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12-20-2003, 06:12 PM
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You would not believe what I saw in Sarasota last week!!! So I took a picture!!!
You would not believe what I saw in Sarasota last week!!! So I took a picture!!!
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12-20-2003, 06:24 PM
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eh?
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'03 19' bambi
2011 CTD DIESEL
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12-20-2003, 06:50 PM
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Cartoon Character
2004 34' Classic
On The Road
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I'm speechless!!
I hope you hung around and spoke with the owner.
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12-20-2003, 07:00 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
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I guess that is one way to get around deciding which tow vehicle / hitch combo to use...
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12-20-2003, 07:09 PM
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Vintage Alum. Enthusiast
1959 24' Tradewind
Phoenix
, Arizona
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: I currently do not own a 2nd Airstream
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Is it coming or going?
The front's going frontwards and the back's going backwards. What a conversion! All that work and they mated it to a Dodge Caravan. It should take the lead on a caravan trip. 
FF
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I'm haunted by aluminum.
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12-20-2003, 07:23 PM
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Aluminut
2004 25' Safari
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12-20-2003, 08:24 PM
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Just an old timer...
2004 22' Interstate
Tipton
, Iowa
Join Date: Mar 2003
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It just proves...
Can Am's theories about Chrysler FWD as tow cars! 
Although, I guess it shoulda been an "Intrepid" cab...
TRAPEZE... Thanks for posting this one... what a riot!
Roger
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AIR 2053 Current: 2004 Airstream Interstate "B-Van" T1N DODGE Sprinter
Former Airstreams: 1953 Flying Cloud, 1957 Overlander, 1961 Bambi, 1970 Safari Special, 1978 Argosy Minuet, 1985 325 Moho, 1994 Limited 34' Two-door, 1994 B190 "B-Van"
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12-20-2003, 08:35 PM
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Rivet Master 
Dallas
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We've seen that thing before in the Sarasota area. All I can say is I'm glad someone else has seen it, too. I thought we were hallucinating!
I'd guess that started with a whole lotta beer and "I betcha cain't!"
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12-20-2003, 09:09 PM
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1954 22' Safari
Deerfield
, Illinois
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Cool, a Dodge with a chrome pompadour. 
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12-21-2003, 01:18 AM
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1968 17' Caravel
Battle Ground
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That is so wrong in so many ways. If nothing else, why did they choose a Caravan? We had one of those for several years, and it could barely reliably move ITSELF down the road, let alone with a trailer welded to it's butt! But hey, some people LIKE buying a new tranny every couple years, so they must have thought it was perfect 
I agree with the beer theory!
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12-21-2003, 06:30 AM
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The other side… of the motor home I mean!
Porky, I did hang around for a while to talk with the owner but they did not show up. I could have gone in and made myself a cup of coffee, they left the thing wide open.
The plate shows it is registered in Quebec. Imagine this vehicle in the Quebec snow!!!
Scott
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12-21-2003, 07:32 AM
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Rivet Monster
1975 31' Sovereign
1980 31' Excella II
Sprung Leak
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Re: The other side… of the motor home I mean!
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The plate shows it is registered in Quebec. Imagine this vehicle in the Quebec snow!!!
Scott
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That explains it...BEER and the LONG COLD WINTERS
Aaron 
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12-21-2003, 07:36 AM
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Rivet Master
1959 22' Caravanner
Atlanta
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Didn't know what they had and then they made it worthless by grafting it to a hunk of junk. At least the VW (Wewind) had some charm to it.
Looks like a Mid 50's Safari to me.
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1988 R20 454 Suburban.
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12-21-2003, 10:34 AM
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Just an old timer...
2004 22' Interstate
Tipton
, Iowa
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by Stefrobrts
That is so wrong in so many ways. If nothing else, why did they choose a Caravan? We had one of those for several years, and it could barely reliably move ITSELF down the road, let alone with a trailer welded to it's butt! But hey, some people LIKE buying a new tranny every couple years, so they must have thought it was perfect
I agree with the beer theory!
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OK, Steph...
Since this is soooo bizarre, and no one seems to have spoken with the owner, it's appropriate to conjecture at this point. Given the cost of construction and the superb engineering coupled with the absurd choice of chassis, it is my guess that this is undoubtedly powered by a mid-engine Ferrari V-12... that is hidden under the rear bed that is in the front... behind the driver's seats...
OK, maybe I AM hallucinating!!!! 
Anybody got another beer?
Roger
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havin' to fix my broken Airstreams since 1987...
AIR 2053 Current: 2004 Airstream Interstate "B-Van" T1N DODGE Sprinter
Former Airstreams: 1953 Flying Cloud, 1957 Overlander, 1961 Bambi, 1970 Safari Special, 1978 Argosy Minuet, 1985 325 Moho, 1994 Limited 34' Two-door, 1994 B190 "B-Van"
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12-21-2003, 11:13 AM
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3 Rivet Member
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Gotta admit it hold some lines....
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12-21-2003, 02:30 PM
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1968 17' Caravel
Battle Ground
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And has anyone mentioned the modern windows installed all around. The poor thing is just a shell of it's former self!
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12-21-2003, 02:33 PM
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Rivet Monster
1975 31' Sovereign
1980 31' Excella II
Sprung Leak
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Quote:
Originally posted by Stefrobrts
And has anyone mentioned the modern windows installed all around. The poor thing is just a shell of it's former self!
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and refrigerator and hotwater heater ...maybe, just maybe he/she/it took a total wreck and this is the results?
Aaron
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12-21-2003, 02:53 PM
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Just an old timer...
2004 22' Interstate
Tipton
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Aaron.. a rhetorical question... if you start with a total wreck, is it possible to wreck it more? 
Roger
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havin' to fix my broken Airstreams since 1987...
AIR 2053 Current: 2004 Airstream Interstate "B-Van" T1N DODGE Sprinter
Former Airstreams: 1953 Flying Cloud, 1957 Overlander, 1961 Bambi, 1970 Safari Special, 1978 Argosy Minuet, 1985 325 Moho, 1994 Limited 34' Two-door, 1994 B190 "B-Van"
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12-21-2003, 05:24 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
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Hmmm....
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Actually, it looks a bit more curvaceous to be a Safari...the windows are obviously modified, but I think the body once was a late forty-something, pipe frame, 22' Liner with those distinctive round end caps or maybe a '50 Flying Cloud.
Any pictures of the butt which I concur once was the tongue? Is it round in plan view or squared off?
Shari
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12-21-2003, 10:06 PM
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Rivet Master
Dallas
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I think there may actually be a reason for the window change! Those are motorhome style windows and can be opened while the vehicle is in motion.
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