capt.dan
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| 10/31/2007 9:37 PM |
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Hi there, Am new here, our home is a 79 Coachmen President. We have had it for going on 11 years now. Right now it is getting a new roof and ceiling, a new plank floor and lighting and more upgrades than you care to see. I know you can get attached to your homes but I sometimes think we went over the top!! The list includes and new engine and trans. Headers and flowmaster mufflers and repainting the exterior,the list goes on,and on!! It is a good coach and we have been all over the country. If there is any one thing you want to know about,[ other than the name of the quack doctor who let me loose] , Just ask. The way it is right now we should have it finished by spring as we want to hit the trails then. In the last four years we have made trips but not with the coach. This coming year will start us out to see the rest of the country. One of those stops will be at the Coachmen factory so they can see there old coach and members of the Coachmen Caravan Club. We have been working on the coach since 01. We were working on the coach the day the World Trade centers came down. on and off we have been doing something to her and we are almost done, but have a few things to finish, Like the kitchen and the painting. everything is otherwise done!Opps, almost forgot, The carpet in the cab and a dash mat too!
Here is my link to the pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/rvtravelers1997/
Enjoy and ask questions, Dan
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oregontech
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| 10/31/2007 10:36 PM |
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| From the pics it looks like you are doing it right! Nice work! |
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Balrgn
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| 11/01/2007 6:23 AM |
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| Nice job! |
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capt.dan
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| 11/01/2007 5:09 PM |
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| Thanks all, it has been fun trying to work on and live in at the same time. I still have the kitchen and the carpet in the cab and the striping and lettering. That will finish her for a few years!! We are fulltimers and that can take its toll on home like ours! Glad you all like our work. Thanks and I have seen some of your redo too!! There is a Airstream on one of the other posts here that is going thru the same kind of redo! great work there too!! |
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capt.dan
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| 11/05/2007 7:09 PM |
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Dan,
Great news and glad to hear everything is ready to be worked on again. Did you replace the roof yourself? |
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capt.dan
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| 11/05/2007 7:51 PM |
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| No, My wife and I are not able to lift that much and we didn't have a place to do it anyway. I could just see us doing that in a rv park!! We had that done by a local shop, here in Tucson. The owners are friends of the family. They also found the bathroom to be in bad shape too, so we had then redo it as well. I had them move the a/c to a different place and install more lighting and another fantastic vent, Since I will be doing a lot of Boondock camping. That gives me two vents on both ends of the coach and the a/c in the middle and The sat dish and antenna were moved as well. The bathroom has a vent too! I have two other antennas also . One for the Air-Card and another for XM Radio. The bathroom will be finished when I hang the Towel racks and Touch up the paint. The kitchen is another Job in itself. New countertops and a new cabinet. Also another countertop in the bathroom too! I need to put down carpet in the cab and do the dog house as well. I already put a aluminum and fiber panel to the underside on the doghouse but It needs carpet on the front side too! I got from now to the end of March so I should be able to finish it by then. I will keep you all up on whats happening. We should have got the home a week ago but they are getting swamped!! Snow birds are coming in and things are getting real busy now. I was doing all the rebuild until the roof started leaking again and I couldn't handle it with Just me. Doc don't want me picking up more than 25 pounds and Thats not easy to do when you are lifting wood and putting the coach together. I have them cut it down to smaller pieces so I can handle it. I did lift those heads on the engine and place them back down again when I had to repair some damage done by my daughter. The doctors would have had a coronary if he knew that!! Anyway, I'm getting back on schedule, I hope. This was a 13 week detour!!! |
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capt.dan
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| 11/07/2007 10:05 PM |
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We got it back and so far found three bugs in the system One, The A/C fan was locked up as they put on a new cover and it put the fan in a bind so they fixed it and they also had to fix the toilet as they had left a piece of plastic that covered the end of the flange to keep the odor down and that made for a interesting watch as I did Just that!! Another flaw was the outlet in the bath. It is a ground fault and they wired it wrong so they fixed that too! And when I was coming home I blew the left front tire and went to Discount tire where I bought all the tires and they are giving me a new tire but they can't change or balance that tire because they have found that 8R19.5's are a truck tire and they won't touch them anymore!!!! Great!!! So anyway I have a friend up here tha will change it for me and balance too! Now, About a Piece of plywood that was left on the roof....It almost hit a Bicycle and take it's rider too!!
I stopped and got it and I am sure that guy was scared, Anyway they got a ear full!!! I'm almost afraid to find out what is next!! I'm staying in it and I am making a list and checking it three times!!!!! Its a shame that there isn't more pride in there work......... I am sorry, I need to get off the soap box! Anyway I got my home back and will be getting pretty busy so I will check in later...Dan |
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capt.dan
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| 11/10/2007 10:02 PM |
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| When it rains..... I have been staying on my Aunts property and paying for water electric and sewer is a tank with leach field. Anyway, she at 93 has decided to sale the land and home and move into a assisted living home downtown. Soooo, I have to find another place to park where I can work on the rv. Not to many places like that around here. I may have to put some of the stuff I was going to do till next summer. I got to think about this one! So far nothing else is bad so I guess I found all the Bugs! They still have the new Curtains and Awning to install but that should be before December. I may have a place but I need to go there and see first so that is tomorrows trip! I hope they have a spot! If they do I can maybe work as long as I don't make too much noise. Will let you know,Dan |
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capt.dan
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| 11/25/2007 7:51 PM |
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| Got it! And I can work on it there too!! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!! I have everything packed away in the truck and the coach is beginning to look like a new home. I have the front part to finish and it will be all done other than the paint on the outside. We are waiting for the rv shop to get in the last of our order and we will get it installed and a couple of bugs fixed and we can get on the road again! We are going to go to Imperial Dam for the winter and then in the spring, We will have to see what happens. |
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