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10-09-2007, 06:02 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2001 16' Bambi
2013 23' International
Piedmont Region
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 408
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Who knows about this SOB??
Although my latest purchase is not an Airstream, it is parked next to one. It is a brand that I have never heard of and I wondered if maybe someone could help with the details of it.
1964 "Zipper" 14 ft. long, "canned ham". It has a sticker that says Clinton, South Carolina. I assume that is where it was made. I have done a good bit of searching and can't find anything. Also, a sticker that says sold by Brune TT Center Greenville, SC. Couldn't find any listing for the dealer either.
Any info about it appreciated.
TB
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10-09-2007, 06:13 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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Cute little bugger!
Shari
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10-09-2007, 07:07 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 521
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Anyone seen a "Silver-stream" SOB?
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10-09-2007, 08:25 PM
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Rivet Master
1983 34' Excella
1967 24' Tradewind
Little Rock
, Arkansas
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,825
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tinbender
1964 "Zipper" 14 ft. long, "canned ham".
TB
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I think I once got my shirt caught in one, but that’s another story. Neat find! How about interior shots?
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10-09-2007, 09:22 PM
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Rivet Master
1960 22' Safari
in the wilderness
, The great Mojave Desert
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 4,077
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vswingfield
I think I once got my shirt caught in one, but that’s another story. Neat find! How about interior shots?
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Your lucky. It wasn't my shirt.
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AIR# 13896
CA 4
Yes, we have courtesy parking for you. About an hour North of Los Angeles.
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10-09-2007, 09:23 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2001 16' Bambi
2013 23' International
Piedmont Region
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 408
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Zipper interior
Quote:
Originally Posted by vswingfield
How about interior shots?
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Well, if you really want to see, here goes. Birch interior. The "Z" cutout is original, it is in the closet wall. A paint job, a little more brushing up here and there and it's on the road. A hunting cabin no more.
TB
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10-09-2007, 11:43 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
West of Fort Worth
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,699
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Cool old trailer!
Dave
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10-10-2007, 08:24 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1953 25' Cruiser
Canton
, Mississippi
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: 1953 25' Cruiser
Posts: 324
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zamboni
Anyone seen a "Silver-stream" SOB?
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No, but I have heard of "Silver Streak"
1963 Silver Streak
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10-10-2007, 08:50 AM
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Rivet Master
1983 34' Excella
1967 24' Tradewind
Little Rock
, Arkansas
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Thanks!
Quote:
Originally Posted by tinbender
Well, if you really want to see, here goes. Birch interior. The "Z" cutout is original, it is in the closet wall. A paint job, a little more brushing up here and there and it's on the road. A hunting cabin no more.
TB
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Very nice inside, too. The mark of Zoro!
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10-10-2007, 10:28 AM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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I'm thinking a mirror mounted inside the cabinet where the "Z" is would be very cool. A mirrored "Z".
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10-10-2007, 02:31 PM
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Rivet Master
1951 21' Flying Cloud
1960 24' Tradewind
West Coast
, BC
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,790
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I have seen Zipper trailers on the road from time to time although I can't remember any in the past 10 years or more. They were if I remember right pretty much of the early sixties style like yours. There were a bazzillion, okay, maybe a gazzillion trailer manufacturers across America, most in many small towns, who lasted from a few production runs for up to several years before fading away. The gas crisis in the early seventies killed a lot of them off as people were not buying trailers for a while. My company made and sold water and waste tanks, fender skirts, moldings and many other components to a lot of these little firms and they were in and out and in business again many times - usually with a new local owner and a bit of new financing and quite often a new name on the trailer but same old build and same crew on the plant floor thankful for another batch of pay checks and hoping they would finally get a product that would keep selling for years.
Try checking this SOB Forums group out and you may find folks with specific knowledge of your trailer:
"Welcome to the Vintage Vacations antique trailer talk group. This group was set up as a way for owners and admirers of all types of vintage travel trailers to meet and share information on all of the various types of trailers built from the 1930's to the 70's. For more information on vintage trailers, rallies and more, visit the Vintage Vacations website @ http://www.vintage-vacations.com
Barry
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Life is short - so is the door on a '51 Flying Cloud (ouch)
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10-10-2007, 02:47 PM
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Rivet Master
1951 21' Flying Cloud
1960 24' Tradewind
West Coast
, BC
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Here's folks with a '65 Zipper
Photos, Album group 2
They are on the Vintage Vacations site I mentioned previously. You may be able to contact them for more detail.
Good luck, your trailer looks to be in great shape.
Barry
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Life is short - so is the door on a '51 Flying Cloud (ouch)
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10-10-2007, 03:17 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1965 17' Caravel
west hills
, California
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 94
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Very cool trailer!
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10-10-2007, 03:30 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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Good job Barry! I knew I had seen another one somewhere before ~
Shari
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10-10-2007, 07:00 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2001 16' Bambi
2013 23' International
Piedmont Region
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 408
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The Zipper
Barry,
Thanks for the site link and info I will check that out.
Overlander63: Great idea about the mirrored "Z" . I have also thought about boxing it in and adding a light on the back side of the cutout so it would shine through.
Will post after photos when it's ready. Thanks for all the nice comments.
TB
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10-10-2007, 07:34 PM
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Rivet Master
1960 24' Tradewind
santa barbara
, California
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Hello tinbender, cool little trailer . reminds me of my youth when we had a
scottie trailer (big following today) a shasta with the fins ,and a couple others I cannot recall the names .I had bought and restored a 73 fieldandstream about the size and shape of yours there .I pulled that one
from CA here to Minnesota with my 70 IH Scout and many other places
before my airstream obsession began ,but I love any vintage trailer of all kinds .Enjoy it !!
Scott of scottanlily
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11-04-2007, 07:11 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1986 Argosy
ocala
, Florida
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Might look here,lots of old travel trailer ads/info . Atlas Mobile Home Museum
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