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03-31-2008, 10:55 AM
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Rivet Master  
2005 28' Safari S/O
Paradise
, California
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 3,446
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In 1975 when I was 19 I bought a 1962 VW Campmobile. It had the pop-up top with canvas, ice box, foldout bed and sink. It was my bachelor pad on wheels. I had a lot fun with it, so enjoy your 345.
When your friends are joking you, I'm sure they are just jealous!
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"THE OLDER I GET, THE BETTER I WAS"
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03-31-2008, 11:15 AM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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, At Large
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 21,276
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I wish my Airstream was only 21... 
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Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup.
Terry
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03-31-2008, 12:00 PM
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Riviting Espresso
1978 25' Caravanner
Boca Raton
, Florida
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 151
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I got the same razzing from my friends when I bought a BMW motorcycle in 1977. I have been on that brand since then. Now those guys and gals own them too...Go figure!
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Mario & Kelly
Music City, USA
AIR# 12509
1978 Caravanner
2002 Chevy Avalanche Z71
2009 VW Sportwagen TDi
Rancilio Espresso Machine w/ Rocky Grinder
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03-31-2008, 12:09 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
1971 29' Ambassador
Braunschweig
, Germany
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 410
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21... Well at 21 I think I even didn´t knew that there are Airstreams on this planet... 
Actually that is not completly true. I surely have seen some on our 12 week cross-country-Shasta-Trip thru the US in 1984.
In 1984 I was 11... ....and you weren't even born...
Damn, now I feel old 
Bjoern
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Björn H. Adam
Wolfenbuettel, Germany
AirstreamForumsMember No. AIR 5535
Proud Owner of a 1971 Ambassador 29' called "Dave"
-A stranger is a friend you just haven´t met before!-
unknown irish
davetheairstream
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03-31-2008, 01:30 PM
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Rivet Master
2008 30' Classic S/O
Dearborn
, Michigan
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,403
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shoot... I wish I had that kind of wisdom when i was twenty-one...
enjoy your RV!
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04-07-2008, 06:33 AM
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Rivet Master
1995 30' Excella
Bowie
, Maryland
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,345
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I'm 33 now, bought my B190 when I was 30. 
I didn't get too much reaction at all at my first rally, other than, "Hey! The heat shield on your catalytic converter is hanging down!"
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1995 Airstream Classic 30' Excella 1000
2014 Ram 2500 Crew Cab with Cummins 6.7L Diesel
Sold but not forgotten: 1991 Airstream B190
Sold: 2006 F-250 6.0L Powerstroke Supercab
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04-07-2008, 06:53 AM
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Rivet Master
1969 25' Tradewind
Irmo
, South Carolina
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 744
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I'm 32. Had my '69 since I was 19. I grew up Airstreaming with my folks, and I couldn't imagine owning anything else.
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AIR #8891
Unrestored 1969 25' Tradewind
Overkill Tow Vehicle of the Year Award:
2001 GMC 3500 4x4 Dually 6.6L Duramax
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04-07-2008, 07:40 AM
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Rivet Master
Massachusetts
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: 1964 17' Bambi II
Posts: 4,282
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Originally Posted by Mel
At 22 I was tent camping, and would have loved to have had an Airstream. I did buy the first Airstream when I was still in my 20s, though (nobody needs to know how long ago that was).  |
Same here with the tent camping. We tent camped all over for years and spent many a summer backpacking thru the Presidential ranges of NH. In my mind, I would still love to do that, by my body started to say "no" a few years ago. That is when we bought our first Airstream. 
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Attitude is the only difference between ordeal and adventure
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04-07-2008, 12:57 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
2008 31' Classic
Sweet Valley
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 92
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We are in our 50' But my 21 yr old son Loves them and was totally aware of them when we told him we got one last year. I think lots of younger people think they are very cool.
Jim
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04-07-2008, 01:09 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
1969 31' Sovereign
atlanta
, Georgia
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 110
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37 here - took me that long to do what I wanted to at 22. Brilliant at 22 - enjoy.
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04-07-2008, 01:12 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,702
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Originally Posted by Mel
I did buy the first Airstream when I was still in my 20s, though (nobody needs to know how long ago that was). |
As long as you aren't the original owner and didn't buy your 18-footer new in your 20's, you're doin' okay! 
Shari 
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04-07-2008, 02:36 PM
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Liberator
1972 Argosy 24
1989 34.5' Airstream 345
Heart of Dixie
, Alabama
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,659
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At Least
I'm 15,
Looking forward to driving mine someday.
Those dang parallel parking test are embarrassing.
