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Old 07-01-2013, 05:19 PM   #1
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I thought it would be great to start a database for our Argosy's. I've compiled this info from a different thread and included what was posted. If you want me to add your trailer to the list let me know. The list is first sorted by size, then by year and lastly by sequence.

and here is what the layout letter means:
A=Center bath
D=Double bed
R=Rear Door
T=Twin bed

Plant:
S=Cerritos, California
V=Versailles, Ohio


Member.....Length...Layout/Year/Plant...Sequential Serial #

Bobfowler.............20.. 2.....0009
747trailer..............20..D2V...0231
Gypsy1.................20..D2V...0244
Airfoil...................20..D2V...0252

]DryFly..................20..D3V...0405
Motorseven...........20..D3V...1027

1975 Argosy..........20..D5S...5158


Janet...................20..D7S...5365
Gotair...................20..D7S...5392

Wardster...............20.. 7 ...1087 6.0 minuet

Last Open Road......20..D7S...5212 6.0 minuet
Jbsails..................20..D7S...5301 6.0 minuet
billschuette...........20..D7V...1778 6.0 minuet
TanCanMan...........20..D7V...1781 6.0 minuet
ComputerDoc.........20..D7V...1792 6.0 minuet
Adore...................20..D7V...2228 minuet

Woodlandfarm.........20..T7V...2250 6.0 minuet

ladidi....................20..D8S...2075 6.0 minuet
Tiger....................20..D8V...1052 6.0 minuet
Overlander64.........20..D8V...1666 6.0 minuet
Julie3795..............20..D8V...1666 6.0 minuet
Rattlehead............20..D8V...1671 6.0 minuet
MIKO92................20..D8V...1747 6.0 minuet

Overlander/sea.......20..D9V...6030 6.0 minuet
Janel.P.................20..D9V...6313c 6.0 minuet
Leherrick...............20..D9V...6926 6.0 minuet


Gt1966.................20...........0010
Overlander63........ 20...........0268

Denda..................22..D2V...0547
Canoeman.............22..D2V...0596
Tom S..................22..D3V...0614
Savage68..............22..R4V...0849
Honeybee704.........22..R5V 0375 rear door
crabbey1..............22...D6S...5323

Argosy minuet........22..D8V...1517 6.7 minuet
Paddle whisp..........22..D8V...1522 6.7 minuet
Vicki A..................22..D9V...6260 6.7 minuet


Klattu...................24..T3V...0783
Westmichcamp...... 24..T3V...0870

Boliversr...............24..D3V...2145
Nynick52...............24..D3V...2145
Carolinda...............24..D3V...2168
ArgosyRover...........24..T3V...2297
Gearheart...............24..T3V...2298

Jcampana..............24..T4V...1147

alfaguy.................24..T5V...0251
U3270..................24..T5V...0351

NY2CA..................24..D6S...5336

Mrmossyone...........24..T5V...0270
ttam......................24..T5V...0306
DKB SATX............. 24..T5V...0382 dinette
Kelmac..................24..T5V...0635*

Crunch 27..............24..D7V...1086
247Stream.............24..R7V...1545 twin
Janet....................24..R7S...5119 (no longer in service)
Empresley..............24..T7V...1609
WHG423................24..T7V...1610

oldiesel..................24..T8J...2095

Apachecamp...........24..T V....51295 (?)

Tarnished...............24..D9V...6089 7.3 Minuet
Bebling..................24..D9V...6105 7.3 Minuet
Casa Rodante.........24..D9V...6115 7.3 Minuet
TexInNC................24..D9V...6116 7.3 Minuet
Campingwkids.........24..T9V...6271 7.3 Minuet


Danac..................26..?2V...0002
Scrapiron..............26..T2V...0025
Sleepybear74.......A26..T2V...0042

Sleepybear74.........26..T3V...2055
TinBocks...............26..T3V...2246

Alumibum...............26..T4V...0618
redthies................26..T5S...5260
Dan S...................26..D5V...1248c (converted a year later to a twin)

Jshughes...............26..D6V...1070
Mnmhays...............26..D V...1330
Gary H..................26..T6V...2118
earlandmaria..........26..T6V...2485

olddad8..................28..T4V...0071
AthensArgosy...........28..T4V...0713
GeocamperAS..........28..T4V...0555
WillieG....................28..D5S...5248
Rbn9......................28..D5V...0855C
RodgerDodger..........28..T5S...5204
Bex........................28..A6S...5169
Alberta Bound..........28..A6S...5172
CandTArgosy...........28..A6V...1249
DKB SATX...............28..A6V...2181 twin
Ptk........................28..A6V...2246
J LeLand.................28..A6V...2246
Frum nme unknown...28..B6V...2202
Julie3795.................28..A7V...1395
1957 Flyingcloud.......28..A7S...5024 twin
Argosy 77-22......... 28..A7S...5148
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Old 07-01-2013, 08:42 PM   #2
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Got'cha sleepybear74. When this page fills with VINS for me to add i'll start the next page of this thread with the updated list. in the meantime i'm keeping my word file up to date.
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Old 07-04-2013, 09:50 AM   #4
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Old 07-04-2013, 05:44 PM   #6
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Okay, I have you both.

Tom you're our first 22', well at least of those that have 'checked in'.

