| Interior parts from a 76 23' looking for a good home [message #180225] |
Tue, 14 August 2012 12:25  |
Minnysoda
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Registered: July 2012
Location: Oakdale mn
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I have removed everything from my coach so I can evict all the mice that had signed a lease with the P.O. I have tried to remove everything carefully so I could preserve parts for anyone looking for them. Let me know if you need anything and hopefully I will be able to help you out.
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| Re: Interior parts from a 76 23' looking for a good home [message #180243 is a reply to message #180237] |
Tue, 14 August 2012 15:50  |
A Hamilto
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| Matt Colie wrote on Tue, 14 August 2012 14:18 |
Aham,
I suggest that you go to: http://www.gmcmi.com/plans.html and pick out 23' floor plans. There is nothing there with a gaucho behind the driver's seat.
As to how to collect them. If minnisoda can get them out of his coach, you can get them into yours. It may be a distance, but driving the coach there is probably less expensive than the shipping would be.
I used to use mine to transport spars all the time. I can get a 16.4' fully assembled boom inside. Masts are another story.
Matt
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Matt,
What I have now is a 23'-2. As you can see, there is only sleeping room for 3 and there are 4 of us.
I am aware that there was never a GMC upfitted the way I am talking about. I have no confidence in the structural integrity of the top section of an OEM davo/bunk holding up either of my teenagers (both look like they are going to be my size, 74" long and 275 pounds, and are almost there now). If I can get a stock rear dinette, I will need to modify it (add a cushion extension) so that it is a "double XL" (80" long) when converted from a dinette into a bed. Moving the gaucho I have now from the rear can be done, but would require fabrication of everything but the plywood that the cushions sit on. It looks like lots of 26' models had a gaucho that folds out to a double bed behind the driver's seat.
I have no reservations about modifying the existing woodwork/cabinetry to fit the furniture I need.
If moving the wet bath didn't look like so much work, I would be planning to design and build a rear dinette that converts to a queen or king size bed.
If I get the brakes and engine work done before I start tearing into the interior, I will have to put a cot in the cockpit to use the motorhome.
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| Re: Interior parts from a 76 23' looking for a good home [message #180272 is a reply to message #180225] |
Tue, 14 August 2012 17:59 |
GeorgeRud
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Location: Chicago, IL
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The bunk bed/ coach can actually hold more than you might think, though I'd be hesitant to be in either myself, as I'm also way too short for what I weigh.
I wonder if a folding camp cot or aerobed may be your best option without having to tear things up too much? In my 26', I used two jack beds facing each other to fold down into a large sleeping area, but that won't work on a 23' coach. Wish I could be of help, but figuring out options for retrofitting the coaches is some of the fun.
George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: Interior parts from a 76 23' looking for a good home [message #180560 is a reply to message #180393] |
Thu, 16 August 2012 21:41 |
Pryzl1
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Location: Toledo, OH
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Are you planning to keep the bathroom door? I'm looking for one with the "rosewood" finish.
John
1976 GMC Eleganza II - "The Never Ending Story"
Partial Restoration - a work in progress
455cc
NW Ohio
Member of the GMCMI, GMC Great Lakers Motorhome Club, GMCES and Dixielanders
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| Re: Interior parts from a 76 23' looking for a good home [message #201430 is a reply to message #201410] |
Tue, 12 March 2013 17:35 |
mojoe
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Registered: November 2012
Location: Monroe, NC
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Devin If you are looking for a used heater, there is a RV boneyard in grover NC that might have it.. If you want the number let me know.
Joe Kemenczky..
1975 Eleganza ll " Odie " 75,000 miles..
"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not." - Mark Twain.
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