Which doesn't take away a thing from your coach. It looks good and if it
runs good it will be a lot of fun and a subject of conversation wherever
you go. So load it up and get out there and enjoy it.
Charlie
(Just a little bit envious)
On 7/24/2012 11:48 AM, thebert25@bellsouth.net wrote:
> so...i did the test. early this morning me and my trusty magnet went out and did the test.
> and it stuck to the front and back end plate. so mystery solved? she is an argosy!
>
> --- In AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com, Charlie Burke <cbburke199@...> wrote:
>> Having looked at the pictures you posted I would say someone did an
>> excellent restoration/conversion on your little motorhome.
>>
>> The clues that it is an Argosy are the rear end top cap. From the
>> pictures it appears to be a one piece. I'm curious if that panel is
>> painted or polished metal.
>>
>> The serial number clearly says it is a 1977 production coach and that it
>> was built in Versailles not Jackson Center. To the best of my knowledge
>> all Airstream branded motorhomes were finished and serial numbered in
>> Jackson Center.
>>
>> Knowing Airstream's propensity for tinkering around with production
>> coaches it is not outside the realm of possibility that they actually
>> built this coach as an Airstream early prototype. To me the best clue of
>> this would be if the rear top cap is in fact aluminum. Put a magnet
>> against the metal. If it sticks, it's steel and surely an Argosy, if
>> not, it's aluminum and may well be an Airstream.
>>
>> If the drive train is in good shape you've got quite the little hotrod
>> there. The engine is a 454 ci Chevy engine. With only 20' of motorhome
>> to pull around it should have quite a bit of reserve power.
>>
>> But above all else you've got a great little conversation piece, so
>> enjoy it and the many puzzled faces when you tell them not to much about it.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/23/2012 5:43 PM, thebert25@... wrote:
>>> CHARLIE. thankyou so much for all your information. like i said before we know virtually nothing about this unit but love her anyway!
>>> do you know if there is a way to tell for sure that it is an argosy?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com, Charlie Burke <cbburke199@> wrote:
>>>> It started life as an Argosy.
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>> On 7/22/2012 4:25 PM, Hunter Hampton wrote:
>>>>> On 7/22/2012 3:22 PM, Charlie Burke wrote:
>>>>>> That decodes as:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> M= Motorhome
>>>>>> 20= length
>>>>>> D= double bed rear bath
>>>>>> V= built in Versailles, OH Versailles is near Jackson Center. It is
>>>>>> where they built Argosy's
>>>>>> 5125= production sequence. This number indicates that it was the 125th
>>>>>> motorhome built by Airstream.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Charlie
>>>>> So, does that mean it is an Argosy, Charlie?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hunter in Newport, WA
>>>>>
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