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2airishuman · 03-15-2006, 07:30 PM

mo hos were BIG in 92......

check out he 'new classic'.....with most of the visible rivets ELIMINATED!

the 36' wast 117K$...not counting the protection plan.... wow.

the b-vans were a relative bargain at 41k$.......

legacy was the 'exciting new line'....and a diesel pusher...
here is a floor plan and ad......

the most affordable airstream moho ever!!

and note airstreams trendy motto........

"the best investment of a lifetime"

think the 'see more, do more , live more' guy wrote 'em both?

enjoy
2air'

2airishuman · 03-15-2006, 07:35 PM

more mo hos

land yachts were in full swing......

with prices from 78-85K$.....and no slides.....

add the super values......and it's over 90k$.......wow.....1992.

and if ya wanted a brochure.......

send a dollar.....

for a video........send 10$........

this 'pay for marketing stuff' didn't go well.....with dealers or customers..

cheers
2air

2airishuman · 03-15-2006, 07:43 PM

service packages.......

the factory boys had several service packages goin......

'factory replasticote'.......check the prices by length.

the winter labor savings......5$ per man hour......

and special priced packages....from interior to weather to brakes to......

also suburban had a furnace recall for CO leaks.....years 1966-1977.....

i sure hope all of you with these years are awake......and got a new furnace...

i wonder if this recall is still in effect? do these things expire?

2air'

2airishuman · 03-15-2006, 07:47 PM

clubs........who's got one?

well there was an ad for the wb......

that looks very familiar

but there was also an ad for a new, other....another airstream club......

that i mentioned last week, but nobody took the bait........

"the airstream chapter of the familty motor coach association"

they look like there're havin FUN!!

pack yer things 'cuz you're invited!

2air'

2airishuman · 03-15-2006, 07:56 PM

caravans and overseas tours......

wow the company was serious about wally's thing.......

travel!!

check out the mexico caravans, yucatan caravan......

and over seas RV camping caravans......

these really do look like great fun.....honest, read 'em.....

they were not inexpensive.....1992 prices......

no wonder the mag was called the caraVanner!

cheers
2air'

2airishuman · 03-15-2006, 08:08 PM

more dealers and dealer rallies.....

well here are the last 2 dealer ads....

tveeten was the FIRST airstream dealer in the usa....

before the jc plant was built...i think.

and like lots of shops claim today......the biggest....yadda, yadda

mr tveeten was a great guy....i purchased my first very shortly before he retired....and his youngins' took over....

he told me 'some times talent skips a generation'.......

he was proud that he had been in the biz so long.....
and sold such a neat product.....airstream trailers......

and he new almost every customer by name and their extended family...

he was a swede......and a nice old guy.....this dealership is long gone.....

he also had a 'checker cab' franchise....that's right he sold checker cabs...

i always thought a checker (modified) would make a great vintage t.v....

anyway, they did a yearly get-to-gether for customers.....sort of like the st. louis dealer does now...every other year...the 'we are family rally' in sedalia mo...

the northwest thing was very loose, very family, very food and drink...very fun.

ya know......a really BIG forum rally....

cheers
2air'

2airishuman · 03-15-2006, 08:16 PM

well that concludes my presentation of the.....

special combined edition of the wbcci and the caraVanner...

mailed to 80,000 owners and hopefuls....in 1992.

why i kept it, i have no idea......

maybe it was the teen queens.......

or my lust for a 36 new classic moho......and 115,000$.....

who knows......

but i hope you have enjoyed it....and will read some of the items contained....

now lets get markdoane to show us that 50s mag!!

please post if ya enjoyed....or not,

and i hope the server isn't full.....andy.

cheers
2air'

wheel interested · 03-15-2006, 11:40 PM

I did enjoy the tour and passage back in time, yet it could almost be back to the future.

Your first dealer and the dealer rally, "we are family," sounds like it was a warm and friendly gathering. I wonder if it could be akin to Jackson Center's Homecoming, employees and Airstreamers together in a party atmosphere, families and people of all ages, interesting and fun activities, great food and entertainment, and geniune comradery. I guess that kind of interaction and level of involvement will never be out of style.

Services were far broader and extensive back then with higher levels of personal committment from dealers and Airstream. The Family Motor Coach Association was a club I had not known about. Gotta love those graphics in the ads, like the funny old postcards.

Look at that young Larry Huttle talking about trading weekends at the Marriot for vacations rving, new trends, production stepping up, and Airstreams "shining" with the baby boomers.

I think each and every one of us would probably agree that our Airstream means more to us than the sum total of its value as a product, good as that is, it's not about the Airstream in our life, but our life in the Airstream.

Thanks 2air for a great two part special.

2airishuman · 02-25-2007, 05:11 PM

someone asked in another thread...

what the blue beret publication is like...

well i've post exact scans of many pages from a 1992 sample right here.

and except for the dates and dealerships and the officer names...

the 2007 bb is virtually unchanged...

so read a page or 2 here tom....

cheers
2air'

take a close look at the pages in post #4 here....
it is the preliminary schedule for the 1993 international rally...
which was held in bismark n.d. that year...