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Old 09-10-2014, 06:47 PM   #1
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What is this?

The photos look like they're computer generated . . . and it's clearly not a 68.

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Airstream stopped using 13 panel end caps in 1957. It's an interesting looking design



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I bet the only thing original on that is the frame.
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It's a 68 that has been rebuilt with 13 panel ends, but there are no rivets in the end panels. How do you do that?
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It's a 68 that has been rebuilt with 13 panel ends, but there are no rivets in the end panels . . .
that's one of the reason it looks "fake" or computer generated to me . . . everything else looks real except the end caps . . . well the 2nd photo, which is a detail shot of the rear doesn't look "real" to me either. Seems like they'd mention the end cap "situation" in their add . . . I'd probably be "bragging" about it if I had figured a way to attach panels without fasteners . . . or concealed fasteners . . . anyway, it would be interesting to know more about it.
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