That's right Gene.....................you go right ahead and stir the pot!
Just when I thought that the 23CCD Sig was for me, you come out with a 22 that is less weight than my 19CCD. I just might stop by your place on the way back from Oregon in the Fall and have a look.
Hey Gene -- Great to hear this. They must have had one there for you to see?
Will the frame be normal American welded steel? Any galvanized components like Euro-Streams? I've heard it will be available in fixed shorter lengths like Euro Streams -- good idea!
Tambour? I saw a BaseCamp last week and the tambour was lightweight plastic and not moving the greatest. 303 Silicone would help but this wasn't great to see happening already on a new unit.
Thank you so very much for passing along the Airstream of Arkansas coffee mugs thru Cosmotini to the Midwest Forums rally. It's tough to drive the 600 miles for me but I'll return if you come up from Arkansas. Tikihut comes every year and has a Minuet with the lightwight composite floor if you'd want to do a QUALITY check -- "Tiki" Chris sure likes his. Kudos always Gene!
They had both units for us to look at 17 and 22...i thought they were fabulous...
Sorry I could not make the Moraine View rally...but I HAD to go to Vegas and have a blast!!!
My pleasure to send the mugs...I will try to make it next year if the timing is right...
I will be at the October Branson Forums Rally...Can't wait to get out there with you guys and gals...not as a as a dealer but as a STREAMER!!!
We bought Cosmotini's trade in...so we are going to be using it while our 75 is being re-done...taking longer than I had hoped so we are fkeeping this 2004 28' CCD...and we love it...thanks Denny!!!
Frames are to be normal steel from what I have been told...
The tambour doors that we saw were silver...go figure...really neat!!!
Why is it that we have to be cursed -- Airstream has the worst website in the world.
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Evanston, Illinois
2004 Safari 28 ft Slideout "Lucy" 4 HI CAMP
2004 Ford Excursion 6.0 PSD PWRSTRK,
and Brittany, the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
I read in another thread here posted by G of Airstream of Arkansas that there will shortly be a newly designed Airstream website with plans to update more often. I hope so, since there are pictures from 2004-2005 and most of the features and links do not complete the action. That 17' model is sweet! But you both have to go to bed at the same time.
What the heck? How come in 1967 they made a fantastic little 17' trailer with lots of seating, that feels roomy and open, and in 2007 they make this cramped little closet on wheels? That's terrible! I wouldn't want to spend a weekend cooped up in that. Half the trailer appears to be devoted to the bathroom facilities. There's only one seating area. Do the two people you can fit in there really need a fridge that big? Seems like sacrificing living space for a bigger bathroom is not a great idea. I'm dissapointed.
My husband looked at the pictures and said they must have changed how they measure the 17'. Ours looks a LOT bigger inside.
What the heck? How come in 1967 they made a fantastic little 17' trailer with lots of seating, that feels roomy and open, and in 2007 they make this cramped little closet on wheels? That's terrible! I wouldn't want to spend a weekend cooped up in that. Half the trailer appears to be devoted to the bathroom facilities. There's only one seating area. Do the two people you can fit in there really need a fridge that big? Seems like sacrificing living space for a bigger bathroom is not a great idea. I'm dissapointed.
My husband looked at the pictures and said they must have changed how they measure the 17'. Ours looks a LOT bigger inside.
And that closet. Didn't you have to go up to at least a 22' in the sixties to get a closet? And that one is monstrous, compared to our little broom closet. This takes up valuable window space. Something that I think is missing in all but the Front Beds. We've got tons of windows and our Safari is light and airy, compared to the modern Bambi's.
I looked at a 2008 22' Safari Sport yesterday at my dealer, hadnt been on the floor an hour. Its a pretty good looking trailer with a very open floorplan. The salesman told me they would offer it for around 29k or so.
Dinete and couch both fold out to sleepers. The couch sleeper blocks access to the rear bathroom when extended (but there is plenty of room to sleep one person on it without extending it)
The rear bathroom is very nice and roomy. The shower is larger than most I've seen with room for a built in seat.
The biggest drawback I see is the GVWR of 4000lbs, with a UVW of 3600 or so. Add water and Gas and that only left 123lbs for cargo.
Mike
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I can't wait to see the 22'. I am a first timer and have been looking at the 23' Safari SE. The new Safari Sport my be just the ticket for the wife and I.
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