Hey Robert,
Two ideas:
Go to Billy Pollard's place in Jackson, Mississippi and ask him to help you find the
original
equipment. They are out in the quonset hut type buildings where he keeps spare parts.
I've rummaged
around in those buildings before. If for no other reason, going to him is an education
in itself.
Second, follow the dealer's recommendation. The difference between the two is minor
(functionally),
but not the same literally. You are smart, use components that will work in this
situation. Try to
figure out something using what you have (with slight variations).
Thirdly (and you didn't ask for this), get creative, search Home Depot in the
"drawer's department"
or the like and come up with something to do the job with finesse. In our case, I used
a wider piece
of plywood and the overlap took care of my problem. Each Airstream is a little
different. What will
work for you may be exactly what you create.
Fourth, look at every old Airstream you can find. Take your polaroid camera with you.
There are as
many solutions as pictures in a cartridge of film. More than one of my solutions are a
copy or
adaptation of something I photographed (not always in an Airstream).
No one said restoring was easy,
Terry
1963 22' Flying Cloud
1967 22' Safari
1977 31' Excella 500
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>The street side sofa/bed in our recently purchased 68 Caravel was
>modified by the previous owner. The frame, drawers and cushions are
>original. However, there are no slides, just a piece of 1/2" plywood
>resting on top of the frame. There are two, 1" dowels screwed into to
>the plywood at each end which are used as legs for support when the sofa
>is extended into a bed. The whole set up is unsightly and I would like
>to get this back to as close to original as I can. I know B. Walters
>Co. originally made slides but I have no idea how they are attached or
>what they look like installed. I only have one inch of clearance
>between the top of the storage drawers and the bottom of the plywood.
>The dealer told me to just get a piece of 1/2" molding to cover the edge
>of the plywood and forget about the rest. Doggedly I am determined to
>come up with a better solution. Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks for your help
>
>Robert Rasmussen
>Dallas, Texas
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