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streamer23 · 04-18-2008, 04:25 PM

Any updates??

centennialman · 04-19-2008, 11:54 AM

Thanks for checking in Mike! I haven't posted any updates yet. We are still communicating back and forth and they are looking for some pics to send to me showing my trailer in her younger years.

I am trying to be patient and not push too hard so that I don't lose them

urbanfood · 04-19-2008, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by centennialman

I am trying to be patient and not push too hard so that I don't lose them

great work steve. remember you are probably much more excited about this whole thing than they are, so you don't want to push to hard.

with that said, any chance of you travelling with the trailer to meet them? imagine the news story then. you could have airstream life people with you and i'm sure they're local news people would be interested.

if you were to do that, you'd probably also get access to a lot more history on the trailer. you could probably copy or scan a bunch of things. if i was in their shoes, i'd be leary to part with old original photos and they probably don't have the time or desire to get copies made or scan them, etc. and then mail them out, but i think if you really made yourself available and went there and made a trip out of it, sort of a quest, and spent some time with them (even a day or so) you'd really reap the rewards of the stories they would tell.

keep us posted, but one other thing. if airstream life or some other magazine really wanted to do a news story on it, they probably wouldn't want the info to already be out on the forums, they want to be the first to feature it. something to keep in mind.

good luck and i can't wait to find out how it turns out.

streamer23 · 04-19-2008, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by centennialman

Thanks for checking in Mike! I haven't posted any updates yet. We are still communicating back and forth and they are looking for some pics to send to me showing my trailer in her younger years.

I am trying to be patient and not push too hard so that I don't lose them

Thanks for the update Steve.Your excitement eminates throughout this thread.

centennialman · 04-19-2008, 01:30 PM

Thanks so much for the input David and Mike........I am being very careful not to push these folks away and they are being very kind so far. I like the idea of the trip.

My Dad and I are considering a trip to Jackson Center next spring and could swing on up to the area where these folks live also.

I am a history buff and really enjoy exploring where things came from, the stories about them etc.....as an example, I have a 1929 Frigidaire Commercial refrigerator in my kitchen. Glass doors and all. This refrigerator spent it's life in the drugstore in the small town where my family is from. My Mom remembers it behind the soda fountain when she was a little girl. When the drugstore closed down a few years ago....there it sat. Guess who bought it? Whenever someone new comes to the house and falls in love with it they have to bear listening to me go on and on about it's history.

I feel the same way about the Airstream.....she has so much to tell. I am a patient man and will gather her history a piece at a time and then put it all together.

I am trying to think of some nice gesture I could do for the original owner family to get a little closer to them......ideas?

HiHoAgRV · 04-19-2008, 04:03 PM

I too spent some effort to locate the previous owners and finally found who I believe is the original purchacer. Unfortunately public records indicate the fellow is 92 years old now so I don't think I'll push it. That being the case I have found where he traded it in, the second owners (I have made contact with them), where they traded, who bought it next and how the folks I bought it from obtained it from them.
Kinda like an Aluminum Family Tree!