Reply to: RE: [VAC] Bambi II light covers
If they are the ones that look like this:
http://www.vintageairstream.com/myrtle_tour_details2.html
Inland RV (http://www.inlandrv.com) had some last time I saw one of their parts lists
- don't know if they were new old stock or a reproduction.
Some alternatives exist.
One is to get some opaque acrylic or polycarbonate plastic (http://www.tapplastics.com
or local store near you) and make a mold from wood using the old piece as a pattern.
Stick it in the oven and drape the piece over the mold. With a few gentle pokes it
will take on a crude shape of the original. Expect to make many "prototypes" before
getting one right. Krista & I take this one step further and use a shop vac and screen
wire to accomplish rudimentary vacuum-forming. It is a pretty comical process to watch.
Another alternative is to have a shop make some up - our phone book has 4 local places
that do plastic forming and vacuum-forming (including Tap Plastics noted above). They
usually have a minimum quantity though to justify the mold and production run.
Which brings us to the last option. Contact Steve Hintgen at AirstreamDreams.com, or
try Inland RV, and see if they would be interested in having them made. They were used
from the late '50s to late '60s, almost 10,000 trailers, so the demand is out there.
There are fluorescent light assys that are similar in size to the old Grimes 12/110v
lights that can be used either temporarily, or permanently if you don't mind camping
by florescent lights.
RJ
hupp wrote:
>I,m looking for the light covers that were over head mid trailer and
>over the rear bath sink. Mine are cracked badly, any thoughs or parts
>place? I was thinking if I can't find any which is probably going to be
>the case I would attempt to use the old one as a mold and use fiber
>glass and resin. Dean
>
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