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Parts, Services and Supplies
First and foremost, go to an RV parts dealer, or contact one of the RV Parts Suppliers below and purchase a "2003/2004 RV Parts & Accessories" catalog. At over 500 pages, it contains almost every part still made by the RV parts makers, and will be one of your most valuable tools. Second, become reacquainted with the older independent plumbing, electrical, and hardware stores in your area. That is where you are going to be able to find older or good quality parts. Forget Home Depot, Lowes & Wal-mart. And third, to fix up an old trailer you will soon discover many businesses you never frequented before - glass, sheet metal fabrication, wheel & axle and sail canvas shops to name a few. Check your yellow pages, and start inquiring around now before you need them. Ask at one shop who they would recommend - people in the trades know each other.
| Zolatone is the original interior paint used on vintage Airstreams from 1952 on. One Online place to buy Zolatone (auto body supply co) | ||
| RV Net list of boneyards & dealers who specialize in repairing older trailers | ||
| Replacement Airstream draperies | ||
| Mfg of original Airstream 1960's marker lamps & reflectors - still available today, along with a Bargman #9 taillight substitute. | ||
| Manufacturers of the original Airstream gaucho slides (for pull out beds) | ||
| Brake controllers, electrical connectors, door hardware, door catches, etc. | ||
| Many Vintage Trailer ('40's & '50's) parts and accessories | ||
| Beautiful well-built replacement porcelain toilets for Airstream trailers | ||
| OEM supplier of Airstream water & waste tanks since the 1960's | ||
| Raw stock aluminum, conventional rivets, and aluminum working tools. Good source for aluminum skin panels (.032 2024T sides; .025 2024-O belly skin) | ||
| Makers of quality marine/RV appliances - good for custom interiors | ||
| Best source for interior 1/8" pop-rivets. Also sells Olympic rivets and the shaver. | ||
| 1950's/1960's Window Operators, window latch hooks & window screen supplies | ||
| Supplier of custom and Hehr replacement windows and parts and custom water/waste tanks. Also source for aluminum corner (cove) molding - look under bath trim. | ||
| Cut-to-size foam for cushions and mattresses | ||
| Custom RV foam bed mattresses | ||
| Custom RV foam and innerspring bed mattresses | ||
| Cut-to-size foam for cushions and mattresses | ||
| Roll-up Awnings for Airstreams | ||
| Refrigerators, A&E Awnings, Air-Conditioners & HW Heaters | ||
| Suburban | Forced air Heaters & newer Ranges/stovetops | |
| Atwood | HW Heaters and newer forced air heaters and ranges/stovetops | |
| Paloma | Tankless LPG hot water heaters very similar to the old Valiant's used by Airstream in the late 1950's. They say they are now not for RV use, as RV certification now requires combustion air to be drawn from outside. | |
| Good source of raw stock materials (metals, hardware, chemicals) used in restoration | ||
| Axles, both leaf spring & torsion, & brake backing plates- sold through dealers listed in their dealer locator | ||
| Original supplier of 1950's axles, brakes and wheels. Use to overhaul original Hadco leaf-spring axles | ||
| Liberon Supply | Suppliers of cabinetry stains and finishes | |
| Penetrating Epoxy for floor repair, fiberglass gel coatings for bath repair, adhesives, cleaners, foam core material & more | ||
| Fiberglass resins & cloths used in the repair of tubs/showers/baths | ||
| Flexible Tambour for 1970's interior cabinet doors | ||
| Wood Veneer and Tambour for interior cabinets | ||
| Not quite vintage, but works great for newer trailers and to replace missing vintage vents | ||
| Source for the stainless '50's-'60's shower wands, hose and fittings - plus more useful stuff | ||
| Vintage Fabrics for curtains, etc. | ||
| Reproduction tropical vintage style fabric for curtains/upholstery | ||
