Congratulations! It sounds perfect. Would you do us a favor, and take it to
a truck-stop and weigh it? You may be able to find a more contemporary (to
the trailer) tow-vehicle that makes you light up, the way your ambassador
does...
I knew you'd find your baby... congratulations, again!
Tuna
'48
I know this is the VAC List, but I see on Ebay this morning,
that the last listing on page two of Airstream is a 1997 A/S
Integrity.
The unit has WBCCI numbers displayed.
I did not know there was such a thing. Could this be a vintage
I do not know about.
Terry Jones
8555
Hi, Joy:
What is
this all about? I don't *think* it affected my computer, but don't
want to chance it. How did you reveal the encryption string?
I only see one post on this subject, from Charlie Burke, with an
innocuous-looking link.
If it
confiscated your computer, wouldn't/shouldn't that be
Jill-
I'm jealous.you actually have a game plan for your restoration. It
looks like a bomb went off inside mine. (maybe a glimpse inside my head
also)
Congratulations!
SteveC
'69 Caravel in TC, Mich
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To: "Multiple
The LED lights are good for many reasons. They do come on (and off)
instantly. (a function of what they are made of) They are (can be) very
bright. They use very little electricity. This last statement is what
causes some problems. Some turn signal flash units, use heat as a way
of creating
Dick,
I'll continue to nit your nit. grin Torque is a twisting force,
from http://www.dictionary.com:
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torque1 (trk)
n.
1.The moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to
produce torsion and rotation about an
Hi Jeff,
I paid $2500 for a '69 Safari and thought I paid too much after I started
looking at the cost of the restoration work and appliances I'd have to
replace. your find is more restorable and may have a greater restored
value, in
my mind, I couldn't justify offering more than $1000. If
Terry,
A vintage 1997 Airstream? The WBCCI is the main Airstream
club. The vintage club is an intra-club. The number (on the unit)represents your
membership in the WBCCI.
Geven
'67 Caravel
'93 Airstream B190
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Terry Jones
To: Multiple
Mark,
This is a great idea and is more-easily implemented than you might
think. An outfit called "Hoppy" makes various "tail light converters",
one being billed as an "Isolator". I use one of these, mounted under the
hood of my truck, to power the trailer lights (tail, LH RH, not backup
Its interesting... I got to see these trailers as they were in the process
of being re-something. What was sad is that they tore out all of the
interiors and they were in a big dumpster. I was told I could have what I
wanted, but did not feel like picking through a dumpster. A lot of vintage
Another possible option would be to leave the original lamps in place and add some
LED's, then you don't have to change any of the wiring or flashers. I was thinking
about using this method on my taillights
bobb
Jim Dunmyer wrote:
Mark,
This is a great idea and is more-easily implemented
Hi Jill
My name is Marc Whitlock I spoke to Wendy and she nothing but nice things to say about
you. She had told me that she had mentioned my 63' Ambassador to you. We have it
fixed up as a cabin look. I'm sure we will run into you somewhere down the road.
Every October they have a vintage
I enjoyed knowing about the web site. I do not understand the objection.
What is a call out encryption?
Charles L.
Central Ohio
1974 27' Overlander International
WBCCI 3048 VAC
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To Joy and the List members:
I would like to echo Mary's opinionthe dialogue on this list is invaluable. Thank you all for your responses!
Jeff
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Subject: [VAC]
Since LEDs don't heat (much), and don't depend on heat for their output,
they generally last two or three orders of magnitude longer than
incandescent lamps. Their light production efficiency is getting better
than incandescent lamps. They also are totally potted so there's nothing
to flex with
Chasing down marker lights on my Caravel last summer that didn't light
(essentially all of them) I found their problem was universally bad
grounding of the fixture. The ground depended on the pop rivet
compressing plastic. I rebuilt all with solid aluminum screws, with the
screw heads inside (had
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Geven,
I understand the WBCCI numbers and the intra
club.
I just never had heard of this unit being an A/S
andbeing able to display WBCCI numbers.
Terry
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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 10:35
AM
I'll definitely weigh it when I go pick it up...
I don't know that I will find a tow-vehicle that
will make me as giddy as the trailer does - had
my eyes on my grandpa's '60 International (THAT
would light me up) but it would need an unknown
amount of cash dumped into it and that scares me
cause
Ken, I think you are in Colorado,.Durango, right? Were those three
A/S, a Bambi, a Caravel, and probably a GT, ...were they gutted, and
built in Durango??? The polish jobs look pretty good, and the fabrics,
and accessories blend well, but like you say, how are the mechanicals?
Does the
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...about those LED lights .are they available in a "dual" design?
(tail/brake)
Yes, I have definitely seen them.
I'm going to hit the local truck parts store to check them out.
MARC WEIMER
Punxsutawney, PA - Home of
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Some turn signal flash units, use heat as a way
of creating the flash. LED's use so little electricity, that the
flasher doesn't heat up enough, to flash.
