OK the renovations have begun.
1. New hard surface counter top, back splash, built in hard surface sink, and new faucet in the Galley.
2. New hard surface counter top, built in hard surface sink, back splash, and new faucet in the bathroom.
3. Removing the two person dinette and replacing it with a 68"x 24" desk with hard surface desk top to match the galley.
4. New laminate flooring back to the bedroom, and new carpet in the bedroom.
5. New bed stand wrap, and new bedspread, and lets not forget the shams (per my wife).
6. Recovering head board.
7. Recovering all of the valances.
8. Recovering the sofa.
9. MCD shades through out, including a power shade for the windshield.
10. Replacing all of the cabinet knobs.
11. LED lighting through out, along with new light fixtures on the walls.
12. And last but not least, rather than doing a full body paint I am going to do a full body wrap!
All of this work with the exception of the wrap is being done up in Indiana by an Amish friend of mine, along with some of his Amish friends who are building my desk, Another one of his Amish friends is making my counter tops, and still another Amish friend is doing my upholstery work.
I am excited to be doing this, we anticipate this to all be done sometime in March. I will have lots of pictures when we are finished.
Wow, that's quite the bucket list! If I still had my woodworking tools, I'd do the same in that waste of space. Wonder if there's any Amish out here in Arizona? ^.^d
You better! If you don't have photos, it didn't happen. 8)
Look forward to seeing pictures! I had a great experience in Shipshewana with my coach.
Looking forward to seeing your "new" rig Rick. ^.^d
Crap I worked on my head light lens and made them look new and I was excited. I reckon you are excited sure nuff.
Where are you getting the wrap made?
Local guy here in the Tampa area.
I will share everything when the job is done, probably in March after I get the interior finished. My guys up in Indiana are working on it after hours. They are probably half way through, and the biggest hold up is the new shades. they will be ready in about a month from now.
Hey everyone this is a photo of my demo when I worked at Foretravel. I think that I am going to do a variation of that on our coach, but with a white base instead of the gray. It's probably a little out there for most of your tastes, but then I might be a little out there myself.
Love it. My wife and I had to reload the photo several times because we thought the computer rendered the photo wrong. The checker pattern will affect safety because of all the double-takes.
Right now I am struggling with wrapping our motor home similar to the demo with the checkered flags, or wrapping it like this Nimbus. So I am going to take a poll....Checkered flags or Nimbus? The more opinions the better, so c"mon everyone help me out here.
I am no help
Cool = checkered flag
Resale = Numbus
split vote
Nimbus.
Or, you could go "retro" and stripe it like this: :D
Because you asked for opinions, anything but the checkers! My preference is simple & clean, like most Foretravels came from the factory. Simple & clean is timeless. Checkers and even the Nimbus graphics are definitely not timeless. But, in all reality, it only matters what you think. If you like it, go for it!
I'm not a fan of dark colors on the upper half of our coaches.
I'm a fan of original equipment style paint, but with with a serious custom twist for originality. Probably no help either
I live in Texas. Because of that I would prefer a lighter color. Frankly like both of them but would lighten them up somewhat. I might do a gold and white Nimbus style or a checkered flag with a lighter background? Best of travels.
Go all checkers no grey and get this great driving suit to go with it! You'll be the King at the local KOA!!
Well after a few phone calls to some people that really know the coaches that were built in that era , I have changed my mind once again. I have made that decision based on the fact that the glues that were used back then may not be compatible with dark colors (as some of you have mentioned). My contacts in Nac. have shared with me that they have seen on several occasions dark repainted coaches, (and not necessarily just full body paint jobs) with delamination issues. So back to the drawing board.
Why not get the decals stripped and the fiberglass compounded, buffed, and waxed to see how severe the ghosting is? At the very least, going commando gives you the blank canvas to start from. After all, the old decals would have to come off anyway and it would be best for the long term to get rid of the oxidation before wrapping, no?
Don
Chances of ghosting are almost 100% I wish I had the pics of ours that was re-painted before the new stripes were applied, it looked like a snazzy prison bus! ^.^d
I have small hairline cracks in the gel coat at some of the windows that I would like to not see..you have to look real close to see them. And
I really don't have any oxidization.
Here are a few photos of the work that is going on. The Quarter round is going down today and the floor will be finished. One of the photos is a picture of the valances and the head board, another is obviously the floor, and still another is the step well. I have removed the dinette table and I am replacing it with a desk. As you can see in the picture. The desk top will be the same as the galley counter top and the lavatory top. The sofa and Valance legs are being finished this week and I will send more pictures. I have included a sample of the new counter tops. Oh and I almost forgot the new bedspread and pillow shams.
It is really looking good. Should serve you well for many years.
The MCD shades were shipped out yesterday from Texas and will be installed next Tuesday or Wednesday, The valances then go back up and she will be finished inside. I will pick her up on Friday, head back to Florida the following week, to begin with the wrap....I'm pretty excited and will post pictures.
Really happy for you Rick! Bet you're glad we didn't buy the coach now! We'd love to see the inside when it's back in Florida.
Randy and Karen
You are so right, and I will be happy to show it to you when I get it finished.
@barndog Any updated photos of your interior remodel? Curious how the new black countertops look.
Whoops, should have serached first. Finished photos here:
Interior Complete (https://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=33583.msg305864#msg305864)
Looks tremendous. Really like the black countertops!