1948 Whirlwind 28′
California | 2001+
(pipe-frame)
First year for the double door pipe-framed Whirlwind. As noted below, interiors were fully customizable – and notice the price – $4000!! That is $512,000 in 2006 dollars! As a result, not too many were made, or then even survived due to the pipe-frame chassis.
Below is one of few known surviving examples, residing now at the Airstream factory in Ohio, s/n 2008…
![48Whirlwind](https://vintageairstream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/48Whirlwind-300x225.jpg)
![48Whirlwind-2008](https://vintageairstream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/48Whirlwind-2008-300x225.jpg)