1949 Airstream
Picture appears to be from 80's or so, my mom wasn't sure. This was our families first proper TT (had various other home built trailers). We found this trailer sometime around 1976 in a field i...
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westend wrote:Considering when it was sold early 90's or so.. it was still in usable condition says a lot.. not many trailers survive 50 years.braindead0 wrote:Right, the deck was a pretty common failure area. Then again, they could take a whole caravan of these tin cans and troop across Africa on unimproved road.westend wrote:I think there are also frame differences, the frame on that one was a large central pipe with ribs attached... made the trailer really flexible however I think also a bit more fragile.. I recall my dad having to repair and stiffen up the frame somewhat.#1nobby wrote:With the vintage models, it's difficult when you're right next to them. Some had no placard for identification so you need to know which models were made in those years and from which factory (there were two in the early '50's).
OK...apart from the upper "banana" panels...it really is kinda hard for a non AS guy to guess the year.
I guess that makes 'em timeless?
