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[VAC] Re: Modifying rear bath to rear bedroom




>Wayne:  have you cornered the market on rare ones or something?  you 
>seem to have
>quite a bunch of 'em.  You just let one of them get away and Tuna got it.  I
>guess what I'm seeing here is my future as the disease progresses.

Tuna actually bought his '48 a while ago...

>Have you have any problems with that pipe frame? am I asking a silly question
>here?  Or did you do as Tuna suggests and transfer it to a new frame 
>with better suspension/axle?  I kinda like the Dura-Torque on my 
>'62, don't know what a stiffer/single piece (if that's the way to 
>describe it) one would be like.

1953 and later (possibly '52, I don't know and will defer to the 
Airstream Gods to answer that specifically) have a ladder/box frame 
and they're much more rugged.