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10-15-2004, 02:25 PM
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Rivet Master 
Lisle
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What is it???
What the heck is this? 
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Tedd Ill
AIR#3788 TAC IL-10
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10-15-2004, 03:35 PM
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Rivet Master
2019 25' Flying Cloud
Airstream - Other
Airstream - Other
North Central Texas
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Interesting???!! Just what is an 'Airstream-LIKE' trailer???
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10-15-2004, 04:15 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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Oh, that's easy! It's an... ummm... a... you know... an... ummm... well... 'Airstream-LIKE' trailer! Geez! 
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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10-15-2004, 06:04 PM
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Rivet Master
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That’s easy, it’s a Nightmare,......Which is nothing like a Airstream.
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10-15-2004, 06:16 PM
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Rivet Master
2019 25' Flying Cloud
Airstream - Other
Airstream - Other
North Central Texas
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That’s easy, it’s a Nightmare,......Which is nothing like a Airstream.
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That's nothing a dip into Mt. St. Helens can't fix   !
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10-15-2004, 07:33 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
Durango
, Colorado
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Wow, what a cool trailer - there were manufacturers who made look alike Airstreams - that may be one of them - or someone very talanted made a copy. Would love to look at it - could be worth restoring just for its uniqueness.
Ken
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10-15-2004, 08:38 PM
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Pretty Ugly! Unique and Ugly!
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10-17-2004, 12:57 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
El Paso
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As of 10/17/04 the bid is $56.77. You would think they could probably get more money for it at the scrap yard. The aluminum alone is worth more than that!
Ernie
"58 Traveler 18ft.
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10-17-2004, 05:15 PM
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I love Airstreams...
Commercial Member
1989 29' Land Yacht
Haines City
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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the tag say it is a (look below)
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Originally Posted by RivetED
Interesting???!! Just what is an 'Airstream-LIKE' trailer??? |
followed link to further pics and found this
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10-17-2004, 06:28 PM
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Rivet Master
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If it is what I think it is, it is a late 40's Curtis Wright. If so, it is in many ways an actual Airstream.
Wally Byram needed a plant to build his Airsteams after WWII, and Curtis had capacity, experience building monocoque aluminum structures, and experience building travel trailers going back to the 20's.
Wally and Curtis fell out fairly quickly, and he went out on his own. But Curtis continued to build from his design under their own name for some time.
Just like the older Airstreams, they were built on a pipe frame, so it is on a flatbed trailer for a reason. They are a bear to rebuild.
Mark
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10-17-2004, 06:37 PM
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Rivet Master
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Originally Posted by leefields
followed link to further pics and found this
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The tag mentioned in the above post is not from this trailer. It is in the link provided in the auction, but is from the Curtis Wright this seller has pictures of and not from this trailer.
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10-17-2004, 07:53 PM
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Rivet Master
Lisle
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From the pictures that are from the auction trailer it appers that the shell frame is wood?!?!!?
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Tedd Ill
AIR#3788 TAC IL-10
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10-17-2004, 08:16 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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I looked at the photos again... there's no tag on the side of this one, and it sure doesn't resemble anything built by Curtiss Wright, Silver Streak, or Airstream of the era. And, Ted, I think you're right... it looks like wood stringers rather than aluminum framing inside that ceiling. How interesting! There probably isn't much inside structurally any 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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10-17-2004, 08:41 PM
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Rivet Master
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I am glad to stand corrected. I thought it looked a bit "square shouldered" for Curtis Wright, but then what do I know.
Wood framing. Wow.
Mark
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10-17-2004, 08:48 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 22' Caravanner
Atlanta
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I think its a home built from somebody with above average skills. Maybe it was from a very short lived company even but it is not refined very well like a production product usualy is.
Wood framing is nothing new. Many cars where built that way. The MG's are a good example.
That MG has a lot of wood that the sheet metal is attached to to form the main cabin.
That camper having a wood under structure is unique but not an unheard of or unsound building technique. Wood after all is pound for pound stronger then steel. Just a matter of know how to build it. The desgn looks quite sound just very labor intensive compaired to what you can do with extruded aluminum ribs.
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1959 22' Caravanner
1988 R20 454 Suburban.
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10-18-2004, 07:03 AM
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Tom, the Uber Disney Fan
2006 30' Safari
Orlando
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Looks like it needs more than TLC.  There is a lot of decay in those wooden ribs. And the partitions have a lot of delamination in the plywood. My guess is that it would be an enormous undertaking and that is probably why the bid is currently $71.
However, it has a pleasing shape and would be a great conversation piece. But then again, so is the construction of the Hoover Dam!
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10-18-2004, 05:10 PM
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3 Rivet Member
Acworth
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California Screamin'
Looks like it could have belonged to Jeff Foxworthy's old Publicity manager before he made it big.
"You just might be a redneck if you pull your RV on a flatbed trailer." 
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1979 24' Excella Motorhome
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10-18-2004, 05:58 PM
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Rivet Master
1966 26' Overlander
Woodstock
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what is it? Answer: its a deep hole waiting for someone's money to be poured in...never to be seen again.
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10-19-2004, 02:32 PM
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Dr Joe
Central
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What is tghis
I have been trying to find this item on Ebay, Please give me the item Number and name of the item
I have had no luck so far in looking it uyp
Thank
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10-19-2004, 03:44 PM
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Rivet Master
Lisle
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Here ya go Joe...
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sorry about the rhyme, but it was too easy.
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