The Vintage AdvantageDamon Beals

The Vintage Advantage was the Official Magazine of the Vintage Airstream Club.  It has not been published since 2013, and has been replaced with the emailed VAC Newsletter.

 

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2013 Vintage Advantage – Summer 2013  Vol 20, #1

1963 Trade Wind restoration / Barsky Family Trip 1969 – part 1 / Rocky Mountain VAC traditions

2012 Sedalia International Rally and Concours d’Elegance / Dometic refrigerator diagnosis and repair

2012 Vintage Advantage – Fall 2012 Vol 19, #2 1965 Trade Wind trailer restoration / Step down power transformer
  Vintage Advantage – Winter/Spring 2012 Vol 19, #1 Helen Byam Schwamborn / Existing ATW caravan trailers
2011 Vintage Advantage – Summer 2011  Vol 18, #2 1949 Studebaker & 1948 Curtis Wright Model 5 / 2010 and 2011 Concours d’Elegance / Fantastic fan
  Vintage Advantage – Winter 2011 Vol 18, #1 1950 Airstream Liner restoration / 2010 Gillette International Rally / Big Red Numbers
2010 Vintage Advantage – Spring 2010 Vol 17, #1 Existing Capetown to Cairo trailers / Refrigerator maintenance
2009 Vintage Advantage – Fall 2009 Vol 16 ,#2 Remembering Bud Cooper / 2009 Madison International Rally / Refrigerator maintenance
  Vintage Advantage – Summer 2009 Vol 16, #1 Hitching and towing tips / ATW caravan and existing trailers
2008 Vintage Advantage – Fall/Winter 2008-09 Vol 15, #3 2008 Bozeman International Rally and Concours d’Elegance / Composite wood floor / Solar installation
  Vintage Advantage – Summer 2008 Vol 15, #2 100,000th Airstream built / Belrepayne Airstream & Trailerpark / 1st 4CU vintage restoration rally
  Vintage Advantage – Spring 2008 Vol 15, #1 Safari #8671 ATW caravan trailer /  Battery maintenance / Repacking wheel bearings
2007 Vintage Advantage – Fall 2007 Vol 14, #3 2007 Perry International Rally and Concours d’Elegance / 2007 Region 5 & 7 VAC rally
  Vintage Advantage – June 2007 Vol 14, #2 1947 to 1951 Airstream Liner trailers – part 2 / Fantastic – Hehr vent
  Vintage Advantage – March 2007 Vol 14, #1 1947 to 1951 Airstream Liner trailers – part 1
2006 Vintage Advantage – December 2006 Vol 13, #4 2006 Rocky Mountain VAC rally
  Vintage Advantage – September 2006 Vol 13, #3 1966 – 68 Airstream trailers / 2006 Salem International Rally and Concours d’Elegance
  Vintage Advantage – Spring 2006 Vol 13, #2 1964 & 1965 Airstream trailers
2005 Vintage Advantage – Winter 2005-06 Vol 13, #1 Forming a VAC region rally / Pressure testing for leaks
  Vintage Advantage – Fall 2005 Vol 12, #2 2005 Springfield International Rally and Concours d’Elegance
  Vintage Advantage – Spring 2005 Vol 12, #1 1961 to 1963 Airstream trailers
2004 Vintage Advantage – Fall 2004 Vol 11, #2 1958 to 1960 Airstream trailers / 2004 Lansing International Rally and Concours d’Elegance
  Vintage Advantage – Spring 2004 Vol 11, #1 RV electrical systems and solar installation
2003 Vintage Advantage – Summer 2003 Vol 10, #3 1954 to 1957 Airstream trailers / Boondocking / Trailer tycoon in Tokyo
  Spring- 2003    
  Vintage Advantage – Winter 2003 Vol 9, #4 1948 Wee Wind trailer
