At 10:24 PM -0700 6/3/00, Vanessa Dillon wrote:
>Oh come on Bill,
>are you too young to remember the tiny Fiat 500's aand 600's? They were
>smaller than a VW bug and had a 2 cyl engine in the tail end. I''m
>guuessing that Wayne went to a vintage micro car show. I remember growing up
>in Japan and boy did they have micro cars, would love to see a show myself.
>Vanessa
>The Trailer Lady
>'56 Overlander
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bill Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 4:07 PM
>Subject: Re: [VAC] Your 21ft Flying Cloud
>
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> > Wayne, if it was made in LA in 55, and it is 22 feet, it can only be a
> > Flying Cloud. If it has a Dutchman's cap, I'm pretty sure it is a LA
> > made 55. What is a microcar festival, and how "Micro are these cars?"
We flew into Hannover to go to the world's largest microcar museum.
This is the 25th year it's open, I believe, and it coincides with a
rally where folks have been driving (and trailering) their cars in
from all over Europe. Lots of Isettas, Lloyd's, Messerschmitts,
Goggomobiles, etc. The museum has 140 microcars and 140
scooters/motorcycles in it's collection.
There were also quite a few mini and micro sized popups and
teardrops, some being pulled behind the Isettas, etc.
I've taken about 200 pictures there which I will upload to my web
site at some point. You trailer geeks out there will certainly
appreciate some of the trailers I've photographed even if you're not
into microcars.
Back to the topic of vintage airtreams... this is my first Airstream
and while I am absorbing all the info I can find, as fast as I can
find it, I don't yet know what a Dutchman's cap is. :-)
Also, from the research I've done to date, I thought that 55 21' was
a flying cloud... what are the differences between the different 50's
21' and 22' models, anyway, and what process do you use to extract
souce, features, model name etc. from my serial # 7737?
Anyone have a URL that cites the differences or shows layouts of the
different models of these years? I'd like to have some of that info
before I begin any major work.........
thanks,
wayne
