Joseph, Newell used the top hinged bay doors through 1994. Newell started using the pantograph hinge (or bus type) bay doors in 1995, although it is possible that a few late 1994 models could have had them. This was a great solution until slides became popular. Beginning in 1997 when the first Newells with slides were produced, the bay doors under the slides could no longer be the pantograph hinge type door although the bay doors not under the slides remained pantograph hinge type doors. As more and more slides were added fewer and fewer pantograph hinge type doors were able to be installed. Newell has tried several types of bay doors under the slides. They have top hinged bay doors, side hinged bay doors, and currently use a top hinged articulated bay door that folds in two as it raises so that it does not stick out past the slide when it is open but is top hinged. A few other motorhome manufacturers have used side hinged pantograph bay doors which open out of the way but then block off the adjacent bay from being opened.
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