That's not going to be a problem in a trailer because the tow car will
Okay, this (dumpster thing) makes me sick. Not
just because it's "Airstream." I would feel this
way over any vintage or antique item. I would
like to make this fact known to the wider public
and expose a blatently stingy and pompus act of
waste, but I have a feeling anyone actually able
AND
Jill, Congrats on all. I was going to say, that 28 footer is going to
test the limits of that 82 Silverado, until you said it has a re-built
454. In this neck of the woods, we call that big rat motor, a "Foe
Fitty Foe". That big engine has had the test of time, and parts are
readily
Thanx for all the comments on LED tail and turn signals. Can I just
replace the bulbs in my tail lights, to get that nice bright, and fast
LED effect? I have the Bargman 99's on my Bambi, and to have some nice
bright tail lights, that can actually be seen in the daytime would be a
pleasant
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writes:
http://www.polo.com/vintage/airstream/default.asp?keycode=40
All the Ralph trailers look way cool. My faves are the Adirondack and
Western. I do leather tooling as a hobbie and plan on making removable
Title: RE: [VAC] Re: Holding Tanks, floor replacement, etc.
Joy,
You might be envisioning an extruded-type aluminum angle iron
with the standard 1/8 inch thickness. That's not what I'm after.
What I'm thinking of using is flimsy aluminum flashing no thicker
than a few sheets of paper
Jill's pull vehicle-
Is it just me, or do past discussion seem to indicate that the amount of
travel headaches are much more tipped towards the tow vehicle vs. the
trailer...or should I put it this way; I'd much rather be trying to figure
out a power converter in my trailer at camp, than
congratulations Jill
Trike 5384
Jim, I think the Inside Design AS is great! I would love to have that in my
interior. I think a couple of old shag rugs would just warm that right up.
Those "Laurens" aregaudy! Well...the interiors anyway.
Just my opinion though.
So...you wanna do my coach over for advertisements??
Title: RE: [VAC] Re: Holding Tanks, floor replacement, etc.
Joy,
You might be envisioning an extruded-type aluminum angle iron
with the standard 1/8 inch thickness. That's not what I'm after.
What I'm thinking of using is flimsy aluminum flashing no thicker
than a few sheets of paper
Steve, you are right. When we travel to some of these rallies, we go
thousands of miles, over hill, dale, rockies, deserts, citys, all
situations. That trailer usually sits back there, and doesn't complain
one peep. Your tow vehicle is under constant stress, pulling a load,
and usually with
Mary,
Did you try to contact the fellow in MD selling the '78 Argosy 22'? I think
he was down to $5500 from $7000 last time I talked to him. He might be
ready for a reasonable offer if he hasn't sold the trailer yet.
'69 Safari, Joy
To
Exactly - The '60 International would be 'more contemporary' to the
Airstream... i wasn't casting any aspersions on your fo-fitty-fo silberaydo.
Tuna
'48 Trailwind
'50 Jeepster
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Ridgway, Colo, is over near JPPolly. It is also near Telluride, where
lots of "Elite" folks, hang out, and dream of ways to spend their money.
Ken, you hit the mother-lode that day. I went back to look closer at
those airstreams. The polish jobs, were very marginal. One Bambi had
ugly steel LP
I got a bargin basement price on my '66 Ambassador. After I started tearing into it I see why. I recently came across someone who just came into town from Texas. They have a 31' Sovourien (something like that), anyway he said they are probably going to sell it for $2400.00 After seeing what other
Bill,
I sold on Aug. 3rd, 2000, the 1960 bunkhouse ID#: 24TSS0468 to the Ralph
Lauren Company. It was gutted, but some of the parts were laying in the unit.
It is now called the "Utility/Surplus" Airstream. It is the larger of the
four. They were redone at Ralph's ranch in Colorado. Two of
Inside Design,
I do take responsibility for my words. In my view, the Wilsonart
trailer was clean and avoided the sad fate of "cute-ing up" and "dumbing
down" of most contemporary design, but I found it way heavy on the
laminates and not enough contrast of textures and materials. It was a
breath
Ralph Lauren forgot to do a vintage american travel
trailer themed airstream .
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Those trailers are an interesting exercise in what something is "worth." To
most people on this list, they are worth less than the carefully reconstructed,
mechanically functional units we drag around with pride, and their worth is
enhanced only marginally by all the fancy knick-knacks; for some
Before things get out of hand on this subject, please take a look at these
links regarding Bill 602P
I found some other (opposite info about "Bill 602P" info:
http://www.urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/blnydebate.htm
http://www.house.gov/markgreen/602p.htm
bobb
"Mr. Joy H.
Joy, is this for real or is it that urban legend making the rounds again. I
first saw it a couple of years ago.
Jim Greene
'68 Tradewind #1148
Atlanta
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THIS IS A HOAX. THERE IS ON PROPOSAL IN CONGRESS REGARDING CHARGING
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Joy:
At 05:31 PM 3/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
When I highlight an e-mail and it immediately goes to my modem and calls the
website, the e-mail is taking over control of my computer.
What do you mean by "highlight an e-mail?" Do you mean simply
single-clicking on the list of messages?
Might be kinda fun to see him try to out-Airstream Airstream. Wonder what kind
of sheets he'd use.He'd have to get a lot clearer on the concept of
"utility."