| Tonic Living | Vintage appropriate fabrics. Use coupon code "Airstream" and get 10% off your order. | |
| Reproduction 1950's/1960's (atomic) vintage style fabric patterns for curtains/upholstery | ||
| Make Me! Fabrics | Original upholstery and curtain fabrics from the 1940's to 1970's | |
| Good source for period shower curtain material - and can make custom shower curtains from your template (use an old sheet to mock up). | ||
| Source for appropriate looking awning material and supplies - plus curtain track in aluminum. | ||
| Atomic Textiles | Funky Fabrix - based in Australia, but ships to USA. 10% off if you mention you saw the link on this site. | |
| Atrim | The supplier for vinyl welt (gimp) in many colors, which is the round stuff on panel and cabinet edges and corners. Also source for upholstery needs. | |
| RV refrigerator rebuilders & list of dealers. | ||
| Online source for locally hard-to-find hardware: galvanized window screen, pyle, you name it... | ||
| POR-15 | Rust treatment for frames, etc. | |
| Richard Rodrigues | Sells 1948-1964 Door &window seal material (weather stripping) material. Send description of needs to Richard. | |
| General Ecology | Replacement filter elements for the Ogden Model A pn RS-50G (not on website), plus very well built new water RV purification systems. | |
| Linoleum | Suppliers of Marmoleum flooring, just like the old stuff | |
| Mill Hardware | Thousands of useful parts for fixing & repairing appliances & trailers | |
| Tear-Drop Parts | Perfect reproduction teardrop marker lights | |
| Atomic Ranch | 1950's kitsch - great for decorating or finding period fixtures | |
| Dupree Products | High quality Sewer Dump valves, fittings and supplies | |
| Axis Axles | Torsion & Spring Axles for trailers, leaf springs, safety chain & correct black wheels | |
| Trailer Tire & Wheel | Newer all aluminum alloy wheels and traditional silver 15x6 steel wheels | |
| EHubcaps | Baby Moon hubcaps that match the originals. | |
| Carlisle | Hydrastar Brake self-contained actuators for trailers with hydraulic brakes | |
| Hoskin & Muir | Metal extrusions and trim used throughout the trailer in restorations | |
| Extrud-a-Trim | Source for many aluminum extrusion shapes | |
| Metals Depot | Quick and economical online source of all the metal extrusions and sheetmetal you will need (Ledford Steel Co.) | |
| Ronco | 200 different sizes & custom of RV water & waste tanks | |
| Restoration Specialties | Vintage automotive restoration parts, but many are usable on our trailers, too | |
| Tail Light King | The kind of guy you see at swap meets with hundreds of different old automotive lights | |
| Shyne | Airstream Polishing supplies and information | |
| Interstate Metal Fabicators | Useful items such as bagagge doors, shower tubs, body materials & interior wall fabrics | |
| The
Yellow Pages!! |
This is the your most important source of repairs and parts - local machine, fabrication & repair shops. Become familiar with what's available. There are more services available locally than online. | |
| Source of conventional and restoration RV Parts. Online catalog | ||
| Source of conventional RV Parts at discount prices. Good online catalog | ||
| Excellent online catalog of plumbing, electrical, LPG & appliance parts (the "Coast Catalog") | ||
| Formerly AirstreamDreams.com The biggest and best online site of true vintage restoration parts and supplies, including Vulkem sealant, Olympic rivets, vent covers, lights and window/door seals & the hard to find 1966-1969 window replacements. | ||
| Online supplier of RV parts | ||
| Good supply of usable parts and accessories - Vintage Airstream friendly | ||
| T & J Trailer | Largest supply of parts on the Internet - get their RV catalog | |
| Dyer's RV | Arizona based online dealer | |
| RVSurplusSalvage | New & reconditioned newer parts. Online catalog, with pictures | |
