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06-23-2015, 06:47 PM
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New Member
Calgary
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F150 Unpainted
Has any Airstream owner or dealer considered going after their local Ford dealer and order a brand new aluminum body F150 unpainted to match their Airstream?? I suspect it will take a band of dealers and Airstream owners to get Ford to offer this choice.
Craig
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06-23-2015, 07:00 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 31' Sovereign
1979 23' Safari
Wayland
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Since it's not clad and the aluminum gets stamped for shaping it, it'd probably be a lot of work to polish it up. Plus all the welds and joints probably wouldn't look to good w/o paint. Though it would be interesting to see if someone could pull it off.
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06-23-2015, 07:04 PM
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Welcome, Craig. When you get a chance, introduce yourself in the New Members thread.
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06-23-2015, 07:48 PM
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NO HUMBLE OPINION
1968 20' Globetrotter
ANN ARBOR
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Ask Ford, they might...
I sat in this polished aluminum Ford Concept van at the Detroit Auto Show a few years back. It was a very shiny Ford.
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06-23-2015, 07:57 PM
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Rivet Master
2016 25' Flying Cloud
Venice
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Craig, if any truck maker thinks a Airstream look alike truck will make them money it will be done, in the interim don't hold your breath, just buy a silver truck like I did.
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Venice, FL
2016 FC 25RTB
TAC FL-47
2018 Nissan Titan XD Cummins Diesel
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06-23-2015, 08:04 PM
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2012 27' Flying Cloud
W
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Why not a paint job that looks like riveted panels of aluminum?
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06-23-2015, 08:12 PM
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2006 23' Safari SE
Biloxi
, Mississippi
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Is the new truck body 100% aluminum or just certain panels?
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06-23-2015, 08:19 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1965 26' Overlander
Tulsa
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As an owner of a polished AS, I damn sure would not own a daily driver( or a TV, for that matter)that was polished !
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06-23-2015, 08:30 PM
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Full Time Adventurer
2007 27' International CCD FB
Nomadic
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What about all the plastic? The better option would be a wrap. And since I'm the kind of guy that already looked, I'll tell you.
Chrome cost on our ram $5500 and I found a stainless steel wrap to that could of been done for $7300 quoted in Florida.
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08-01-2015, 04:47 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2007 25' Safari SS SE
St. Louis
, Missouri
Join Date: Jan 2010
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A great question and I hope there is a lot of discussion on this one - especially between Airstream and Ford: a collaboration on an "Airstream F150" model would be super. Given the potential issues outlined by HiJoe Silver, perhaps a special paint job to mimic the 'Stream??
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