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10-30-2012, 01:42 PM
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Rivet Master 
1969 29' Ambassador
brooksville
, Florida
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,270
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What is the black thing on the front?
Any one know what this black thing on the front is?
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10-30-2012, 01:43 PM
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Rivet Master 
2007 Interstate
Normal
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,089
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Looks like a rock guard of some sort.
Maggie
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10-30-2012, 01:44 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
1974 Argosy 28
Tampa
, Florida
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 88
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Segment protector? Rock guard for your front aluminum though I rarely see any road rash on that area
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10-30-2012, 01:48 PM
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65th Anniversary CLIPPER
1996 36' Clipper Bus
Tub City
, British Columbia
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 3,309
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Coverup of a problem???
The picture is 2009. What does it look like now?
Dave
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10-30-2012, 01:52 PM
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Rivet Master
2016 25' Flying Cloud
Sunnyvale
, California
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,894
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Looks like someone just painted front of trailer with Pickup Truck Bed Protector goop as way to minimize small rock damage and scratches.. Extra points for creativity, but points deducted for potentially making removal really difficult for next owner, and for fact that rocks will still dent the soft aluminum underneath the paint-on coating...
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10-30-2012, 01:53 PM
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Rivet Master
1969 29' Ambassador
brooksville
, Florida
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,270
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Thats my thought, I have some front end damage from a PO, and it looks like a halfway decent coverup. Oh yea this is listed on craigs list, tampa bay for $5500. Not that I have the $$ for it right now, and my wife would kill me if I brough another AS home..
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10-30-2012, 02:22 PM
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Rivet Master
1965 17' Caravel
1983 27' Excella
Walnut Grove/Laguna Woods
, California
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,635
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I think a little road rash would look better than that sprayed on bed liner.
That's ugly
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10-30-2012, 04:32 PM
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Rivet Master
2019 27' Flying Cloud
Albuquerque
, New Mexico
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,917
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That was an applique segment protector.
Popular in the 70's before the stand-off segment protectors were introduced.
It is not sprayed-on bed liner, but it's just as ugly.
Ugly but effective.
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10-30-2012, 07:08 PM
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Rivet Master
2012 27' Flying Cloud
W
, New England
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 7,402
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Jim Foster
I think a little road rash would look better than that sprayed on bed liner.
That's ugly
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Well, I don't think it's ugly....but judging from your picture of your rig, you clearly have a much greater sense of design than I do. Your setup is really stunning! That's got to turn a lot of heads!
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10-30-2012, 07:52 PM
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Rivet Master
1978 31' Sovereign
Tampa
, Florida
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 790
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That's the 25' Trade Wind right? In the ad, it looks really clean.
I've seen a handful of trailers with that same pattern on the front, that's painted a dark gray, but I haven't seen one that's been painted over with truck liner.
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10-30-2012, 09:01 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
1972 25' Tradewind
Chattanooga
, Tennessee
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 165
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My '72 Tradewind has the same coating on the front and along the rocker panel. Not truck liner, but maybe that is where the truck liner people got the idea??
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