| Camper's Repair Center | Vintage Repair Parts in Montevallo, Alabama 1-205-665-2531 | |
| Singleton's RV Salvage | Located in Washington state | |
| Wine Country RV | On-Line Coast RV Catalog, Napa Calif. based dealer | |
| Three Way Campers | Inventory of 1970-1980 Airstream parts - need to phone | |
| DeLuxe
Trailer Supply |
Southern California. Plus will ship nationwide. Ask for the 500 page RV parts & Accessories Catalog ($4) 1-562-531-9123 | |
| on-line sheetmetal tools at great prices | ||
| on-line tools, polishers, rivet-guns, etc. | ||
| Cyclo Polishers & supplies | ||
| Sheet Metal tools | ||
| Polishing cloths, heads, instructions and NuVite polish | ||
| Tool Crib of the North |  Discounted
high quality tools available through Amazon.com |
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| On-line supplier of low-cost (cheap) versions of industrial tools | ||
| Wheel Bearing Lube "how-to" | ||
| Trailer Tire explanations | ||
| Solar Power explained | ||
| company specializes in RV refrigerators | ||
| good technical info site on how RV refers work | ||
| Atwood Heaters | Quicktime movie on how LPG heaters with electrical fans operate | |
| Sheet Metal tools, information and "how to's" | ||
| Airstream informational site and FAQ's on exporting Airstreams | ||
| Former Air steam dealer w/old and new parts as well as doing restorations and repairs | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK. Specializing in body repairs. | ||
| Bellflower, CA 1-800-662-3790 - good parts help | ||
| One of the most often recommended Airstream Dealers | ||
| Canadian Dollars, near the border, and vintage & skin repair knowledgeable too | ||
| Ace Fogdall RV | Iowa vintage friendly dealer | |
| Parts, Service Polishing & Clearcoating in Helena, OH | ||
| Mobile R.V. Repair and Service | Luzerne, Pennsylvania | |
| Fletcher's Trailer Service | Trumansburg, New York Vintage Trailer specialists - Sales, too | |
| Wine Country RV | Ex-Airstream mechanic in Napa, CA, ask for Ron 800-659-8777 | |
| Chavez R-V Salinas, CA |
Not an Airstream dealer, but a very resourceful RV repair & modification facility for central California. 580 El Camino Real. 831-443-3550 | |
| It is truly amazing what is still available from Airstream, and the dealers are almost the only source of specialized repairs: skin, axle, fiberglass - you name it, they do it. | ||
| RV-Restoration | Dalton, GA. Specializing in floor replacements, and full-up restorations | |
| Extreme Aviation | Dallas Fort-Worth. Aircraft interiors, but looking to do Airstreams | |
| P & S Trailer Service | Airstream Polishing and clearcoating in Ohio | |
| GSM Vehicles | Plattsburgh, NY vintage restoration shop run by Colin Hyde. Excellent reputation. Can do part, or all of your renovation | |
| South Jersey RV | Newfield, NJ Check out a visit to the shop. | |
| Truck Trails Northwest | Aluminum Skin Repair & Polishing, Lynnwood, Wash, 425-514-5859. | |
| Polishing Guru | Southern California. Be sure to check out the before & after album. | |
| Arizona Vintage Trailers | Repairs and Restoration in Gilbert Arizona | |
| Timeless Travel Trailers | High-end remanufacturing of vintage trailers in Colorado. | |
| VentanaVintageTrailers | Tuscon AZ, also usually has other vintage trailers for sale | |
| Bayer RV | Clear-coating, restoration service & Airstream Dealer in central Texas | |
| Vintage Trailer Crazy | Temecula, California - high end rebuilders | |
| Vintage Trailering | Grand Rapids, Michigan. David Winick Design, designer of the 75th Anniversary Bambi for Airsteam | |
| Texas Vintage Trailer | Custom restorations in Texas by Eric | |
| Twisted Silver | Nashville Tennessee area repair, restoration and modification | |
| TheTrailerCompany | Florida based. Also Airstream vacation rentals (in Florida) and trailers for sale | |
| Mel Trailers | Southern California based vintage repairs and restorations | |
