VINTAGE 1957 18ft AIRSTREAM TRAVEL TRAILER - PROFESSIONALLY POLISHED

HIGHLY DESIREABLE 13 PANEL 18 FOOTER

This Vintage 1957 18ft AIRSTREAM is one very fine specimen of the original vintage AIRSTREAM Travel Trailer. Complete Professional Polish tops off this beautiful example of the Airstream 18 footer, courtesy of P&S Trailer Service of Helena, OH. All systems serviced, in good working condition, and ready to use. Clear title with no liens or encumbrances. The coach has a dry weight of approx. 1750 lbs and a hitch weight of 180 lbs. Interior configuration is (1) Convertible dinette in the front galley and (1) Double bed in the rear compartment. It has a kitchenette with original ceramic sink, original (3) Burner Preway gas stovetop, original MARVEL electric icebox, and original PanelRay heater that are all in working condition. This little gem has all the hard work done already is is now ready for the artistry of upholsteries and draperies. Nice professionally done vintage trailers dont come cheap, so if you've been waiting for the right vintage Airstream trailer to come along, it only makes good sense to go with the guys who've been doing it since 1968 and have a lengthy proven track record to back it up.

In most catalogs and brochures these 18ft trailers are referred to as 18 footers and some Ohio brochures refer to the model Caravel and some show up with Wanderer and Globetrotter names even with the same features and layout. But interesting enough very few had a model nameplate. 18 foot trailers were made in both the Ohio and California factories since 1954. The California trailer is discernable from the Ohio trailers by the teardrop shaped wheelwell cutouts. Ohio wheelwells were squared. - with gracious acknowledgemant to RJ Dial.

This Vintage 1957 18ft AIRSTREAM includes:

Classic Luxury Camper by AIRSTREAM, the best in the business

Complete Professional Polish by P&S Trailer Service, the best in the business

Excellent Exterior Aluminum

Beautiful 13 Panel Endcap Design w/Metal Framed Windows

Complete Belly Pan Metal Underneath [newly replaced]

Newly Serviced Electric Trailer Brakes

Repacked Wheel Bearings

Original interior that is in excellent condition

(2) New Tires

Desireable screen door enclosure [new seal replacement]

(1) Double bed in the Rear Compartment

Foldout Dinette & Counter extensions

Humphrey Gas Light

NEW Running Lights

Interior Lighting Functioning Properly

Solid Flooring [front & rear newly replaced subfloor]

NEW Laminate Floor Covering

Original MARVEL Electric/Icebox Refer

Original PanelRay Heater

(3) Burner Original Preway Gas Stovetop

Original Windows intact all around and functioning w/screens

Original Kitchen countertops in excellent shape

Original Ceramic Sink in Excellent Condition

Original RETRO 1950s Light Fixtures & Covers

(2) 20lb LP Tanks w/OPD Valves

LP Regulator & Hoses

Folding Step

NEW Brake-Away Switch

Manual Hitch Jack

HISTORY/DISCLOSURE: This AIRSTREAM trailer has been very well preserved to its original condition. All systems and appliances have been checked, tested, serviced and repaired as needed. New Marker lamps and interior lighting function as they should. Electric trailer brakes have been cleaned, checked, serviced and are fully operational. Wheel bearings have been newly repacked with new Dexter grease seals installed. Original MARVEL refer is operational. The aluminum skin is excellent and has just been professionally polished. All of the hard work is done and now ready for the artistry upholsteries and drapes. This is a good looking solid trailer and it tracks straight, pulls effortlessly and is almost unnoticeable. A classic and rare vintage trailer that will only appreciate in value. The new owners can expect an extremely professional and cooperative purchase experience.

DATELINE 1957: Dow Jones Industrial Average = 465; Average home price $12,220.00; gallon of gas costs 24 cents; average monthly rent $90.00; Average Yearly Wages $4.550.00; Dwight D. Eisenhower is President w/Richard M. Nixon as Vice President; Dwight D. Eisenhower's two terms as President were the end of the great noble US presidencies; Eisenhower presides over ending of Korean War, beginning of Civil Rights movement, beginning of Federal Highway Act which starts our modern Interstate Highway System, establishes NASA, brings us Alaska & Hawaii as states, and warns us of the Military Industrial Complex [do leaders like this still exist?]; Elvis is drafted into the US Army; Russia launches Sputnik I first earth-orbiting satellite and the Space Age begins; James Hoffa gains control of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Pulitzer prize awarded to John F. Kennedy for his book Profiles in Courage; Theodore Geisel writes Cat in the Hat as Dr. Seuss; Barry Gordy Jr. invests $700 to found Motown Records; General Foods Corp introduces TANG breakfast beverage crystals; Velcro is patented by George de Mestral of Switzerland; Eveready produces AA size alkaline batteries for use in personal transistor radios; The Frisbee is renamed and nationally marketed; One thousand computers are sold and not one of them had a Windows operating system; American Bandstand goes national with Dick Clark as host; Senator Joseph McCarthy dies of cirrhosis of the liver. Good riddance; Wagon Train debuts on TV as well as Have Gun Will Travel, Tales of Wells Fargo and Maverick; Leave It to Beaver premieres on CBS ushering in an era of television shows that depict the American ideal; Academy Award for Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days; World Series: Milwaukee Braves defeat NY Yankees 4-3; Football NFL Championship: Detroit Lions crush the Cleveland Browns 59-14; Iron Liege wins the Kentucky Derby.