![]() ![]() Byam's company went back into production in 1948. When World War II ended, the economy boomed, and people's attention once again turned towards leisure travel. During World War II, travel became a luxury most could not afford and non-military industries faced an acute aluminum shortage. Of more than 400 travel trailer builders operating in 1936, Airstream was the sole survivor of the Depression. It slept four, carried its own water supply, was fitted with electric lights and cost $1,200. The first Airstream, called the "Clipper" in 1936, was named after the first trans-Atlantic seaplane. It was the first of the now familiar sausage-shaped, silver aluminum Airstream trailers. The design cut down on wind resistance and thus improved fuel efficiency. In 1936, Byam introduced the "Airstream Clipper", which was essentially a rebadged 1935 Bowlus Road Chief, with the door relocated from the front to the side. Byam published a magazine selling "how-to" kits to customers wishing to build their own trailers. The company was created by Wally Byam who began building trailers out of Masonite in his backyard in Los Angeles during the late 1920s. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.Refurbished Airstream trailer, California, March 21, 2013 Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account ![]() A track-like storage system along the walls, ceiling and floor allows for hanging and securing gear with straps. In designing the interior, a lot of attention was paid to storage, according to Airstream. It has comfortable bed space for two adults – four people could fit in a pinch – and seats as many as six. Like the other Airstream Interstate models, the 24X is based on a diesel-powered Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van. There are other Airstream camper vans, like the Interstate 24GT and 24GL, but the Interstate 24X is Airstream’s first to offer four-wheel-drive. Its sheer size – as the name implies, it’s 24 feet long – could prevent it from getting too deep into the woods, but it’s designed to venture further into the forests or deserts than Airstream’s other camper vans.Īirstream has recently started offering off-road capable trailers, like the Basecamp 20X and 16X, but those are designed to be towed behind other vehicles. With a starting price of about $214,000, the Interstate 24X has knobby off-road tires and all-wheel-drive, allowing it to crawl along muddy rutted trails with less chance of getting stuck. The Airstream Interstate 24X has knobby ties, four-wheel-drive and an off-road light bar. ![]()
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