VAC E-mail List Archive

The Vintage Airstream E-mail List

Archive Files


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

[VAC] Suburban replacement



Jim, 

If it was me, I'd ask Suburban. After all, they have the blueprints for what
they created during those years. I don't have their email address (if they
have one), but I believe their factory is in Dayton, TN. Why don't you ask
your search engine to find their telephone number?

Worst case scenerio is they'll say all their equipment has been changed over
and they can't accomodate you. If that occurs, ask them to send you the list
of their recommended service centers around the country. That list will
include the addresses and telephone numbers. From there you can do another
search for the email address of those centers closest to you.

Someone has what you want and it's probably gathering dust in a far corner
of their service center. Persistence, persistence, persistence is the bounty
hunters best friend.

It wouldn't surprise me if you learned that some service center has made up
an adaptation kit. Undoubtedly, there's an Airstream dealership with this
problem already solved (a cold weather state). The name of the game is do
the searching legwork while you have the inclination.

The only time I take the Rube Goldberg route is after I've spent an obscene
amount of time searching and investigating and still come up empty handed.
The upside of that is the pump for my creative juices has been well primed.

You'll find one (or two) furnaces to fit your rig - eventually - especially
if both of you work together on this project.  Have fun,

Terry
mailto:tylerbears@airstream.net