Hi Polly,
Vanessa and I went to our first rally a couple of years ago with the same
questions. We had been working on our 63 and had no clue what to expect. Well
the day we left (our street borders a highway) we pull out and this brand new
motorhome w/ WBCCI numbers zooms by. I thought we're dead! We pulled into the
campground and 99% of the units were less than 5 years old and we we're 25 years
younger than anyone we saw there. To make a long story short: It was the
warmest, nicest group of " old folks" we've ever had the pleasure to deal with.
We were made to feel a part of from the get go! They've all been there, done
that and had nothing but appreciation for what we were doing. I assure you our
63 is what we could afford (sans Sanford & Son) and no more. We left that rally
with a whole group of new friends and as a result got bit hard by the Airstream
lifestyle, Vintage or otherwise! I think this is what Wally had in mind.
You'll have an awesome time!!
Paul
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> Hi, Nick, I have some thoughts on this also. I am going to my local unit's
> get together in July and meeting these folks for the first time. I am the
> only Vintage member and I am wondering how I am going to fit in.
> I think most of us would have had a lot in common with the people in the book
> that you mention but perhaps the present owners of new AS are the same
> people, just older and more conservative? I wonder if the amount of money
> spent on a new AS today is comparative to what a new one cost in 1960? I
> have a feeling that todays are more expensive and aimed toward a different
> lifestyle, more of the "let's take it all with us" type than the "let's go
> have an adventure type". I cannot imagine owning one of the new ones. Can
> you imagine one of the new ones in Africa? or in the streets of a European
> city?
> I don't remember when I first became aware of the AS - 60s maybe- but I have
> wanted one ever since. I finally got one in 1985 and still own it and it
> will go to my kids when I can no longer use it. As someone said on this list
> - even when it is in the back yard, it represents freedom.
> After I meet the group in Durango, I will give you another report on the
> likness, difference in the groups. One thing I have found is that they all
> seem to be friendly so far, and helpful. I couldn't get to the Memoral Day
> gathering that I had signed up for and I got a personal note from the folks
> holding the next one, hoping I could get there.
>
> Just Plain Polly
> 1964 Globetrotter
> WCBBI 7113
