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Originally Posted by dwightdi
Some people buy the stick on plaques at the Internationals they attend. That is the only unofficial record of International rally participation.
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Good point. I have seen several vintage Airstreams that had plaques from International Rallies and other events on them, typically stuck to the inside surface of the door within a door. Sometimes there are signs that a few fell off and were lost over the years, but from the shape and sequential position of the glue spots you can guess that maybe they were intervening years of the International Rally.
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Originally Posted by dwightdi
Some members keep a collection of past directories. The 1964 Directory, which is my oldest, reports that 918 was owned by Archie Lleuenberger from Los Angeles, Ca. They are likely long dead by now and we can not be sure they owned your specific trailer. |
I think we have speculated in a different thread that the Leuenbergers were likely the original owners of #918. At least they are listed for that number in my
1960 Membership Directory.
According to club records they did not start reassigning numbers until after July 1,
1959. Up through
1960, Club Directories were published at the end of the year on the cover. (They were published at the start of the year on the cover starting in
1962. There was no
1961 Directory.)
Since the Leuenbergers definitely were assigned #918 at the end of 1960, the chance that someone else was assigned this number in July 1960 when the International Rally was held are slim (but technically are not zero). And we know, from photos evidence, that #918 was at the 1960 International Rally, so my money is on the likelihood that it was there with the Leuenbergers. But at this time we do not have absolute proof. If someone could show that #918 was assigned to the Leuenbergers in the
1959 Directory, that would just about be absolute proof that the Leuenbergers owned it during the 1960 International Rally.
If the
1958 Directory showed #918 assigned to the Leuenbergers, that would prove they were the original assignees for that number. Of course, it is still possible that someone else bought the trailer new but never joined the club and then sold it to the Leuenbergers some time before the 1960 International Rally. Unless there is an original bill of sale for the trailer with the original owners name on it, there will be no way to prove or disprove this possibility. I think it unlikely.
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