Limited Sources for Dickerson 37 Parts
These are parts pretty generic to the Dickerson 37 models and not the older boats. If you need assistance on older models, the only resource is the Dickerson Forum.Some of these manufacturers may no longer be in business or may have moved. If you have found a new phone number or source please let me know so that this may be updated to help others avoid unnecessary chasing. For the sake of brevity, products which are easily identified and may be obtained from stock sources are not included.
| Tanks | ||
| Aluminum Fabricators | Perry, Fl | 904-584-6898 |
| Aluminum Fuel and Water Tanks - Water tanks were later replaced with custom stainless steel tanks fabricated locally | ||
| Struts | ||
| Buck Algonquin Marine Hardware | Pennsauken, NJ | 609-665-9405 |
| Bronze prop shaft struts - custom made | ||
| Hatches, Ports | ||
| Bomar | Charlestown, NH | 603-826-5794 |
| Part numbers will follow | ||
| Exhaust Parts | ||
| Vetus-Denouden | Baltimore,MD | 301-796-4740 |
| Plastic exhast parts such as the muffler, gooseneck water trap and exhast thruhull fitting | ||
| Stoves | ||
| Dickenson Stoves | Seattle,WA | 206-789-4970 |
| Propane stoves - this company may be out of business | ||
| Headliner | ||
| Douglass Industries | Pleasantville,NJ | 609-965-6030 |
| Style of the original headliner is perforated Sedonia and was adhered with A900 adhesive also from Douglass. Sometimes suitable headliners similar in style can be procured from automobile headliner sources. | ||
| Steering | ||
| Edson Corporation | New Bedford,MA | 617-995-9711 |
| Pedestal steering is all stock parts. Maintenance is very important in keeping these systems going. Get a catalog from Edson, I believe it has maintenance tips in the back (such as lubing the cables). Some boats were experimental with Merriman steering - now a defunct company. | ||
| Stoves | ||
| Gas Systems Inc | Huntington Beach,CA | 714-891-2411 |
| A couple boats were fitted with this natural gas stove in lieu of the Dickenson model. | ||
| Brass Hardware | ||
| Phoenix Lock Company | Newark, NJ | 973-483-0976 |
| Brass hinges, hasps, finger catches, etc. | ||
| Brass Cabinet Hardware | ||
| Merit Metals | Warrington,PA | 18976 |
| The brass pushbutton catches on the interior came from this company, but thier minimum order was 50 pc at $18 apiece.(15 years ago) They might be able to point you to a stocking dealer. | ||
| Stainless Cabinet Hardware | ||
| Sea Dog Line | ||
| A wide variety of stainless and chrome hardware. Many marine stores carry this line. | ||
| Deck Hardware | ||
| Spartan | East Tauton, MA | 617-823-6779 |
| Several boats got Spartan bronze portlights and sometimes we used the anchor lock plates from spartan. | ||
| Rigging Hardware | ||
| Schaeffer Marine | New Bedford,MA | 508-995-9511 |
| All boats with the old Merriman hardware need to use Schaefer parts for a fairly direct replacement in most cases (such as genoa track cars) | ||
| SS Rails | ||
| Tops In Quality | Marysville,MI | 313-364-7150 |
| All the rail hardware - pulpits, stern rails, stanchions and swim ladders were made by Tops In Quality. | ||
| Heads | ||
| Wilcox Crittenden | Middletown,CT | 203-632-2600 |
| The only head parts you should need would be rebuild kits which are readily available from any marine distributor. | ||
