1947 24 ft Airfloat of eBay

[Cliffmeister2000]

Not mine, and not tiny. But very interesting!

http://tinyurl.com/y9fwumo

[Mike Angeles]

All those windows would be cool to capture

[Gage]

For a $1000, nope, to much missing. It would cost you a life savings to restore it correctly. Just another California Dreamer.

[Cliffmeister2000]

For a $1000, nope, to much missing. It would cost you a life savings to restore it correctly. Just another California Dreamer.

True, but it is a rare find, and the current bidding is only $225. I found where it was listed at $1,500 on Feb 5, so the price is moving in the right direction.

This is what it's supposed to look like.

[cuyeda]

Here are a couple pictures of Airfloats I shot a couple weeks ago. There is a third one, that is being painted and final touch ups done. Looks great!

[Cliffmeister2000]

I like the looks of this one!

I wonder what value those two diagonal bars coming up from the tongue provide?

[Mike_La]

I like the looks of this one!

I wonder what value those two diagonal bars coming up from the tongue provide?

I was wondering the same thing.
From the looks of the tongue size(on this one) it would be for rigidity. I would thing the bracing was an after-thought to prevent tongue flex.

[Cliffmeister2000]

I like the looks of this one!

I wonder what value those two diagonal bars coming up from the tongue provide?

I was wondering the same thing.
From the looks of the tongue size(on this one) it would be for rigidity. I would thing the bracing was an after-thought to prevent tongue flex.

They have it on the larger one too. Kind of a trademark design? On the larger one, you can see where it has flexed enough to damage the skin.

[ajricher]

Last time I saw something like that it was suspended under a blimp...

[cuyeda]

Here is another Airfloat. I took this picture about a year ago, and will get the updated picture of final paint job.



Gage will you get out the way, we can't see the entire Airfloat!



Here is the interior shot.

[cuyeda]

Took this picture over the weekend. 1957 Airfloat, anodized skins. Getting an on demand water heater installed.

[emiller]

Where all trailers built on 7th street in Los Angeles, CA in the ol days. Sure seams like it. I used to work at 7th and San Pedro and never saw any remnants of trailer factories. Of course I wasn't looking for trailers back then either.