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Re: [VAL] Airstreams Annonymous? now Silver Albatross



Jim,

I have been thinking about a reply to your first post on selling your 
trailer.  You are making the same choice which we all will have to make 
some day.  We all hope that it will be after many years of Airstream 
ownership and many safe miles of travels.  My parents stopped towing 
after an accident in which three people were killed.  Their trailer lost 
the brake connection from the controller on a long down hill and started 
swaying.  They lost control, totaled the car and damaged the trailer.  
At 73, my dad said enough was enough.

Jim, you might consider taking the Silver Albatross to Sarasota next 
year and see what action you get.

Good luck to you.

Bill Kerfoot
WBCCI/VAC/CAC #5223
1973 Dodge W200 PowerWagon
1977 Lincoln Continental
1979 23' Safari
1954 Double Door 29' Liner
Orange, CA

http://www.tompatterson.com/gallery/Bill-Beth-1979-Safari
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>This is amazing that you had people wanting to buy the  trailer. I have tried 
>to sell The Silver Albatross for a while and so far I had  one person make an 
>offer $4000.00 As some of you know this is a very unique  trailer the wood 
>work inside is different from the normal I have spent many  hundreds of hours on 
>it This year I replaced the axles and put new tires and  batteries in it I 
>was insulted by the offer the reason he said for the low offer  is that it 
>looked in very rough condition. I an now considering one of 2 options  ether towing 
>it out into a field and burning it or donating it to some  charitable 
>organization to use as a fund raiser there is no way that an  individual is going to 
>get my blud sweat and tears for a mere pittance.
>Jim Smith
>1965 Trade Wind