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Re: Used coach prices

Reply #60 –
When we would look at coaches, Jo Ann often commented that a particular coach was "too dark." When we first saw ours, I thought she would want to stay only a bit, just to be polite, and then head home because it is quite dark. Instead we visited, eventually went for a drive, and then went home. On the way she commented that she was very unhappy. I asked why, and she said that she really liked the coach, and she didn't want to. I asked about the dark wood and drapes, and she said the drapes can be replaced and she doesn't mind the dark wood!

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #61 –
Quote from: kb0zke –
When we would look at coaches, Jo Ann often commented that a particular coach was "too dark." When we first saw ours, I thought she would want to stay only a bit, just to be polite, and then head home because it is quite dark. Instead we visited, eventually went for a drive, and then went home. On the way she commented that she was very unhappy. I asked why, and she said that she really liked the coach, and she didn't want to. I asked about the dark wood and drapes, and she said the drapes can be replaced and she doesn't mind the dark wood!

Plus the sun bleaches out the walnut over the years.  Beautiful. 

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #62 –
I am not a fan of the typical modern RV interior, especially in the sub-100k price range. The pale wood and overly bright fabric comes across as, well, cheap. I can't say about current Foretravel or comparable interiors, aside from saying that they may have a bit more flash and bling than is perhaps utterly necessary (no insult intended, I bet I could get used to the inside of a new Foretravel!). But the late 80's early 90's, the Foretravels I've seen stepped well away from the shag carpet and floral/metallic wallpaper that afflicted so much of the competition and went instead with "gentlemen's executive office chic" and I love it. So does my better half, and we're up here in the dark soggy PNW. The dark wood goes just fine with bright lights.

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #63 –
Nor am I. Oak along with gold fixtures and shag wall to wall was the big thing in home furnishing in the '70s and 80's and carried over into motorhomes. A great super strong wood but a little goes a long ways. Agree about the "Las Vegas" interiors in a lot of new coaches. Hey, granite looks great on a kitchen countertop at home but it's really heavy stuff. No wonder some of the newer 40+ footers drop down to 4 mpg range in hilly terrain. With four slides, they need every one of the 500hp.

Some of the newer coaches are using some very tasteful lighter woods. Still, with the right carpet (OEM is great stuff), fabric colors and patterns, the walnut interiors in the older Foretravels have an understated class missing in so many today.

Pierce

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #64 –
My 93 U280 came with a pecan interior. It was beautiful.

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #66 –
where are all the pictures, so I can get ideas on my interior.

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #67 –
I have seen oak in quite a few coaches when we were looking, and although I like oak, most of the ones we looked at had finishes that did not appeal to me at all. Much of the time, it was some sort of laminate- not even a real wood veneer, with maybe solid oak on the door frames if you were lucky. The ones that did have real oak, either had such a glossy plastic looking finish or some sort of stain which just ruined it for me. I love the oak cabinetry in our coach, the subtle shine achieved with an oiled finish as opposed to the urethane gloss. I also love dark woods such as walnuts, rosewood, mahogany etc., as well as most hardwoods when finished without stain, but in our coach, I am quite happy with the natural looking Red Oak cabinetry. The look of oak, as with most other woods with distinctive grain patterns, much depends on how the wood is cut. You can get some really over-the-top wild looking grain from Oak when flat sawn wood and with certain cuts, or you can have more subtle grain as in the way it is done on our coach. What I am saying is that it's not just the type of wood, a lot depends on how the wood is used and how it is finished. Foretravel did it right!
Don
Quote from: Pierce & Gaylie Stewart –
Nor am I. Oak along with gold fixtures and shag wall to wall was the big thing in home furnishing in the '70s and 80's and carried over into motorhomes. A great super strong wood but a little goes a long ways. Agree about the "Las Vegas" interiors in a lot of new coaches. Hey, granite looks great on a kitchen countertop at home but it's really heavy stuff. No wonder some of the newer 40+ footers drop down to 4 mpg range in hilly terrain. With four slides, they need every one of the 500hp.

Some of the newer coaches are using some very tasteful lighter woods. Still, with the right carpet (OEM is great stuff), fabric colors and patterns, the walnut interiors in the older Foretravels have an understated class missing in so many today.

Pierce

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #68 –
Don,

Looks as if I put my foot in it! I just never like the shiny surface that most have like a Discovery. Will have to check yours out. Red Oak if cut right looks good. I can see I'm going to need a lot of atta boys to make up for it. ;D

Pierce

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #69 –
Let's see some of those pickled (whitewashed) oak cabinets when they're 15 years old.  Talk about a nightmare to match repairs plus most of them are coated with a lacquer finish that turns to goo from hand oils in a few years.  Gotta say, I love my walnut cabinets, both the look of them and the workmanship.  If I ever gets too dark in there for me I'll put natural bamboo floors in.  The foretravel interiors I've seen in walnut have all had several feature pieces of burl in select places, obviously selected by a craftsman.  I'm betting the natural oak interiors are the same, with some quarter sawn stock featured in strategic places.  It also looks like they may have used white oak, identifiable by the closed tyloses, also a class move.

These interiors reek excellence in millwork and enduring quality. 

Chuck

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #70 –
No offense taken Pierce! Like I said, I am very fond of wood, having been a guitar aficionado forever. Even the smell of Brazilian Rosewood or Spanish Cypress is enough to put me in heaven... Wood, even of the same species,  can be as individual as people. Here is a picture of 5 guitars, all with Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. There are various finishes, with my favorite being the French Polish on the one in the center. As you can see, there is quite a spectrum of colors and grain patterns.
Don

Quote from: Pierce & Gaylie Stewart –
Don,

Looks as if I put my foot in it! I just never like the shiny surface that most have like a Discovery. Will have to check yours out. Red Oak if cut right looks good. I can see I'm going to need a lot of atta boys to make up for it. ;D

Pierce

Re: Used coach prices

Reply #71 –
Pretty woods. Have been reading about CNC otherwise known as computer control milling machines. Figure you were probably somewhere in the  loop here. Nice article and photos of the Plek machine at: Dan Erlewine's Guitar Repair Services

Pierce
 

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Reply #72 –
Don, I have no musical ability so I should keep my mouth shut... but... Seeing your Guitar collection I guess I will lay off my Son In Law, last count by his wife ( my daughter ) was 12 guitars, latest acquisition was an old tube type amp that he says is better than sliced bread.  Everyone has their hobbies . :)
Gary B