2002 Vintage Advantage – Summer 2002 Vol 9, #2 2002 Rapid City International Rally and Concours d’Elegance / Mystery trailers
  Vintage Advantage – Winter 2002 Vol 9, #1 1958 Traveler trailer restoration / 2000 Belize caravan – part 4
2001 Vintage Advantage – Summer 2001 Vol 8, #3 2001 Sioux Falls International Rally / 2000 Belize caravan – part 3 / Rocky Mountain VAC rally
  Vintage Advantage – Spring 2001 Vol 8, #2 2000 Belize caravan – part 2
  Vintage Advantage – Winter 2001 Vol 8, #1 Prototype Christopher Deam Bambi 16 trailer /  2000 Belize caravan – part 1
2000 Vintage Advantage – Summer 2000 Vol 7, #4 2000 Bismarck International Rally and Concours d’Elegance / Airstreams in Europe
  Vintage Advantage – Spring 2000 Vol 7, #3 Cherry Blossom Rally, The Saga of “Ole 57”
  Vintage Advantage – Winter 2000 Vol 7, #2 Airstream book: History of the Land Yacht
1999 Vintage Advantage – Fall 1999 Vol 7, #1 1999 Dayton International Rally and Concours d’Elegance / the Univolt
  Vintage Advantage – Summer 1999 Vol 6, #4 Airstream for 1969 / Bambi goes to the movies
  Vintage Advantage – Spring 1999  Vol 6, #3 OPD propane tanks / AGM batteries
  Vintage Advantage – Winter 1999  Vol 6, #2 Franklin Mint diecast model of VAC member’s 1968 Sovereign
1998 Vintage Advantage – Fall 1998 Vol 6, #1 1998 Boise International Rally and Concours d’Elegance / Dura torque axles
  Vintage Advantage – Spring 1998 Vol 5, #3 Airstream trailer frame separation
  Vintage Advantage – Winter 1998 Vol 5, #2 1955 Atom bomb test, Yucca Flats NV
1997 Vintage Advantage – Fall 1997 Vol 5, #1 1936 Clipper / 1997 Huntsville International Rally and Concours d’Elegance / The Zip Dee story
  Vintage Advantage – May 1997 Vol 4, #4 The Airstream Story – part 5 / Physics of towing
  Vintage Advantage – February 1997 Vol 4, #3 1937 Airstream trailer brochure – part 2 / The Airstream Story – part 4 / Airstream serial numbers
1996 Vintage Advantage – November 1996 Vol 4, #2 1937 Airstream trailer brochure – part 1 / The Airstream Story – part 3
  Vintage Advantage – August 1996  Vol 4, #1 1937 Clipper / 1951 Cruisette / The Airstream Story – part 2
  Vintage Advantage – May 1996  Vol 3, #4 1935 Airstream Torpedo / The Airstream Story – part 1
  Vintage Advantage – February 1996  Vol 3, #3 1936 Clipper 19′ / RV batteries
1995 Vintage Advantage – November 1995 Vol 3, #2 Wagon Wheel Way Caravan
  Vintage Advantage – August 1995 Vol 3, #1 How was Amherst Rally? Concourse Results
  Vintage Advantage – May 1995 Vol 2, #4 Are you ready for Muster 95?
  Vintage Advantage – February 1995 Vol 2, #3 A Club Renews Itself.
1994 Vintage Advantage – November 1994 Vol 2, #2 1994 Brandon International Rally and Concours d’Elegance
  Vintage Advantage – August 1994 Vol 2, #1 A new fridge in a Vintage Trailer
  Vintage Advantage – April 1994 Vol 1, #5 Pre 1994 International Rally Information
  Vintage Advantage – January 1994 #4 Duplicate Vintage Wood finish
1993 Vintage Advantage – October 1993 #3 Vintage Hehr Windows,
  Vintage Advantage – July 1993 #2 1993 Bismarck International Rally and Concours d’Elegance
  Vintage Advantage – March 1993 #1 First VAC newsletter, published by Bud Cooper / Caravan 139 625 to Bismarck International Rally