 500 mi please let me know. tnkx bill&marsha
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11-14-2008, 06:31 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Florissant
, USA
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 5,083
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Greetings Bill,
I host two rallies each year in the Spring and Fall in Branson, MO. I also have a few other Midwest Rallies in the planning stages right now. Any of these would be close, and excellent for first time rally attendees.
Steve
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11-14-2008, 07:01 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2017 16' Sport
Malibu
, California
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 298
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Hello we are newbies too. We have our gal at the repair station and we anxiously await her return to us. We are redoing upholstery and she needs tires, gaskets and lots of miscellaneous. She will keep her vintage appeal. See you cruisin along sooner than later.
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11-16-2008, 12:34 AM
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2 Rivet Member
1967 22' Safari
clarkston
, Georgia
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 52
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Welcome, We have a 67 Safari single axle 22" about 5,000 Lbs. Pay special attention
to getting the correct tires, A blowout can shred precious aluminum as it de-laminates.
These single axle trailers carry all the weight on two tires so get as good a 5 ply(?) or
whatever is recommended for the load! Do not do other than soap and water to clean your baby untill you learn about rivet sealing goo and aluminum coatings.
You have a great quality trailer--enjoy--Todd McDonald ATL
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