[VAL] Re: Shirley's Factory Photos

["Fred Coldwell" <agrijeep@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Shirley:

    Glad to help!  The "other oldie" is a 1948 Airstream 28' tandem axle 
"Whirlwind" Super Liner, serial number 2008 on an Airstream "wave" 
plate, which should make it the 8th one manufactured.  It has the 
Air-O-Lite brand stacked rectangular casement type side windows.  An 
interesting modification by a former owner is the rounding of bottom 
window frame corners, which have been filed into a smooth curve from the 
original sharp 90 degree angle.  This may have been done to reduce the 
extent of puncture wounds resulting from walking into an open window 
frame.  I bet the file came out quickly after the first heady encounter.

    I spent 15 minutes transfixed in the open threshold of Old Granddad, 
the pre WW II tandem axle Clipper, just absorbing the beauty and 
craftsmanship of that gorgeous wood interior.  I spent another 10 
minutes outside admiring the pattern of the rivets across the exterior 
aluminum skin.  What a beauty!  Time with Old Granddad is time well 
spent, a five rivet experience.

Best regards,

Fred C.