Per
http://www.airstream.com/airstream/p...e/docs/vin.pdf, I come up with:
1ST = Airstream travel trailer
B = Corner rear bath
B = Classic
A = Semi-monocoque, 96" narrow body
J = 25' to less than 26'
2 = double axle
7 = check digit
F = 1985
J = Jackson Center, OH manufacture
503165 = sequential number
If it's "less than 26" they would have called it a 25-footer -- true even if it was 25' 11" (which is my Safari's length). FYI - 102" wide bodies didn't come along until 1994 I believe - and then only for lengths longer than 22' (23'?). This is from a good page of FAQs at the Airstream website -
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