Re: [SilverStreak] Elusive numbers

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Now that DOT requires a 17-place alphanumeric on every titlable vehicle, no more 
of the ambiguities? Too bad this was not done decades ago.
My '08 (actually made in March '07!) Az-Tex 28' enclosed cargo trailer has only a 
sticker on the lower left corner - no frame stamp anywhere.
Al

-- "Carolyn Frederick" <hown@charter.net> wrote:

>>
>> Perhaps the worst of all of this is that there was no standard for serial 
>> number placements on any of the orphaned brands to my knowledge. The serial numbers 
>> are not consistently placed, may be anywhere, and may be nowhere. My 48 Vagabond 262 
>> has a sensible revealing number on the large rear trunk door, but not on the frame. 
>> My 52 Glider Albatross only has the number stamped on the tongue, a removable A-Frame 
>> bolt-on. Change that and the number could be lost. My 46 Spartan has no number anywhere, 
>> and no typical tag removed with the reveal of holes that once might have held it. My 
>> SS motor home has tags on both sides, by the drivers window and by the entry door, but 
>> the 79 SS has on the one tag an nothing stamped on the frame. None of it makes any sense. 
>> Sometimes little scraps of paper in a drawer reveal a number found nowhere else. There 
>> were also title issues where state title number reassignments caused the loss of actual 
>> unit numbers. Then there is the factor of when it was made versus when it was sold and 
>> that causes additional serial number conflicts.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be nice to have the ledger for each brand of these orphaned RV's!
>> -Eddie-
>> Houston, TX