[A/S] Re: Old vs New Specs??

["airstream22630" <balloon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Old vs New, whats better?? Look at the specs of both and think about 
whats important to you. A couple of things come to mind. A 1966 26' 
Overlander weight 4250lbs, four inch frame, skin thicker, 2 inch 
ball, gas hot water, 110/gas frig, gas stove, thin plywood style 
cabnets, SS sink, black water only, etc... New Classic 25'(one foot 
less) weight 6050lbs(w/o options), six inch frame, thinner skin, 2 
15/16 inch ball, gas/12v/AC H/W, gas/12v/AC frig., gas cooktop(no 
stove), Corain countertops, Black/Gray tanks, wood front/particle 
board sides/back, etc... Old unit uses more rivets, new unit less but 
with a glue seal to support beams. So, as you can see they both have 
good things about them. If you could only get Airstream to build a 
trailer body of the past/with a frame of today, a gas/12v/AC frig/HW 
with a real stove/oven, "no particle board"(very heavy) 
fresh/black/grey tanks then you would really have something. But it 
would weigh even more than the units today of the same length and 
cost a bunch more to build. It comes down to this, the Airstream 
bodies of the past are far better, but the frame and systems are 
better today. My 2 1/2 cents.

Paul Waddell
WBCCI/VAC/WDCU 1270
66 Overlander
66 Safari
70 Safari