Yeah...I thought we did too. Ajax Plating is a mom & pop joint too...in other words, don't go in usless you have time to spare listening to a bunch of stories.
It's located right down the street from us & "pop" was intrigued with the fact that the pieces were for an ol' Airstream. Being that 1) he likes "bright shiny objects", 2) I don't think he gets many women in his shop and 3) I listened to his stories about "the good ol' days" I think I got the "good-buddy" price!
I certainly wasn't going to complain...it was impossible to find a new door knob with the correct setback, we searched everywhere looking for a replacement. I would have paid twice that if I had to...a worn brass-ish door knob just wouldn't do!
i try to give the small business my first choice whenever possible.
my local hardware store is the same way, family owned. the third and fourth generation owns it.
it is in the oldest part of madison, in a 1900's store front. dogs welcome, you come in the back door, have had a non interest account for 15 years. just jot the purchace down and pay the bill once a month. just got computer inventory last year!
pressed tin cielings and worn maple floors!
i wouldn't shop any where else.
with a 96 year old house, 10 year old airstream and a 47 year old harley they are a valued resource.
not a place to run in and out of, plan to chat a while.
the way it should be! beats going to home depot or it's suburban equivalent and getting the blank stare from some gen x clerk. thats when you can get them off their cell phone long enough to talk to you!
My sentiments exactly! Although our mom & pop hardware store just went out of business...a Home Depot went in about a mile away a couple of years ago and they couldn't compete, so sad.
That hardware store would be just tool cool! We have something similar nearby, but they've modernized lately. Old places are still the place to go to get the rare, hard to find stuff.
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Jason & Veronica Jablonski
1955 Commodore Vanderbilt/Liner 30'
I've done some looking on the net for replacement shelves to use as a base point when getting a quote on have my shelves powder coated or chromed, but it doesn't look like there are many or any places that sell replacement Dometic shelves.
If any of you know of someone who does, please share.
Looks like salvaging the old ones is going to be the way to go.
Cherokee RV here in Denver has a whole bunch of shelves and refrigerator components. I'm sure thay would have replacement shelves. It's a great RV salvage yard, not just Airstream, but it's not the kind of place that you call and give part numbers fro something like that. You have to sort through the somewhat organized piles, of stuff to find what you are looking for. I was able to find shelves for the door of our '64 Dometic fridge and they had tons on stuff for newer Dometics.
There was a section called "Assorted Plastic Fittings - Inner door racks, shelves etc" at the bottom and thought they might have shelves too. Let us know what you find out...
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