Re: [SilverStreak] asking for a personal opinion

["Tom Patterson" <pattersontj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know if I am the only really qualified opinion, because my only 
experience of working and living has been with the Streamlines.  I own 
neither a Silver Streak, nor an Airstream.

From what I have seen and heard though, both of the Streamline and Silver 
Streak trailers are essentially the same.  Pat Patterson (no relation), who 
started up the Streamline Company was one of the founding members of the 
Silver Streak Company when they bought the Curtis Wright business.  When he 
started making trailers under the Streamline name, they were essentially the 
same trailer as the Silver Streak.

I hate to get into a discussion as to the relative merits of the Airstream 
vs. Silver Streak/Streamline, but personally, I do view the latter as the 
preferable trailer.  Certainly, it does have a little more room for storage 
in the overhead cabinets because of the difference in curvature.
All of these trailers feature aluminum ribbing and exterior which is IMHO a 
very desirable feature.  They all have the same kind of wooden floor and the 
problems with possible floor deterioration are common.  Silver Streaks and 
Streamlines have a regular frame, which I think is stronger.  The 
Streamline, and probably the Silver Streak in the earlier years before gray 
water tanks had both gray and black water flowing through the single tank, 
rather than going directly to the ground.

Probably there are other differences, and advantages one way or the other. 
The Airstream does command a higher price, but I think that this is solely 
because of brand recognition, not because of better quality.

-Tom