Re: [VAL] Guage or thickness of 1972 airstream globetrotter aluminum skin

["J. Anderson" <janderson@xxxxxxxx>]

Here are a few excerpts from a search of Tom Patterson's website.  Fred 
Coldwell and Garnett Horner were two of the main sources; maybe they 
will chime in again here.  Seems like skin thickness may have changed 
through the years.  Good luck!

John Anderson

>Alcoa ANC Al-Clad 24 S-T .032" gauge. [AN-A-13 also appears on the 
>aluminum].
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>The aluminum on my 49 Liner is:
>	Outer skin		0.040
>	Inner skin		0.020
>	Belly wrap		0.032
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>1. What gauge aluminum should I purchase? 
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>If you have a 50s or 60s trailer, you should get 1/32" thick aluminum.  You
>don't say what year your trailer is but if it is pre-mid 60s, the aluminum
>alloy is 2024T3 Alclad.  Some time in the 60s AS changed the type of
>aluminum.  I believe you can get this alloy from Aircraft Spruce (on the
>web) for example.
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