VACList Digest Wednesday, January 29 2003 Volume 03 : Number 088
When replying to a message, please delete all unnecessary Digest text To unsubscribe or change to an e-mail format, please go to http://airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html Topics in Today's Digest: Re: [VACList] Tires [VACList] past owners of airstreams [VACList] Four Wheel Steering Re: [VACList] past owners of airstreams Re: [VACList] past owners of airstreams Re: [VACList] Tires Re: [VACList] Four Wheel Steering - Delphi engineer's comments Re: [VACList] past owners; "Airstream geneology" [VACList] Last Fall's Santa Maria Rally Re: [VACList] past owners; "Airstream geneology" RE: [VACList] past owners of airstreams Re: [VACList] Last Fall's Santa Maria Rally [VACList] how to get a airstream from Cal to Fla? Re: [VACList] Last Fall's Santa Maria Rally ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:52:27 -0500 From: "Mr. Joy H. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] Tires Hi Tom, I have a '74 Argosy tandem and I'm using the Goodyear 225 75 R15 in load range C. For your application, load range D is most likely necessary. My experience is that the tires must be about 28 inches in diameter. I have a new set of Carlisle 700-15 bias ply that should be a replacement for the original. However, they are > 29 inches in diameter and hit the rear of the wheel well. Front and middle clearance are OK. Also, be sure of the manufacture date if you buy new tires. They should be within a few months of manufacture to be acceptable. I think the first two numbers are the week of manufacture and the last number is the decade. Anyone out there who could use the Carlisle tires, let me know off list. BTW, I'll be using the 235 load range D for my '69 Safari single axle. Hope this helps, '74 Argosy, Joy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:19:24 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VACList] past owners of airstreams does anyone know if the past owners of an ventage airstream can be found just to know where the airstream has been jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:38:48 -0700 From: "Randy Unter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [VACList] Four Wheel Steering http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/gw/4ws.htm Jo Ann, the attached article explains how the 4WS works on the GMC Denali, the same Delphi system now used on the 3/4 ton Suburban/Yukon XL. These vehicles are not cheap, but if you are looking for a big, safe tow vehicle that will out maneuver many small cars, these are the vehicles. Randy Unter '66 Overlander '73 Sovereign ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:46:25 -0600 From: "Don Hardman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] past owners of airstreams If you are lucky and get your A/S from a long time owner or family member then you can usually get a lot of history on the trailer. But in most cases these old trailers set have set abandoned or have changed hands many times subject to neglect and abuse. When I found my 1976 Sovereign a few years ago, it looked as if it had been setting up for about 10 years. The person I bought it from claimed to be a family member but I believe he just picked the trailer up to sell it. As I was cleaning the trailer when I first brought it home I found stuck in a trash bag under the sink the orginal owners manual, and several rally stickers that the orginal owners had collected during the first 8 years they had the trailer. There was also a few items from the second owners that filled in a couple of more years but no history from about 1987 until I bought the trailer in 1999. I am just glad that this info was not discarded. Good luck. - ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 4:19 PM Subject: [VACList] past owners of airstreams > > > does anyone know if the past owners of an ventage airstream can be found just > to know where the airstream has been > > jerry > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > When replying to a message, please delete all unnecessary original text > > To unsubscribe or change to an digest format, please go to > http://airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:16:44 -0700 From: "Kenneth E. Johansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] past owners of airstreams Jerry One way is if you have the red numbers on the trailer or ghosts of numbers on the trailer. Then you can look in old directories and see who owned that trailer with that number. Understand that anyone can pick up an old number, so the further back you look in a directory, the better chance you will have. Ken Johansen 5358 1959 Traveler 1975 Tradewind ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:08:19 -0600 From: schuetzen - RKBA! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] Tires On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:52:27 -0500, "Mr. Joy H. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Also, be sure of the manufacture date if you buy new tires. They should be >within a few months of manufacture to be acceptable. I think the first two >numbers are the week of manufacture and the last number is the decade. > >Anyone out there who could use the Carlisle tires, let me know off list. how much do you want for the set? chas ... