Tuna,
As a follow-up to our discussion related to '48 to '51
Trailwinds/Cippers, here is a snippet of an e-mail exchange Fred
Coldwell and I were having earlier.
"We know that the max number of 18' Trailwinds/Clippers has to be 99,
because Airstream used the 5100 number
& up for the 1954 Liner. With 4 years production ('48 to '51), that
would be about 19-24 per year. That makes sense for Tuna's '48 (5017),
Tom Reed's verified '50 (5040) and Fred's '51 (5077)."\
Fred could very well have the last 18' pipeframe made - ya never know
unless we come across a serial number between 5079 & 5099. It's a good
assumption you have the 17th made.
Back to work,
RJ
Robert C Townsend wrote:
>
> Trike -
> Between Bill Scott and RJ, the trailer's length, age, and serial number, it
> appears to fall into the category of a No-Name Nineteen... the default model
> name would be a "Clipper," but in 1948, Airstream introduced a 'new
> 19-footer' beginning with serial number 5000, and announced a contest to
> name it. The winning name was 'Trailwind'. The Trailwind for 1949 was
> shortened to 18', so it would appear that this 'mystery trailer' was one of
> the original unnamed 19' trailers introduced in 1948, and subsequently named
> 'Trailwind'. It would seem to be a 'mystery' no longer. Technically, it had
> no model name at the time it was built, and was subsequently designated a
> 'Trailwind', so i suppose it could rightly be called a 'No-Name Nineteen'...
> from 1948. It's clearly NOT the standard rear-bed model, since the bathtub
> is original... so perhaps '1948 No-Name Nineteen Custom' would cover the
> facts. However, I'm comfortable with '48 Trailwind.
>
> Tuna
> '48 Trailwind
> WBCCI #8862, VAC
> Reno, NV
>
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