Episode 30: The 30’s and 40’s

Episode 30: The 30's and 40's

Join Host Tim Shephard and Panel Pros Colin Hyde and Rob Baker and special guest Fred Coldwell as they discuss Airstreams early trailers! 

• Listener question: Remodeling a ’05 Bambi
• Ambassador Update
• Installing Aluminum panels from AirParts Inc.
• Need a rivet shaver!
• Tub painted with epoxy paint
• Refinished the cabinets with Howards
• Vintage poop problem
• Tim lacks fiber glassing skill
• New black tank design
• New contributor: All-Rite!
• Not much known about pre-war trailers
• Dr. Holman’s 1935 Torpedo NOT a kit!

• Airstream trailer production stopped during the war
• Airstream builds wartime housing
• Pre-war trailer amenities
• Early Airstream competitors
• Tube frames and wood interiors
• Old granddad trailer at Jackson Center
• Aliens from outer space
• Too old to tow?
• 1936 Clipper $1,495
• Aluminum vs. Steel
• Curtis Wright Clipper
• After war Wally worked for Curtis Wright
• 1947 Wally leaves Curtis Wright
• Rob’s old 1948 Aero Flight Falcon
• Why nautical names? Wee Wind, Trail Wind, etc…
• Flying Cloud name origination
• 1949 Airstream Liner News
• Wider higher Liner
• Pipe frame to ladder frame
• Airstreams optional piano
• Early trailer production numbers
• Late 40’s trailer amenities
• Listener feedback request