tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435894645091403903.post5993073549466048571..comments2024-01-10T09:21:52.531+00:00Comments on YoungManGoneWest: Airstream, Curtis Wright or Silver Streak?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435894645091403903.post-74596216174180948152013-04-03T23:10:03.239+01:002013-04-03T23:10:03.239+01:00To tell the truth it was a while ago we tried asce...To tell the truth it was a while ago we tried ascertaining the exact year of our trailer. I'm sure we found some online reference to serial number / year specifics, I think it came down to just accepting it was roughly this era of production. We did a lot of online research and comparison with other's. With the early Silver Streaks there wasn't a lot of official records / data kept.I'll see if I can find any data we might have.Ivanovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921707800695344527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435894645091403903.post-54610755242115351052013-04-03T07:57:38.691+01:002013-04-03T07:57:38.691+01:00Thank-you for that. Can you expand please re how t...Thank-you for that. Can you expand please re how to interpret the serial number to confirm year.YMGWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206422601969617658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435894645091403903.post-64227696832017134912013-04-03T07:07:50.025+01:002013-04-03T07:07:50.025+01:00Well, what you have looks almost identical to what...Well, what you have looks almost identical to what we have .... and we're under the belief that what we have is a 1953 Silver Streak 'The Clipper'. Ours has the badges with a serial number '2475' (El Monte Cali.)which corresponds with the date.Ours also has the dealer's plate 'Earl E. Smith Trailer Homes' Portland, Oregon.<br />Except our has a different front/rear window configuration again. On ours the front and end 'mask' windows were altered or modified at some stage. The original lozenge-shape holes were visible when we took out the interior lining. From our research there appear to be numerous front/rear window configurations.<br />We miraculously found ours here in Byron Bay, Australia. Apparently shipped out here by an American film maker who migrated. You can find numerous pics of ours here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25291729@N03/sets/72157626340212389/Ivanovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921707800695344527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435894645091403903.post-86901630587619183312013-02-18T04:00:17.173+00:002013-02-18T04:00:17.173+00:00I have one of these trailers that looks just like ...I have one of these trailers that looks just like the one in these photos but is probably a little older because the tail lights are not built into the body but has only one center mounted tail light. I have no title, but it looks just like the one in these photos. It is totally gutted on the inside and is just being used to store old car parts. I am in Mesa, Arizona. If anyone is interested in purchasing this trailer for about $2,500 or so, get in touch with me at derrand@cox.net. It has the old fashion trailer ball mount missing parts, so, to tow it one would need to weld a new hitch mount on the center pipe. I don't know if it is a Silver Streak or a Curtis Wright, but you will probably be able to tell if you look at it. Let me know on this because the City is getting after me about getting it out of my yard because it is an eyesore. I'm not "into" these old trailers, but everybody who sees it tells me it is worth some money so I shouldn't just give it away. Thanks much for your interest. Randy F. Phone 602-565-5556.Randy Flaschnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435894645091403903.post-79310523866660639962012-11-01T15:44:02.241+00:002012-11-01T15:44:02.241+00:00Thank-you Miles. That might well account for the u...Thank-you Miles. That might well account for the uncertainty over whether the trailer is a Curtis Wright or, as badged, a Silver Streak. On the other hand, the website introduces further confusion by assuming that Curtiss Wright and Curtis Wright are one and the same.YMGWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206422601969617658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435894645091403903.post-53016226327075469942012-10-31T06:34:53.967+00:002012-10-31T06:34:53.967+00:00This might solve the mystery:
http://1949curtiswri...This might solve the mystery:<br />http://1949curtiswrightrestored.shutterfly.com/<br />Apparently Silver Streak bought all of the Curtis Wright production in 1950 and marketed them as Silver Streak Trailers.Miles Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908035577113675307noreply@blogger.com