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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
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I wonder ...is it only Dodge owners who carry on about our hideous interiors. Probably. ;-)
Yup...and you helped me add the 70s back into my interior, in case you've forgotten ;)
Oi, the plaid cushions...I had forgotten about those.
The one I kept got soaked when the hot water tank sprung a leak.
Am I lucky or what.
So, the question is...in the process of redoing my rig...
Do I keep the 70's motif? Or go with the whole "all gray/black/white more modern" look that everything seems to have these days?
Do I get any extra cool points if I stay in the 70's or do I lose all of my cool points the minute somebody besides me sees any orange anywhere!
JDG
skimask--
You only lose cool points if you wear 40-inch bells or platforms while driving.
I re-did my Travco interior (pics on this thread, Leeann posted them for me) because my wood was worn, greasy and stained. No, I mean "stained," as in deliberately yet badly.
I opted for a "clean look," to h%ll with what's popular. I prefer lighter woods, so poplar, beech and luan became my friends. Too much paneling looks like too much paneling, period.
Google some of the Avion and Airstream interiors from the early '60's and you'll see what I mean --they look sleek and finished, not ponderous, dark and heavy.
Except for the curtains. The only curtains I've ever liked are the sets my mom & I made for our old Avion and the ones I made for the Travco. Go with a heavier material in a lighter shade. Just not mauve.
Here's a thing about cushions no one remembers: keep the zippers! Use your old upholstery as a pattern, but re-use your zippers. Horrible expensive, especially the good metal ones.
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Trish Davis
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09/04/10 02:21pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
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I wonder ...is it only Dodge owners who carry on about our hideous interiors. Probably. ;-)
Yup...and you helped me add the 70s back into my interior, in case you've forgotten ;)
Oi, the plaid cushions...I had forgotten about those.
The one I kept got soaked when the hot water tank sprung a leak.
Am I lucky or what.
Leeann-- batten down. Earl is not a nice fellow.
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Trish Davis
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09/02/10 08:29am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
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Orange/brown/tan cross-hatch front seats, lime-green dinette table, counter top, and same color vinyl trim in the back in the back.
All I need now is a disco ball, some strobe lights, and I'm set!
(oh...and a bucket and some rags to catch and soak up the roof leaks! :) )
JDG
I have had a long day; got up at 3 am for a 5:30 call.
My hamstring hurts again after hobbling all over PNC Park.
And your description just shattered what's left of my bi-focular vision.
I wonder ...is it only Dodge owners who carry on about our hideous interiors. Probably. ;-)
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Trish Davis
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09/01/10 07:14pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I still have my burnt orange seats and table cushions too, Ya think there is room in the movies for a part 1979 and part 2010 Dodge..LOL:B
Probably... JJ Abrams, the Star Trek guy, is directing it.
He likes aliens, so your 'partial 2010 Mopar' is from the future.
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Trish Davis
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09/01/10 07:08pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
If it was a spark issue, wouldn't it do it all the time? It's only as it goes uphill. The rest of the time, it runs like a gut shot cat!
I had the same thing on the Merc ('41).
Make sure the fuel pump is big enough. Car Quest sold me a thing for a Barbie-mobile.
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Trish Davis
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09/01/10 07:05pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Cool! Will the Travco's paycheck pay for some of the work on her?
Neat, isn't it ... my Travco in a movie.
Too bad I threw out that burnt-orange crushed velvet captain's chair, that screamed "the Seventies."
Screamed "hideous and eww," too.
One day should fill up both her tanks and cover the winter-coolant thing.
Tomorrow and Tuesday, I am a "featured extra" in Abduction, the Taylor Lautner movie, filming in PGH. Whether a "featured" extra gets paid more is a good question and one I'm anxious to learn the answer to.
But hey, last Friday on Aduction paid my Travco insurance for the year and *if* this 'featured stuff' pays anything resembling good, it might pay the next 6 mos on my 'Splorer.
Oh, there were a couple of pretty cars on the set Friday. A '78 Corvette and a '73 Bonneville --so stock and unmolested it made me cry.
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Trish Davis
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08/29/10 08:36pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Leeann stated your most likely problem. And, it's easy to fix.
Do what she says.
Is there a battery isolator between the motor battery and house battery? If there isn't, or if it has failed, one battery will draw down the other. And yes, having a loose terminal will kill it as well.
Travco did the same thing to me when it was first home.
Cleaned the isolators (or connectors) w/ a brash brush, applied die-electric grease, bought new (non-Wal-Mart) batteries and not a problem since.
Neighbor kid stealing the coach battery doesn't count...
Real good advice is replace /repair one thing at a time so you know exactly what the failure was for next time. There's always a "next time."
In other Travco news, Paramount is making a movie in Weirton, WVa.
Why in God's name is anyone's guess... But it's set in 1979, so they want vehicles from '65-'79.
Yep, the Travco will be a "featured extra" -and earn twice what I do on a set- in a Hollywood movie.
Is that outrageous or what.
Yeah, I'm still doing the extra-thing; I have 4 more days on "Abduction," the Taylor Lautner movie. He's a nice kid. But I'll bet he didn't put in 9 hrs before his lunch, then go back for 2 more scenes. Sheesh.
