Although my latest purchase is not an Airstream, it is parked next to one. It is a brand that I have never heard of and I wondered if maybe someone could help with the details of it.
1964 "Zipper" 14 ft. long, "canned ham". It has a sticker that says Clinton, South Carolina. I assume that is where it was made. I have done a good bit of searching and can't find anything. Also, a sticker that says sold by Brune TT Center Greenville, SC. Couldn't find any listing for the dealer either.
Well, if you really want to see, here goes. Birch interior. The "Z" cutout is original, it is in the closet wall. A paint job, a little more brushing up here and there and it's on the road. A hunting cabin no more.
Well, if you really want to see, here goes. Birch interior. The "Z" cutout is original, it is in the closet wall. A paint job, a little more brushing up here and there and it's on the road. A hunting cabin no more.
I have seen Zipper trailers on the road from time to time although I can't remember any in the past 10 years or more. They were if I remember right pretty much of the early sixties style like yours. There were a bazzillion, okay, maybe a gazzillion trailer manufacturers across America, most in many small towns, who lasted from a few production runs for up to several years before fading away. The gas crisis in the early seventies killed a lot of them off as people were not buying trailers for a while. My company made and sold water and waste tanks, fender skirts, moldings and many other components to a lot of these little firms and they were in and out and in business again many times - usually with a new local owner and a bit of new financing and quite often a new name on the trailer but same old build and same crew on the plant floor thankful for another batch of pay checks and hoping they would finally get a product that would keep selling for years.
Try checking this SOB Forums group out and you may find folks with specific knowledge of your trailer:
"Welcome to the Vintage Vacations antique trailer talk group. This group was set up as a way for owners and admirers of all types of vintage travel trailers to meet and share information on all of the various types of trailers built from the 1930's to the 70's. For more information on vintage trailers, rallies and more, visit the Vintage Vacations website @ http://www.vintage-vacations.com
Barry
__________________ Take care. Unlike your puppy, it is so embarrassing to put your Airstream to bed belly up.
Barry & Donna Life is short - so's the door on an Flying Cloud (ouch) 1951 Flying Cloud 21' 1957 Pontiac Safari 2dr wagon TV AIR #7364 WBCCI #8110 member 4CU
They are on the Vintage Vacations site I mentioned previously. You may be able to contact them for more detail.
Good luck, your trailer looks to be in great shape.
Barry
__________________ Take care. Unlike your puppy, it is so embarrassing to put your Airstream to bed belly up.
Barry & Donna Life is short - so's the door on an Flying Cloud (ouch) 1951 Flying Cloud 21' 1957 Pontiac Safari 2dr wagon TV AIR #7364 WBCCI #8110 member 4CU
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Neat find! How about interior shots?
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