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09-02-2013, 09:32 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
1952 15' Cruisette
1967 20' Globetrotter
2010 19' International
La Cañada Flintridge
, California
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 109
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Bowlus?
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09-02-2013, 09:33 PM
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Rivet Master 
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Yep!
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09-02-2013, 09:33 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1952 15' Cruisette
1967 20' Globetrotter
2010 19' International
La Cañada Flintridge
, California
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 109
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Oops. My text got overwritten by the picture. Anyway, TCT member bought this trailer for less than $500 and removed it from a yard in Chatsworth CA.
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09-06-2013, 11:49 AM
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1947AirStream.com
1962 24' Tradewind
1947 22' Liner
Manitowoc
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 8
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$500?! Amazing! Seriously jealous :-)
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09-06-2013, 12:15 PM
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Rivet Master 
1966 26' Overlander
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 8,525
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Insane. I would give them 100% profit right away.....
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09-06-2013, 12:57 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
asbury park
, New Jersey
Join Date: Nov 2009
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waiting on those interior pics 
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09-06-2013, 12:59 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1988 25' Excella
Trumbull
, Connecticut
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 197
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Hawley Bowlus
Hello fellow Streamers. Just a bit of trivia about Bowlus.
Wm Hawley Bowlus was also a glider/sailplane builder. He manufactured both a finished plane or kits. When I was a youngster in California, a friend and I bought a lightly crashed Bowlus BA-100 and rebuilt it and towed it aloft with my dads Desoto and that where I learned to fly.
I have read that Bowlus was also instrumental in helping Bynum and the early airstreams. Bowlus was very visionary
Happy camping nm1oqrz
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09-06-2013, 02:09 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 23' Safari SE
San Diego
, California
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,495
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More about Hawley Bowlus...
Quote:
Originally Posted by nm1oqrz
Hello fellow Streamers. Just a bit of trivia about Bowlus.
Wm Hawley Bowlus was also a glider/sailplane builder. He manufactured both a finished plane or kits. When I was a youngster in California, a friend and I bought a lightly crashed Bowlus BA-100 and rebuilt it and towed it aloft with my dads Desoto and that where I learned to fly.
I have read that Bowlus was also instrumental in helping Bynum and the early airstreams. Bowlus was very visionary
Happy camping nm1oqrz
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The earliest designer of the iconic aerodynamic travel trailer using aircraft technology and riveted aluminum was in fact Hawley Bowlus.
Additional information about this is seen in the AirForums' thread, " Jay Leno tours the new Land Yacht..."
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09-06-2013, 03:59 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1952 15' Cruisette
1967 20' Globetrotter
2010 19' International
La Cañada Flintridge
, California
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 109
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I believe that what they said about this trailer, was that someone bought a house in Chatsworth from an estate and this was in the yard. The former homeowners knew Hawley Bowlus and the trailer was built right in Chatsworth. The new homeowner priced it low because it was an "eyesore". The trailer has it's original interior but is in rough shape. It was saved from thescrapyard by an Airstreamer, thank goodness!
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12-21-2013, 09:01 PM
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Living Riveted since 2013
2016 Interstate Lounge Ext
Green Cove Springs
, Florida
Join Date: Dec 2013
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You should also know that the ghost of Harley Bowlus walks again: http://www.bowlusroadchief.com
Absolutely beautiful product. I just wish the toilet wasn't a cassette and instead used a proper blackwater tank. There are many things I will carry and dump by hand, but a sloshing honey bucket isn't one of them. <sigh>
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12-21-2013, 10:39 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 23' Safari SE
San Diego
, California
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,495
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The ghost of William Hawley Bowlus...
" William Hawley Bowlus (May 8, 1896 - August 27, 1967)... is most widely known for his key role in the design of Airstream travel trailers, which followed his prior famed work as the Superintendent of Construction on Charles Lindbergh's aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis." (Built in San Diego in 1927.)
The Bowlus Road Chief
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12-21-2013, 11:12 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 23' Safari SE
San Diego
, California
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,495
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The ghost of Airstream past...
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12-21-2013, 11:21 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 23' Safari SE
San Diego
, California
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,495
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The ghost of Airstream present...
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12-21-2013, 11:32 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 23' Safari SE
San Diego
, California
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,495
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The ghost of Airstream future...
At 2:49 in this video, Bob Wheeler, President and CEO of Airstream, Inc., states, "... the earliest designer of the Airstream [type] trailer was a guy named Hawley Bowlus, who also designed the Spirit of St. Louis...".
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06-19-2014, 09:36 AM
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2 Rivet Member 
2016 22' Sport
2015 Interstate Grand Tour
Odenton
, Maryland
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 55
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Looked pretty neat ( http://www.bowlusroadchief.com/). However, I agree Silvery Moon about the toilet. The wife's two requirements: A/C and runnign water. The Road Chief seems like the ultra light backpacking version of the Airstream.
My wife would have liked a bathtub option in our Airstream seen in the video.  The driving test in the video is crazy. LOL The vintage video brings back memories of when I was a kid at my Grandparents watching the old TV shows (no HBO back then).
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