[VAL] Awning question

["William Alpert" <wbalpert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Courtney ask:
  
 I was thinking how nice my 63 Globetrotter would look with a nice Zip Dee
awning. Then I started thinking how many days I'd be eating tuna fish until
it was paid for.
  
 How much does one of those things cost anyway? Is there a source for a
used one?
  
Try Colaw RV in Carthage Missouri on I-44 1 exit east of Hwy 71. 
www.colawrv.com  They are a very large RV salvage yard with about 2 dozen
Airstreams and 100's of SOBs.  They usually sell used Zip Dees for $2 a
foot.  You install it or they will for a fee.  They will ship parts
nationwide but an awning might be expensive to ship.  Call the 800 number
to see.  They can tell you what sizes and colors are available.  There are
probably other salvage yards around the country.

Zip Dee has a web site also.  They're in a Chicago suburb at the north end
of O'Hara Airport.  They will send you info and color samples.  They also
have overnight hookups for customers.  They even reinstall awnings.

Maybe a spring trip through Missouri and Chicago would solve your problem.

Somebody once told me, "Buy the best and only cry once."  More often, I
find myself understanding, "Poor people have poor ways."

Bill