VACList DigestVACList-Digest Saturday, August 10, 2002 Issue 390
Today's Topics:
1. Re: window treatments
2. places for repairs/ restoration - Colorado & Florida
3. Big Trouble in Motor City
4. reflective window sceeen material
5. Re: places for repairs/ restoration - Colorado & Florida
6. Re: reflective window sceeen material
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Message Number: 1
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 19:53:05 -0400
From: Daisy Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: window treatments
Even the el cheapo blinds from HD or WM have those, but they are a pain
to install and use, IMHO.
Daisy ( ? the Venetian blind queen ...)
Dick and Kris Parins wrote:
>
> Jim wrote:
>
> > Bob:
> >> The Airstream dealers sell a system that uses a plastic piece to provide a
> >> pin on the end of the bottom of the blind and a piece that goes on the
> > wall
> >> to hold the bottom of the blind against the wall... works fine... I have
> >> the blinds on our unit...
> >>
> >> Jim
>
> I just looked in the Smith and Noble Windoware catolog (800) 248-8888 and
> they will provide hold-down clips as a free option if you buy the blinds
> from them. Maybe other places have these clips as well.
>
> Dick
> '62 Bambi
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Message Number: 2
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 11:40:58 +0100
From: "Anthony Slocock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: places for repairs/ restoration - Colorado & Florida
Greetings folks
I would be grateful for any leads, better still personal recommendations
that vintage owners could give me in 2 areas:
Firstly, I have a '48 Liner (with replacement ladder frame) heading south
from NY towards Orlando, Florida the 2nd week September and I am looking for
a restoration workshop on the way south, ideally in Florida that I can have
it delivered to and get the repairs in progress. Further up the east coast
however would be OK if the place were good.
Secondly, I have a '56 Sovereign happily residing 10,000 ft up in Colorado,
which I want to get transported to a reasonably local workshop before the
snow comes in October, for storage and essential repairs over the winter.
My aim with this one will be to then drive it West to California in the
Spring, where there are many good restoration shops to choose from.
So, if anyone can help with recommendations on the eastern seaboard heading
south, or in the Colorado area (ideally Alamosa area), I would be eternally
grateful!
Many thanks
Anthony Slocock
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Message Number: 3
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 11:10:53 -0700
From: Tuna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Big Trouble in Motor City
Here's a copy of an email i've just posted to the ClassicRV group - thought
i'd pass it along to the Airstream and VAClists as well:
I sort of introduced myself a couple of weeks ago - i've been on the road
and my email sending capabilities are somewhat erratic. I'm the proud owner
of a '1981' Champion (1979 Dodge Sportsman Van, dually chassis) with about
50,000 + miles on it...
Contrary to my previous posting, i've remembered that i did NOT replace the
original 318 v8 engine with a 360... that WAS the plan, three years ago -
but with one thing and another, it didn't happen, and the dealership with
whom i'd left it for engine work did a ring/valve job instead, and called it
'good'. Well, i'd put about 3,000 - 4,000 miles on it since the rebuild when
my cat and i decided to go pick up my g/f and her dog, and her mustang car
and bring them from the motor city to the biggest little city... all went
well and we completed the roughly 5000 mile round trip (side trips along the
way)... however, i needed to get the rv 'smogged' and the registration
renewed before the second leg of our journey - back to detroit a second
time, and then home to reno, with another load of stuff in tow...
rv failed smog test - diagnosis: cracked carb body, fuel everywhere...
solution: new carb, oil change, tune-up; passed smog with flying colors - on
the road two days later... things were going well for the next day or so,
when suddenly, about somewhere in nebraska, the engine started to
overheat... pulled over a couple of times to let it cool down, replaced
coolant and continued on... about 30 miles beyond Grand Island, the engine
threw a rod through the oil pan and seized up...
Next 24 hours were made tolerable by Allstate's RV RoadHelp - a service to
which i'd subscribed hoping i'd never need it - they were unbelievably
good... rv flatbed hauler was on the spot within an hour, and we all (me,
g/f, cat, and dog) were in a hotel room and the busted rv was at a dodge
dealership within two hours...
The next day, i managed to get us a rental van to get us (and most of our
travelling 'stuff') to detroit...required a cab ride to Lincoln, NE airport
from Grand Island, but it was do-able... arrived in detroit on schedule, in
spite of the major breakdown...
Now, here's my dilemma: should i spend the $4,000 to have a re-manufactured
engine installed and continue on our merry way? I've done a LOT of work on
this beast (added a new 4kw Onan propane-fire genset, for one thing), 6 new
tires just before this summer's adventure (less than 7,000 miles on them),
brand new carb sitting on top of the now-blown engine...
Or, would one of you fine folks like to take it off my hands, and put your
own engine into it?
General suggestions/recommendations/opinions welcome - if they're of a
general nature and of possible interest to the group i suppose that they
could be posted to the list - if you have questions regarding buying it,
contact me off-list at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- i need to make a decision here in the next couple of days, so i'm kind of
under the gun - a buyer's market, i guess...
I do have a couple of exterior photos on my travelling laptop, but the rv
itself is back in Grand Island...
Robert 'Tuna' Townsend
(weighing the options in Detroit)
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Message Number: 4
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 09:56:54 -0700
From: "Maurice DePas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: reflective window sceeen material
To List,
The window screens on my 1959 Overlander have a second screen, a silver
reflective screen which is opaque when viewed from outside the coach
(during the day). It is a perforated material that looks like a foil and is
mounted in the same groove of the screen frame as the screen. Can you tell
me what this material is called and possibly where it can be obtained?
Thanks,
Maurice
59 Overlander International
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Message Number: 5
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:23:11 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: places for repairs/ restoration - Colorado & Florida
Anthony. Why not bring the 56 to California now.
Andy
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Message Number: 6
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 17:03:59 -0700
From: "Gary Quamen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reflective window sceeen material
> To List,
> The window screens on my 1959 Overlander have a second screen, a silver
> reflective screen which is opaque when viewed from outside the coach
> (during the day). It is a perforated material that looks like a foil and
is
> mounted in the same groove of the screen frame as the screen. Can you tell
> me what this material is called and possibly where it can be obtained?
> Thanks,
> Maurice
> 59 Overlander International
Hi Maurice:
I have the same sort of thing on the street side windows (don't know why
only there). In my case, the perforated reflective material is the only
thing mounted in the frame.
I really like this stuff and would like to get more to do the rest of the
screens. I suspect it can be had in someplace like AZ. Oasis RV in Tucson
is a likely place to start. They may be able to come up with another source
if they don't have it.
My trailer was in the Tucson area until I bought it. That's where this
stuff probably came from. If you find some, let the list know, including
what it is called.
Later,
GQ '67 Safari
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