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Trish Davis
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08/28/10 12:38pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I loved those boots, wore the Swarkovski "CC's" right off them.
Let's not forget my leopard-skin trimmed suede work boots, either.
If you look up 'eclectic' in a dictionary, there are pictures of my work boots.
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Trish Davis
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08/24/10 04:10pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Trish,
Glad to know that you and your funky boots are still kickin'......
How about the Travco,,,, is it still kickin'?
Those boots are something, aren't they. I wore them during the filming of "Unstoppable" last Nov. See this movie, if for no more than the helicopter stunts --they are unbelievable.
Anyhow, I pulled my rt hamstring in a running-away scene and it never fully healed. Went to work in the local Census office and hurt it again. The last month, I haven't even seen my basement, let alone the Merc or my bike, steps are prohibitive.
The Travco is "resting," shall we say. Very little left to do, but having both legs bend to do it would be great.
Any you guys?
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Trish Davis
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08/24/10 01:37pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I'm not dead.
Just saying...
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Trish Davis
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08/22/10 12:27pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I'll second that.
Merry Christmas to everyone who's made this thread as good as it is!
Santa stepped up (I'm still waiting for that da*n pony from 1965) and got me a job this year. I start on Monday. Yep, full-time!
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Trish Davis
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12/24/09 08:30am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Real nice rig, L-T, someone took care of it.
And how we envy you that!
Heads up. Alcoa doesn't make smaller rims anymore. 19 and 22 1/2" is all.
I wanted alum for my Travco. But was real happy to settle for solids.
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Trish Davis
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12/05/09 10:34am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
My wife and I looked at those when we were there, but worried that with the fiberglass insulation stuffed in the cavity it would make the ceiling bulge between the rafters, that and the fact that my wife didn't like the high gloss finish pretty much nixed that idea. Thanks for the suggestion though.
I used those for my Travco's bath walls and ceiling.
Absolutely agree they are "too white," and reflective.
You do know you can paint the fiberglass panels?
Use a good primer (Ace Hardware) and regular latex paint.
Bought paint & primer at Ace, they have a fine selection and are more reasonable than Lowe's.
hints:
Look for damaged fiberglass panels at 1/4 the price
Measure, cut, drill then prime and paint.
Touch up after you're all done.
...wish I'd done it that way.
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Trish Davis
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11/20/09 03:37am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I'll probably have to use the laun panels too. I think I'll need about 6 from what I can tell so far. There was a piece of paneling on the underside of the cabover bunk that I'll have to replace after I rebuild all the framing there.
When you're at Lowe's, search through the stack of luan for sheets with bad /broken corners.
Those cost between $3 and $10, as opposed to $28 for new.
Believe me, you won't use a full panel anywhere. My Travco didn't.
I'll tell you, I sure didn't know I was going to get onto so repair. I thought I just had a small leak to fix.
Uhm... that's we all thought.
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Trish Davis
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11/18/09 06:34am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Charles Kuralt - on the road DVDs
I seem to remember that early on Kuralt traveled in a Clark Cortez. But in the DVD I watched the other day they only showed him in the FMC.
We loved this show.
Kuralt started in a Cortez, went to several Travcos, the FMC was his last.
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Trish Davis
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11/07/09 08:34am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Motorhome service near Cleveland OH
My parents have an Allegro motorhome.
Can anyone recommend a reputable service place in this area - probably within an hour's drive (more or less) of Cleveland?
Yes, Sands RV. Or sandsrv.com
1/2 an hour east, I believe.
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Trish Davis
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11/07/09 08:31am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
All I know at this point is the engine runs, the transmission works and the roof leaks.
That is all you need to know --for now.
You probably have a 360. Maybe a 400. Depends.
Trans is a 727.
Eternabond for the roof.
Fix the roof leaks first. They do the most damage.
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Trish Davis
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11/06/09 12:35pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Finally went to the City Library and found additional wiring diagrams, did find 4 pages of auxillary wiring diagrams. The auxillary diagrams also include wiring the tow trailer.
If anyone is having electrical problems the Chrysler and Mithell reference books take you thru the electrical in a analytical manner. Seems pretty straight forward.
Don't mean to ramble but this RV is consuming wayyyyy too much of my mind right now.
Yep, public libraries have all sorts of good, reliable reference material.
Ever notice there's not a Haymes manual in the whole lot? For a reason.
Oh, you'll get used to the brain drain. We have. ;0)
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Trish Davis
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10/28/09 04:11am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Eternabond Repair of Roof Vent
I ... used rubbing alcohol.
No. Use acetone.
Prep more than you think is necessary and clean off with acetone.
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Trish Davis
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10/25/09 10:13am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: RV security
Have any of you tried the American Bulldog Inc. security system. I am a little leery of buying because the price is so cheap compared to other self contained phone dialer types. I am having a hard time finding out alot about the reliability of this system and don't want to spend money on junk. Thanks and happy camping
This the one built by Snyder Enterprises in Ohio?
They also make ..err, assemble Wildfire generators.
If it is, I would not buy anything from them.
A friend of mine used to work there, the parts are all from China and the assembly is 'off,' to put it mildly.
Snyder, Bulldog and Wildfire are all the same corporation, same family.
Save your money and get a good system.
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Trish Davis
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10/18/09 07:03am |
General RVing Issues
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