This is going to be so cool to be able to see how many Argosy's, that are on the forum at least, that are out there and the differences in them. I started reading every post from the very first thread (on like page 20) and have been reading forward in time. i'm currently on page 13 and there are a lot of argosy peeps...hopefully we can get them all to check in to compile an awesome list of info on our AS model.
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1978 Argosy Minuet 6.0 Metre

20D8V1666

Front lounge with composite aluminum floors and acrylic side windows; both endcaps are galvanized steel.

Something else to consider in the database -- there are a few first generation Argosy travel trailers out there with an S in the plant of manufacture rather than the typical V . . . while it hasn't been confirmed by any "in-the-know" sources, it is believed that at least a few of the first generation Argosy travel trailers were built in the Cerritos California assembly plant resulting in the S designation rather than the V for Versailles, Ohio.

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P.S.: I am surprised that none of the "S" plant manufactured Argosy trailers have replied . . . there have been at least two found by Forums members in the past year.
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77 28' center bath/twin, rear pano windows 28A7S5148
The 22' we just sold also had the "S" designation
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I've updated the list and tried some dots to separate the words so its easier to read.
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Okay, I have you both.

Tom you're our first 22', well at least of those that have 'checked in'.

This is going to be so cool to be able to see how many Argosy's, that are on the forum at least, that are out there and the differences in them. I started reading every post from the very first thread (on like page 20) and have been reading forward in time. i'm currently on page 13 and there are a lot of argosy peeps...hopefully we can get them all to check in to compile an awesome list of info on our AS model.
La tortuga is checking in with 22R4V0849!
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Greetings Rod!

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77 28' center bath/twin, rear pano windows 28A7S5148
The 22' we just sold also had the "S" designation

Good to see your post! I just wish that someone "in-the-know" could confirm the true meaning of the "S" in the plant of manufacture position. Using the "typical" meaning of the "S" in an Airstream VIN the "S" in all probability represent manufacture in the California plant often referred to as "Cerritos".

I know that Ohio and California plants were listed in the Argosy sales literature at least through 1978.

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P.S.: Hopefully some of the other "S" code Argosy travel trailer owners will respond. It will be interesting to see if there are any other relationships revealed by those VIN numbers.
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It looks like they were built in Cerritos but kept the Santa Fe Springs designation. It would be interesting to see if there are any "C" or ? designations.

After establishing the 1755 North Main Street factory in Los Angeles, Airstream expanded into east of the Mississippi by opening a plant in Jackson Center, Ohio in July 1952. Later that year, a second Southern California plant was opened up in Norwalk at 12804 E. Firestone Blvd. This later became the Santa Fe Springs plant in 1958 when borders of the two towns were realigned as Southern California grew. The North Main St. factory was closed in 1960. The Santa Fe Springs plant was closed to make way for the I-5 freeway expansion in 1968 at the end of the model year and after the 15949 Piuma Ave. Cerritos factory was opened in December 1967. The Cerritos factory was shuttered and all operations centered in Jackson Center, Ohio in 1979. It is because of these many factory overlaps you see different styles of the same model and within the same model year.
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interesting history. i'm glad this thread was started because it will be interesting to see how the vin's unfold over time. when I see argosy's for sale I always want to know what their vin is, how rare is the rear door (currently aware of 2 other 24's for sale), how many are left in general...
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Greetings 247stream!

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interesting history. i'm glad this thread was started because it will be interesting to see how the vin's unfold over time. when I see argosy's for sale I always want to know what their vin is, how rare is the rear door (currently aware of 2 other 24's for sale), how many are left in general...
Unless Airstream has recently released production figures by model, there aren't any reliable or generally accepted production numbers for first generation Argosy travel trailers by model. The production numbers that I have heard for early model Airstreams are based upon known VIN numbers collected in a manner similar to this project. I don't have precise introduction dates for the Argosy 22 and 24 trailers with the rear entry floorplan, but they were offered for, at most, four model years at the end of the first generation Argosy production.

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P.S.: I am inclined to believe that fewer Argosy 24 rear entry floorplan trailers built than the Argosy 22 as my research indicates that the 22-foot version of the floorplan was introduced about a year earlier than the 24-foot version.
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Great Idea - Will also be interesting to see which were the first and the last ones made. My VIN for my 6.0 minuet - stamped as made in Aug 78 is

20D9V 6926

Is there a different code for the Minuets and the 20'. How many 6.0 minuets were made?
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So for those of you who are in the know...does the layout affect the sequence #? Or does that years sequence # run regardless of the layout? I can't imagine they kept separate sets of #'s for the layouts but didn't know if someone might actually know. and yes, as leherrick asks, is there a separate set of sequence #s for the minuets?
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The Minuets seem to create almost as many mysteries as all other first generation Argosys combined! I have tried to get an answer to that particularly if the standard Argosy trailers in 20, 22, and 24 foot variants were offered alongside the Minuets. It would have made things easier for us if Airstream had used the metric measurements in the VIN just as they did in the advertising rather than going back to the English measurements in the VINs.

So far as I have been able to determine, there is not way to tell just with a VIN number whether a 20, 22, or 24 foot Argosy manufactured in 1977, 1978, or 1979 is a "standard" Argosy or a Minuet. Airstream has been a bit more liberal with information on many things regarding its Vintage products maybe they will clarify some of the questions surrounding our First Generation Argosy VINs.

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