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eubank
Jan 26, 2018Explorer
You can see some of it at the "Thor Industries" article on Wikipedia. There are other sites that are devoted specifically to Airstream history, but those generally go well beyond the involvement of Thor.
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Lynn
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Lynn
DutchmenSport wrote:eubank wrote:
... Thor Industries was formed in 1980 by Wade Thompson and Peter Orthwein for the expressed purpose of purchasing Airstream from Beatrice Foods. ...
I never knew this, and I've been a "Thor Guy" for quite a while now.
Wonder how "Thompson" got first billing and "Orthwein" second. Imagine if it would have gone the other way:
Orth!
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