Oh...wait, I think thats backwards
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Click To See Me Wet
1989 Airstream 345 Liberator...
1972 Argosy 24'...
1954 Feathercraft Vagabond
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05-02-2008, 07:44 AM
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1 Rivet Member 
1996 34' Cutter Bus w/slide
Atlanta
, Denial
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 10
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Wow. What a great thing! Been trailering and RV'ing most of my life. It's a good thing Daddy liked me, or he would've traded me for an Airstream. (Good thing I liked him, too, or he woulda been a goner and I'd have got the trailer!)
I've been 29 for a wayyyy long time now. But I'm a lot younger now than I was then. If I could have afforded my own rig at 20? I so would have done it! Congrats. You're a smart guy who will go far in life. (Probably all over the place!) I'm full-timing, adapting various RV ideas and designs for safe, sustainable, affordable housing now.
Let the friends say whatever they want. If they don't envy you yet, they sure will when they're strapped to a corporate desk in a cubical farm somewhere in a few years dreaming of working towards having...ta-dah!...what you already have. They're not stupid, just ignorant. Me? I'm the stupid one. I knew better - and did that trip anyway. Go your own way. Learn everything you can about everything that interests you. That's the always, always the right direction!
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05-02-2008, 08:18 AM
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Vintage Kin
Fort Worth
, Texas
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 8,014
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Well . . . my TRAILER will be 25 at the end of the month.
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05-02-2008, 12:00 PM
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Rivet Master
1963 26' Overlander
Austin
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 2,640
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I'm hunting for a vintage Airstream right now, and the good news for me is that when I get it, it will be older than I am.
(I'm a 70s model by the way )
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05-02-2008, 01:29 PM
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1950 Flying Cloud 7039
1950 21' Flying Cloud
Allen
, Texas
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 611
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Originally Posted by REDNAX
Well . . . my TRAILER will be 25 at the end of the month.
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25? Psssh!! My trailer could be your trailers daddy. Of course as senior as it is, it currently getting major reconstructive surgery. But when (if) done, it will be reborn again for another 50+.
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05-10-2008, 03:09 AM
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Rivet Master
1991 25' Airstream 250
Oxford
, Oxfordshire
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,253
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My Daughter and I travelled from London to California to get our classic 250 MH. Given she came all that way and travelled 2500 miles coast to coast to ship it back she kinda owns it with me. She is only seven - does this count?
Boom Sounds
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05-10-2008, 06:13 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1948 22' Liner
1961 26' Overlander
1949 24' Limited
Springs
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 330
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Well it is nice to know there are younger people out there- I know everyone is young at heart- or else they own a Class A or SOB! I'm 25 and my husband is 35- we started Airstream 2 1/2 years ago. I am so glad we found Airstreaming early and (although we don't have kids yet) I am looking forward to our kids growing up with the experience. My sister makes fun of me for it- then she stopped by Cherry Blossom Rally and the WDCU showed her a good time - she realized there was more to it than meets the eye.
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05-24-2009, 12:41 AM
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New Member
1984 34.5' Airstream 345
dallas
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 3
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26, bought when 25, traveling the eastern seaboard for next 10 or so weeks, maybe longer if i decide to add the western seaboard. love mine, 1984 345le, shes a hell of a machine.
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10-30-2009, 09:52 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1984 31' Airstream310
on the road
, CA and OR this summer!
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 101
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I'm barely 30 and my moho is my 2nd airstream. i ponder the age question in the rv lifestyle alot & refuse to go to an rv park w/o wyfi or one that has no activity or young vibrance to it...alot of parks cater to the silent, no noise, no young kids... ie. drive 1000s of miles to sit inside and watch tv crowd.
but to each their own...
i think this is changing tho as a new generation is buying and or renting rv's for vacations. i love that we see alot of young 20 something europeans and asians @ the rv parks nowadays on holiday in the US....it's more like a hostel
and as for being a girl/woman? i adore crawling around the engine figuring everything out, or learning some electrical stuff rewiring the headlights or fixing something up..now as for replacing the dump valves.. i put my boyfriend on that job ick
but i know a 454 inside and out, i'm not butch or a hillbilly, just a thoroughly modern woman.
i still am not taken seriously at the auto parts stores, but when i go to a good service station they are amazed that i can diagnose the problem...(well usually because of these forums).... but the "oldie" places usually talk to me like a child, or only talk to my boyfriend even tho he has no idea what might be wrong and limited car knowledge...he's learning quick tho 
it's all about thriving your own way with radical self reliance
i chose this lifestyle because i love travel, my 310 is always a hit @ festivals and i can work on the road on my laptop...
we airstreamers just chose to do it in style
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1984 310 Limited Motorhome
my AS Moho blog for the love of all vehicles round and shiny
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