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| Re: Birchaven Floorplan [message #97428 is a reply to message #97416] |
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mike miller
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| Benny Hill wrote on Thu, 26 August 2010 22:42 |
I saw this Birchaven for sale with a rear bath floorplan that I have never seen before. There is no mention of it in any of the Coachman brochures either.
I was wondering if this was a custom order or if anyone else owns one set up this way. The floorplan seem to make for a roomier 23' interior but there is a lack of a dinnette.
http://www.hillcountryrv.com/inv2.php?db_module=338474_krv&unit_id=61#nogo1
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Very interesting. Looks like all the parts of a normal Birch rear bath, just arranged a bit differently. In the pictures it looks like it left the factory with something close to that layout. (It doesn't look like the refer door was moved.. ect.)
The dash looks like a 1976. (EL switchs in the center.)
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
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| Re: Birchaven Floorplan [message #97449 is a reply to message #97416] |
Fri, 27 August 2010 08:24 |
bryant374
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Birchaven Floorplan Fri, 27 August 2010 01:42
Benny Hill
I saw this Birchaven for sale with a rear bath floorplan that I have never seen before. There is no mention of it in any of the Coachman brochures either.
I was wondering if this was a custom order or if anyone else owns one set up this way. The floorplan seem to make for a roomier 23' interior but there is a lack of a dinnette.
http://www.hillcountryrv.com/inv2.php?db_module=338474_krv&unit_id=61#nogo1
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A couple of interesting things about this Birchaven. The GMC Transmode is an early 1976 TZE (0832) and has the 1977 Coachmen paint and stripes. To find an earlier model year "chassis" on a later finished motorhome is not all that unusual. You would usually expect to find a late production 1976 to end up on an early 1977 completed unit. There appears to be a very large gap of time between the build of this Transmode and the finished Birchaven.
There is one other Birchaven floor plan that switches sides of the dinette & couch that doesn't show up in brochures. This one appears a dinette was replaced by the second couch with non matching material. To me the more interesting thing is the large gap in builds. This could be answered if the Coachmen build stickers are still on the interior, the build dates would then be known.
Bill Bryant
PO 1976~PB (owned 34 years)
1914 Ford (owned 70 years)
1965 Corvette (owned 39 years)
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