There's a two-page picture of the Airstream 'Falcon' towed behind a '64 Ford
Falcon on pp. 90-91 of Burkhart and Hunt's photo-essay book "Airstream: The
History of the Land Yacht" (2000, San Francisco; Chronicle Books).
Does the layout show Pullman-style 'bunk-beds' at the stern? This photo
shows a pair of windows, one over the other, in the starboard stern quarter,
unlike any window arrangement i've seen on an Airstream.
tuna.
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From: Martin Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: [VAC] Small Airstreams
> There was a 1960 product brochure on Ebay last week. On inquiry I got a
> fuzzy copy of a 22' Falcon layout. Be glad to share it. I have not heard
> anyone mention this model before.
>
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
> Behalf Of Bill Scott
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:36 AM
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> Subject: [VAC] Small Airstreams
>
> << Message: Re: [VAC] bambi/cruisette (1.17 KB) >> Late forties produced
a
> 16 ft Wee Wind, and a 18 ft Clipper. The few
> Airstreams made in 47, 48, and 49 were all very light, because cars
> after the war, were mostly underpowered, and hard to find. It took the
> automotive industry several years before the powerful V8's of the mid
> fifties were able to pull larger and heavier loads.
>
> 1952 Cruisette,15 ft,1420 dryweight,$1495
>
> 1953 Clipper, 17ft 1920 dry, $1995 (Calif)
>
> 1954 Globe Trotter,18ft,dry 2040, (CA)
> 1954 Globe Trotter, 18ft dry 2080. (Ohio)
>
> 55, 56, 57 Bubble, all 16 ft, all made in CA and all with a Dutchman's
> Cap 9 segment rear end. Straight axle, leaf springs. The water tank,
> pump, and butane light as option, dry weight 1750, $1795, with option,
> $1850
>
> 1955 Globe Trotter, 18ft, dry weight 2080, made only in Ohio, $2945
>
> 1956 (first year), 16ft Caravel, 1750 lbs, price $1875, serial # 0-1010
> up, made only in Ohio, for one year. (note*, I have never seen nor
> heard of this 16 footer before, and it is probably confused for a
> Bubble, but it is not. It is the only 16 ft Caravel made and probably
> quite rare now.)
>
> 1957 Wanderer , 18 ft, dry, 2130lbs, price $2628, serial # 0-2000 up.
> Ohio only.
>
> 1958 Traveler, 18ft, dry 2100.$2695, Calif only, serial # 4000 up.
>
> This is where the Official Mobile Home Market Report for 1959 stops.
>
> 1959 was a transition year and most of the 13 segment trailers stopped
> in 57 and 58. There was a 58 17ft Pacer made, but I have no records.
> It might have been a 19footer, not sure. The Caravel became an 18 footer
> in 1959, again, not sure.
>
> 1961, 62, 63. 747 total Bambi's were built in both plants. 16 feet,
> 1850 lbs dry and all with the new Henschen Dura Torque, torsion axle,
> mounted in rubber.
>
> 1964 Bambi II, 17 feet, made only one year.
>
> 1965 the Bambi II turned into a 17 ft Caravel.
>
> Since then, the Globe Trotter and Caravel have been the smallest, at 18
> ft ,19 ft, 20ft, and 21 ft. Everything has gotten bigger, heavier,
> longer, and $ higher. Today and since it was introduced in 98, the only
> single axle sold by A/S is the new 19ft Bambi, at give or take $25,000
> plus tax and license.
>
> That Don Reasons history is nice to read, but it has several mistakes.
> It's OK, everyone makes mistakes, and as the VAC grows, we find more
> documentation to verify models and production. With the recent addition
> of the VAC Archives Historian, Mr Fred Coldwell in Denver, I suspect we
> will soon be receiving more detailed information, than we have ever had.
> "Go Fred, Go."
>
> There might be other small models, that I have forgotten, or possibly
> were "custom made." If anyone out there has one of those small models,
> or a custom model, that we have not discussed, please chime in so we all
> can learn and grow.
>
> Bill Scott
> 61 Bambi
> 66 Trade Wind LY
> VAC and WDCU, WBCCI #3221
>
>
>
