Very good question Pete. While the majority of the 'Classic' Newells had roof airs, I saw a 1984 listed for sale about 3 years ago that had 3 basement AC units. With the redesign, designated the 2000 series in 1990, virtually 100% of the Newells had Dometic split air conditioning systems. In about 1994, Newell switched from Dometic to SCS (Specific Climate Systems) basement airs. In 1997, Newell began adding slides to their coaches. This made the installation of the split air conditioning systems more difficult to provide adequate cool air distribution, especially with the slides in (as Steve Magown will attest). By 2000, most Newells had 2 slides and a few Newells were built that had roof airs again. By 2004, almost all of the Newells were ordered with 3 or 4 slides and had 4 roof airs. The 2000i series Newells began in 2005. The i added the flying buttresses to the top which integrated the awnings and hid the roof air conditioners. I doubt there were any basement airs put into i series Newells. By 2006, SCS had gone out of business.
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