Whoa Tuna!! welcome to the list, and I'm glad you hit the ground running by going to Tom Patterson's excellent site. It will take you several days to read all those posts from the last 2 years. Here's your info in a capsule. 1. Smallest A/S made was a Cruisette, made only in Calif in 1952, dry weight was 1420 lbs, length was 15 feet. Length is always measured from bumper to ball. Paul Farley is right about the Wee Wind, 16 feet in length, but the old Pipe frame made it much lighter. The Wee Wind was made in 48, and 49, and they are rare. 2. Bambi's are 16 feet but fully equipped and self contained. Dry weight, 1850 lbs. They were made in Calif and Ohio in 61, 62, and 63. 3. Bubbles were 16 feet, dry weight 1750 lbs, but most did not have a toilet or shower or any tanks, whoops, a small kitchen water tank, 2 or 3 gallons. 4. The towing weight is how much stuff you add to the dry weight. Most Airstreams will take about 1,000 lbs after the dry weight. After that, they start to creak, and the floor and other components begin to feel the "Stress". When you travel with full tanks and lots of camping junk, you're on your own. Now tell us that you are going to pull it with some micro car, or an old BMW Isetta, or Messerschmitt. Nice novelty for the flat, but not to practical for mountains. I heard about a new Beatle, with a custom 350 chev in it. Now that would be a cute tow job. I have seen a 61 Bambi with a special "Dolly wheels" on the front A frame, so an older air cooled VW could pull it. It even worked, but the hills were very slow. Bill Scott 61 Bambi
Tom Patterson, Randy Unter - Thanks for your replies, re: archives. Found what I was looking for, e.g. info re: 'baby airstreams'... I'm looking for the smallest/lightest Airstream to tow behind my....well, I'll tell you later. It would appear that the smallest AS was the '60's 14' Bambi... next smallest was the '50's 15' Cruisette. I'll keep my eye out on the various lists and classifieds, but if someone knows of one of these that's for sale - I'm definitely interested, and ready-to-go! Thanks again! Tuna. [EMAIL PROTECTED] p.s.: you can backchannel me directly, if you'd like me to email you jpgs or bmps of my earlier adventures in airstreaming...
