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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: SF east bay
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The Airstream story
I always wondered about these.
 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-airstream-hit-open-road-180984288/
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10-17-2024, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Dahlonega , Georgia
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Back in the early days of that style of travel trailer there were four major players . They were Airstream , Avion , Silver Streak and Streamline . As we all know Airstream is the only one that survived . Generally speaking most travel trailers are stick built like a house . Airstream and the others I mentioned are/were built like an airplane . Huge difference .
Aluminum interior skins riveted to aluminum stringers with aluminum exterior skins . A much more expensive way to build vs stick built . I know the Avions of the 60's and 70's used spray foam insulation which was cutting edge technology for the time . It was an interesting time for the RV industry . Thanks for the link .
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Very good read.
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