Re: [VAL] RE: VAL Model name?

["Fred Coldwell" <agrijeep@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Colin:

    "Trade Wind" was the model name for the 1963 (and nearby) year(s) 
24' Airstream trailer.

    In 1962, the base trim level Trade Wind was the "standard" model 
that had all 110 volt a.c. appliances and had only  "Airstream" shown on 
its blue rectangular serial number plate.  In 1962, the intermediate 
trim level was the self-contained "Land Yacht" option package and the 
top of the line trim level was the "International" option package.  If 
the trailer was built at the factory with the first option package, the 
serial number plate would include "Land Yacht" underneath "Airstream" on 
the serial number plate.   The option packages were cumulative, so the 
the trailer was built at the factory with the top of the line 
"International" trim level option package, its serial number plate would 
state "International Land Yacht" underneath the "Airstream" name.

    In 1963, Airstream discontinued the based level "standard" 110 volt 
a.c. appliance trailer and all Airstreams became self-contained, so the 
"Land Yacht" became the new base model Airstream beginning in 1963.
As before, the top of the line trim level trailer was the "International 
Land Yacht" in 1963 and during the balance of the 1960s.

    Toby & Rich:  Does the "Tradewind" model name on your 1960 trailers 
appear stamped into a small (about 1" x 3") rectangular plate, or is it 
in script letters that are mounted directly into the aluminum skin?

Fred Coldwell