Say goodbye

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That's the free-market at work, for better or worse.

[Melody Ranch]

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[toastie]

Originally Posted by Melody Ranch

As the dollar plunges the lucky folks in Europe are reaping the bennies. An Airstream now costs them about 30% less than for us here in the us ....I am thinking vintage or used.....and you can see the result in most recent sales. Something like the great sucking sound Ross Perot mentioned with the NAFTA sellout.....only this time its the sound of Vintage Airstreams sailing outbound. Great for our friends there....not so for us.
Airstream

Very true, check this out:

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1946 Spartan Manor 25
1947 Curtis Wright 19
1948 Trail Wind 18
1949 Wee Wind 16 Concession
1952 Flying Cloud 21
1953 Silver Streak Clipper 22
1954 Flying Cloud 22
1956 Bubble California 16
1956 Overlander California 26
1956 Overlander 26
1958 Pacer 17
1959 Pacer 17
1963 Overlander 26
1966 Caravel 16
1968 Caravel 16
1970 Caravanner 25

[oldbaggy]

Mustangs, Hemi Cuda's, wooden Chris Crafts, anything classic and American- they'll buy as much as they can. The ports are backed up- we ship tractors and equipment, and some of the bigger stuff is on a 3 month back log. One guy has 60 Volvo trucks to send, and he can't book his shipping to export them. The boats are so full of these things its crazy. stop by Jacksonville, Baltimore, or Charleston, and ask for the roll on ship area. You'll be amazed. Boats are taking up lots of space. A guy building the cradles told me he's never seen it like this, he's busy til after the first of the year and no sign of it letting up.

Our nation is in trouble, we depend on foreign raw materials, and with our pitifully manipulated Federal Reserve Note system, we have no way to compete with even China soon. They, along with India, will absorb our needed raw materials by outbidding us, and we'll be starved for it so bad we'll need federal subsidies to buy steel for cars to be built here.

Once it goes there, its never coming back. Shipping works cheaper outbound from the US, because inbound is loaded with cheap Chinese copies of everything and anything.