[A/S] factory tour

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Went to the factory and took the tour. Interesting. They are doing 
six motor homes a week and about 26 trailers a week. They are trying 
to get to 8 motorhomes a week and also raise trailer production. 
Everything is presold to dealers. It will take some more hiring to 
get it done. They renovated a building across the street and are 
building the new sprinter there. A van conversion. We also saw the 
one and only class C prototype. A one peice fiber glass body. They 
think they have it sold with no plans for any more. They are costing 
too much to produce. If I understood Don our guide correctly they are 
planning to bring back the Land Yacht for 2005. In order to make the 
Bambi any shorter, they will have to rivet two end caps together. I 
also saw the new CCD. The one I saw had flat black cabinets, a lime 
green bath and some burnt orange thrown in for good measure. All that 
on top of bare shinny alum interior walls should cause a few night 
mares. The flip side is the top of the line Classic 34' with a slide 
out. Very nice. They are also putting retro marker lites on the 
trailers. Back to the old "teardrops". The customer service dept is 
very busy. Saw Wally's "gold" personal trailer. If you get near 
Jackson Center, stop and look. I took a lot of pics if anyone is 
interested.  The town is only about 3000 people. Arnie