--Sarah
K C wrote:
Ralph Lauren forgot to do a vintage american travel
trailer themed airstream .
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Another internet tax hoax! This one has been going around for some time, and
apparently there is another iteration.
Thinking about it, how could they possible track on each and every e-mail
that each and every user send/receives?
Bob Hightower #11365
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Terry Jones wrote:
I know this is the
VAC List, but I see on Ebay this morning, that the last listing on page
two of Airstream is a 1997 A/S Integrity. The unit
has WBCCI numbers displayed. I did not know there
was such a thing. Could this be a vintage I do not know about. Terry
Jones8555
The
I took a look at the ataachment in the mail, there was HTML with ASP and
Javascript code in there. If you have Javascript and/or Java enabled in your
browser/news reader you or unfortunately subject to this kind of thing happening
from time to time.
I leave these particular setting on also, and
Sounds wonderful, Jill! I think you'll be glad you went for the 28 footer.
Can't wait to see the pix.
By the way, can you post the link for the RV sized composting toilet you
mention, or let me know where to get more info on this? I'm quite
interested.
Thanks!
Dan Weeks
75 Argosy 26
From:
The same thing happened to me when I opened the message so I don't think it's
something just Joy is doing. I was looking at the link debating whether to
click it when I got a cookie warning from polo.com. I thought, huh, I don't
think I clinked on that thing yet. After I saw Joy's message I
Jill,
Congratulations on finding your rainbow. Keep us posted so I can keep
making notes about how to fix one up! Still listening and learning.
HandyRandy in S.C.
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Re the Ralph Lauren utility trailer: there was a photo of what looked like an
outdoors shower enclosure: a half-circle bent rail with a shower curtain
encircling the space inside it, and the blue sky above it. Looked pretty neat
actually and like a good adjunct to the sun-shower device for use
Funny you mentioned the radiator thing (well,
funny to me - a girl who's never owned a truck
and hauled an Airstream before)... the '82
Foe-Fitty-Foe owner noted that it has a huge
cooling system radiator that was originally
designed for the diesel (I think he means it's
MORE than adequate for
From: "Christopher H. Dow" Subject: [VAC] Is this a good thing?
http://www.polo.com/vintage/airstream
Hey, $150,000 for an Airstream. I have some dot-com friends that might
have thought that was reasonable a year ago.
--
Yes , but wouldnt your dot-com friends have
Okay I figured out how to save the photos. Here's the outdoor shower enclosure. Just
a blacksmith custom job or has someone seen something like this? It jogs some memory I
have but not completely enough to make the link.
--Sarah
My plan is to document every step of the way with
much written detail and photos - loading the info
online as I go (we'll see how THAT goes after
hours of frustration and hard work each day).
My photo site will have links to the composting
toilet and solar Web sites for those of you
interested -
Jill: Maybe you will find a '60s International that doesn't need a whole lotta
money dumped into it. If such an animal exists, and would be for sale. Yeah,
well, good luck at the monster truck rally anyway. I'm dying to see your
photos. "Your Ambassador has been recalled." That's pretty
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since i still couldn't raise the grote site (must be down for
maintenance/updating), i started poking around the jcwhitney site, and
found
some direct-replacement halogen bulbs...
Those ought to be good for the reverse
I went to the auto parts store today. It seems our truck parts store went
out of business! (While the rest of the country's economy booms, here in
Western PA we are still bust!) Anyway, the LED lamps are 4 and 5/16 inches
in diameter and only 3/4 inch thick. They are the same size as my '71 GT
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Joy, you might have someone check out the options, or preferences, on your
e-mail program. You may be putting yourself in the position of being
subject
to some virii by automatically calling up the link in any email, unless
This is probably an off list question...(hopefully answer)
We are doing a spring break trip to Pheonix Az next week.. Can anyone
recommend a good place to camp there?
Ken Johansen
1959 Traveler
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Richard,
Thanks for the links - got to do homework and not put the VAClist in a panic
just because I have a bad hair day. What hair? I've lost it all restoring
my Safari.
Joy
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Anybody with an Airstream should find this catalog a
treasure. Aircraft Spruce West, Corona, CA *77
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Catalog free
Aluminum, Rivits, Bolts, Screws, Plexiglas, Lexan,
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Sarah,
I would say those are the actual interior
aluminum walls with the paint removed and the
walls polished to a brushed finish (we do
something like that in jewelry finishing with a
special textured buffing wheel). It's just like
the high polished pics Tom posted of those
trailers in Arizona
Jill: Maybe you will find a '60s International
that doesn't need a whole lotta
money dumped into it.
Yes, maybe. But my uncle laughed his face off
when I called him today asking him what he
thought about me fixing gramps International up.
I think he passed out laughing. Part of the
sarah, i believe that's either a new inner skin, or a brushed original inner
skin, with aluminum trim strips covering the rivets.
I also really like the way they have the interior opened up in the bedroom
of that
trailer; the aluminum above the bed looks very grand, just like the
exterior
Yeah on further inspection of more photos I think they must have had special
panels made, and fancy trim strips as well. Figures.
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sarah, i believe that's either a new inner skin, or a brushed original inner
skin, with aluminum trim strips covering the rivets.
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