Re: [SilverStreak] new member

["Eddie" <Eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lorrie,
Welcome, and you sure are at the right place! As you are here, you know 
there is a site, www.TomPatterson.com. There you will find a lot of history 
about Silver Streak, lot's of pictures and models. The site is dedicated to 
Streamline, but includes much, much more. There you will discover Steamline 
and Silver Streak have company and people ties from long ago.

Of the aluminum similar-look trailers and motor homes, Silver Streak was the 
last to finally close. Silver Streak is the last generation of all the 
orphan brands. Only Airstream survives today. Opinions vary like with any 
brand, but a lot of people like me who own or have owned many brands find 
Streamline the best constructed and Silver Streak almost exactly well built. 
The major difference in the two is Streamline had a totally aluminum wall 
interior including all cabinets and fixture furniture like the galley and 
bath rooms for almost all units built. Only the doors and fronts of cabinet, 
closet and drawers used either solid wood or composite fronts. Streamline 
also used one-piece major shell ribs thru out that were extruded pieces like 
a giant horse shoe up one side, over the roof, and down the other. Silver 
Streak may also use this ribbing, but I've not had any of mine apart so I 
don't know about that.

Both Silver Streak and Streamline have extremely good frames and floors and 
when cared for, the floors never fail. I have 60's models with like-new 
floors, but also have one with a totally bad floor. That's really a plus for 
the two makers as opposed to other brands with serious frame and floor 
constant issues. It all depends on what was allowed to continue to leak 
without repairs such as broken windows, damaged doors and vents, bad 
plumbing and such. A lot depended upon where the trailer spent it's life in 
high moisture situations which could include flooding next to lakes and low 
lying areas.

This list is a forum where people like you and I ask questions and discuss 
Silver Streak in any nature. I believe no question can be asked or discussed 
too much or often. It is a learning and sharing forum. It is well sponsored 
and monitored to keep it on track devoid of off topic and personal chat 
nature. Tom Patterson site is vast and supports the list with picture 
gallery, archive by word search, and much more. The site constantly grows by 
his singular efforts and is freely given without any of the typical burden 
of advertisings so prevalent with other and similar groups. The list has a 
good following and attendance in my opinion with robust and less active 
periods. The list is only as good as those who participate and has an 
amazingly great populace.

So you stumbled on to something made well by a generation who built what 
they knew how to build like the airplanes of the war they fought. What they 
made satisfied their need for jobs, a nations need for immediate housing, 
and produced a quality product that has outlasted all but a few of that 
generation that are now gone. You are at the right place!
-Eddie-
Houston, TX and a beginning of another site: www.Huffstetter.com