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:23:50 -0800 From: "Oliver Filippi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] Four Wheel Steering - Delphi engineer's comments About a year ago, I spoke to a Delphi engineeer who worked on their four wheel steering system. He noted that although the system improves manuverability significantly, it is absolutely great for pulling a trailer. "Like putting steering wheels on the front of the trailer." You see, with the four wheel steering on the highway, in tow mode, all four wheels of the tow vehicle go in the direction of the turn. Thus the trailer sees the two vehicle as going "sideways" in the direction of the turn, which means that the pivoting of the trailer at the hitchpoint is virtually eliminated. In this way, the tow vehicle does not introduce any sway forces at the hitch typically caused by the tow vehicle heading in a direction (angle) different from that of the trailer. The Delphi engineer noted that the stability of the entire rig is improved dramatically. Oliver Filippi - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Unter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 2:38 PM Subject: [VACList] Four Wheel Steering > http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/gw/4ws.htm > Jo Ann, the attached article explains how the 4WS works on the GMC Denali, > the same Delphi system now used on the 3/4 ton Suburban/Yukon XL. These > vehicles are not cheap, but if you are looking for a big, safe tow vehicle > that will out maneuver many small cars, these are the vehicles. > Randy Unter > '66 Overlander > '73 Sovereign > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > When replying to a message, please delete all unnecessary original text > > To unsubscribe or change to an digest format, please go to > http://airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:30:19 -0700 From: "gshippen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] past owners; "Airstream geneology" Jerry and Members, The idea of Airstream genealogy has occupied my mind while pondering those red numbers. Where would one find the (WBCC A) directories? And can one reregister and old number? Gerald Shippen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:04:22 -0800 From: Webmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [VACList] Last Fall's Santa Maria Rally Hi gang, Our new Rally Reporter (Amanda Meeker) completed a great little photo essay on the VAC California rally held in October in Santa Maria California. It took a little while to get the digital images from the group - but better late than never. You can see it at: http://www.airstream.org/rallies/02-SantaMaria/santamaria.htm - -- RJ VAC Webmaster ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:06:05 -0600 From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] past owners; "Airstream geneology" One can reregister an old number if its not already been reissued or transferred to a new trailer. Some members that are packrats may have some directories. I have a couple from about 93/94 somewhere here in one of the piles. Gerald J. - -- Entire content copyright Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer. Reproduction by permission only. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:05:06 -0600 From: Kevin D Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [VACList] past owners of airstreams Greetings Jerry! Depending upon where you live and/or where your Airstream was last registered, it may be possible to have the DMV perform a title search to determine ownership history. There is usually a fee involved, and sometimes this service is only available to licensed dealers or through a third party (Currency Exchanges in Illinois). I took advantage of this service in Illinois to trace the ownership of my '65 Dodge and was able to trace it back to when it was first brought into Illinois in 1968 by its original owner who was from the St. Louis area. I didn't have to do this with my Airstream or Argosy as I knew the owners who originally ordered the trailers new. Good luck with your search! Kevin Kevin D. Allen 1964 Overlander International/1999 GMC K2500 Suburban 1978 Argosy Minuet 1975 Cadillac Convertible (towcar in-training) WBCCI/VAC #6359 - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 4:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VACList] past owners of airstreams does anyone know if the past owners of an ventage airstream can be found just to know where the airstream has been jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:52:14 -0800 From: William Kerfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] Last Fall's Santa Maria Rally RJ, Good work to you and Amanda Meeker. The event was fun. Bill Kerfoot 1979 23' Safari WBCCI 5223 Orange, CA Webmaster wrote: >Hi gang, > >Our new Rally Reporter (Amanda Meeker) completed a great little photo essay >on the VAC California rally held in October in Santa Maria California. > >It took a little while to get the digital images from the group - but better >late than never. > >You can see it at: >http://www.airstream.org/rallies/02-SantaMaria/santamaria.htm > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:12:29 -0800 From: "Sue Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [VACList] how to get a airstream from Cal to Fla? Just a note of interest regarding transporting an Airstream. We recently had a 2000 34' with slide out moved from Michigan to California. I called the Airstream factory and asked who was doing any hauling of new ones from them to dealers. I was given the number for KBT Trucking in Ohio. Cost as I remember was $.87 per mile. They are insured to cover the trailer while in transit. Trailer was picked up in Mich on Sat and was delivered to us in North Hollywood on Tues. Based on the service they provided I would recommend them. Here is a link to their contact information http://www.kbt.cc/index2.htm I have no connection with this company and can only comment on our experience with them. Sue Murphy Iowa Boys North Hollywood, CA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 04:11:17 -0500 From: "T Meeker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] Last Fall's Santa Maria Rally From: "William Kerfoot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VACList] Last Fall's Santa Maria Rally > RJ, > > Good work to you and Amanda Meeker. The event was fun. > > Bill Kerfoot Super job! Thanks for sharing. Tom Meeker WBCCI 5303 ------------------------------ End of VACList Digest V3 #88 **************************** When replying to a message, please delete all unnecessary Digest text To unsubscribe or change to an e-mail format, please go to http://airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html
