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Originally Posted by herrgirdner
Wow! So Beatrice Foods used to own Airstream, sold it to THompson and ORthwein, acronym THOR, and they used Airstream as a vehicle to buy RV and bus manufacturers. Along the way they built "A" Airstream motorhomes but found they competed (or didn't sell as well) as the other RV's? So the A/S "A" comes off the market. But the others are alive and well. So now we come to the question of WBCCI and the other Thor products, am I getting this right?
This is a fascinating story that is developing. I can't wait for the credits to scroll up at the end.
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Pretty much sums it up.
One of the most interesting things to me is that one of Airstream's Class A's was the Skydeck. It was pricey, but it was the only thing like it to my knowledge. Just made to take to the NASCAR races and park in the inner loop to have a "birds-eye" view of the races, or any other thing. It had sun lounges and a stainless steel grill with TV and phone lines and a bar with ice-box all on
top of a Freightliner diesel pusher motorhome. Really a great idea, but the permanent stairs took up too much floor space if you ask me and there was only one slide. You could bet bunks and a queen bed with sleeper sofa option to sleep up to 8 I believe.
But alas, it too is gone after only a couple of years.
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