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Officially a new Newell owner
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(10-24-2017, 06:23 PM)kyleb Wrote:  While the paint colors are about the same, mine has a bit more sunburn than yours  Sad  

The engine driven A/C compressor  is mounted on the pass side of the engine. I saw it in one of the photos. Mine doesn't work & I haven't checked out why - yet. The condenser is under the coach, behind the front axle.

As for the floor tile - my dad used a groutable vinyl tile. It looks amazing - people don't believe it isn't ceramic. 10 years & it still looks as good as it did the first day.

The colors in mine seem less intense than yours, but they wouldn't have been my first choice either. We love our coach so much that the colors don't bother us as much as I thought they would. On the bright side, they came back in style 20 minutes ago. Too bad they were back out of style 15 minutes ago . . .  Tongue  

At least you don't have faux suede on the dash - I have no idea how to clean it without just replacing it altogether ! ! !

Good luck on the front upper cabinet modifications - that is way more than I want to attempt.

I do have some fading mostly on the front of the coach but that is pretty much it. After I take care of the inside I'll take care of fixing some side scratch that it has and to restore the clear coat that is fading. Then some rim and bender polishing.

I'm curious about those vinyl tiles, were can I get more info? I've been reading that regular tiles will increase the weight considerably so I will need to go with hardwood or vinyl. But read that Tom did tile the bathroom so I will do that and grout with silicon to avoid rigidness if there's any movement on the floor.

No faux suede!

Thank you, I'll send pictures after I do those modifications.

(10-24-2017, 10:40 PM)MrE Wrote:  Beautiful coach, wish my '86 would have been in that pristine shape!

Thank you! But you know what? I love to work on this things, even when it looks great we already came up with a long list of things to update. I guess that the great thing about this coach is that I don't have to concern that much about engine/structural issues and focus and some minor/visual updates.

1988 40ft Newell Classic
8V92 TA Mechanic
Allison 740 (4 speed)
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Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-23-2017, 11:29 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Fulltiming - 10-23-2017, 12:00 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-23-2017, 02:12 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by encantotom - 10-23-2017, 12:54 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-23-2017, 02:21 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Richard - 10-23-2017, 03:34 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-23-2017, 03:55 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Fulltiming - 10-23-2017, 04:38 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-24-2017, 07:38 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Guy - 10-23-2017, 05:46 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-24-2017, 07:43 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by kyleb - 10-23-2017, 06:15 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-24-2017, 08:08 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by kyleb - 10-24-2017, 06:23 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-25-2017, 10:09 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Rjbjfire - 10-23-2017, 06:25 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-24-2017, 08:15 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by ccjohnson - 10-24-2017, 08:47 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-25-2017, 09:58 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by whatsnewell - 10-24-2017, 09:04 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by encantotom - 10-24-2017, 09:23 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by MrE - 10-24-2017, 10:40 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by encantotom - 10-25-2017, 09:10 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-25-2017, 10:14 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Guy - 10-25-2017, 11:46 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-26-2017, 05:30 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by kyleb - 10-25-2017, 04:57 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by HoosierDaddy - 10-26-2017, 04:30 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by MrE - 10-26-2017, 10:10 PM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Floridian - 10-27-2017, 05:42 AM
RE: Officially a new Newell owner - by Richard - 10-27-2017, 06:58 AM

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