Re: [VAL] Airstream Logo

["Fred Coldwell" <agrijeep@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Anne:

    Airstreams are at the opposite end of the "restoration guide" 
information scale from model T's.  There is not much available 
information out there on old Airstream trailers, but we are slowly 
gathering it.

    I do not know the answer to your question: whether the "Globe 
Trotter" script was different in color or shape in 1962 than 1964.  It 
looks the same on 1962 and 1964 Ohio built trailers, where the model 
name was mounted horizontally above the serial number plate.

    The upward angle at which the "Globe rotter" script is mounted 
(likely forward of the door) on your '62 tells me your have a California 
built trailer.  The presence of a Calif. Division of Housing plaque next 
to your serial number plate should confirm your trailer's Calif. origin. 
  I suspect the Calif. "Globe Trotter" script is the same as Ohio name 
script, but I don't know that for a fact.  However, it the "T" fits, use 
it.

    1962 was the 30th Anniversary for Airstream trailers, but that 
doesn't help me guess whether the factory or a former owner painted your 
name script gold (as opposed to pearl).

    I doubt you will ever find a NOS "Globe Trotter" script because I 
doubt the factory ever offered any name script as a replacement part. 
You will likely only find name script on an old trailer.  So if you 
found a GT script, I'd grab it while you can and worry about improving 
it later.  Or just make and insert a "T", whichever seems best for you.

Congratulations on your "new" trailer!

Best regards,

Fred Coldwell
VAC Archive Historian