I am reworking one of the walls that I removed. I have shortened it and added a radiused end. I have a pic but am having trouble getting it to upload. I was able to order the exact Wilsonart color to match what Newell installed in 1993.
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1993 Newell 45'#316, 1976 Trans Am 455, 1967 GTO, 1953 Chevrolet 3105 (panel truck),1952 Chevrolet 3600,1969 Airstream Overlander. Always fixing something!
Luckily Dean your color doesn't have the wood grain look, I think that is where most of us have problems matching up laminate surfaces. Also great to know that Wilsonart makes the same color grey as Formica with many Newell having that as a popular choice.
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Previous Owner of 3 Newell's
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So the magic continues! Well that actually a good thing Dean, Wisonart is supposedly a better product now days compared to Formica. So we now know that Newell has used both of those brands. I'm sure they will use whatever brand a customer specifies or a certain color that only a particular manufacturer makes.
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Previous Owner of 3 Newell's
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Looking good I bet you can't wait to put the new walls in. When that happens it will come together fairly quick. I'm following your progress also I look forward to seeing the end result.
I have not been happy with the performance of the A/C in the salon area. Since I had everything apart I decided to take some advice from one of my online Newell friends and extended the outlet duct that dumped into the cove by adding additional 4" metal ducting. You can see the partition that Newell installed just aft of the driver/passenger seats. I drilled a 4" hole through that so that the air could flow as far forward as possible. I have removed the fluorescent cove lights. I will be installing LED lights in the cove. My friend ,Dave is applying the contact cement to the curved wall that we made. After the Wilsonart laminate is applied we will install it between the kitchen counter and the pantry. I completed the water plumbing and the reworking of the mid-mounted heat/ A/C this evening . I will try to send more pics...It takes me a fair amount of time to upload.....My computer skills are limited.
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1993 Newell 45'#316, 1976 Trans Am 455, 1967 GTO, 1953 Chevrolet 3105 (panel truck),1952 Chevrolet 3600,1969 Airstream Overlander. Always fixing something!
Hey nice to see!! you will have a real nice coach when your finished. All your hard work will pay off when you finally hit the open road with it!!Keep the pictures coming!!
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Keith, Krista and Family
77 38' Newell Coach Repowered from Smokin' V555TA To 325hp 8.3 inline 6 cummins, Allison 3000 series trans
87 40' Newell Coach 475hp 8V92 DD(sold)
22' 350hp Jet Riverboat
79 Ford F250 4x4
Many others to list
Dave doesn't own a coach. We are both into old cars etc. He is a pastor and a carpenter. He helps me with our building projects on our Bed and Breakfast as well as our rental houses. I asked him to help me on the Newell since I am trying to get it finished enough to use it a bit before winter.
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1993 Newell 45'#316, 1976 Trans Am 455, 1967 GTO, 1953 Chevrolet 3105 (panel truck),1952 Chevrolet 3600,1969 Airstream Overlander. Always fixing something!
Sounds like it's coming along nicely there Dean. Glad you are getting some needed help. Let us know if there is every anything we can do around here for you. Sure nice to hear positive information when it comes to upgrades and such.
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Previous Owner of 3 Newell's
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If you want to sell, PM or Private Message me. Thanks!
"I know I’m not perfect, and I don't live to be. But before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean."
-Bob Marley
I was having trouble uploading pics...I finally tried Google Chrome instead of my old faithful IE browser. Here are a couple before and after pics of the kitchen cupboard area. You can see the curved wall that we built just aft of the cupboard area.
My original plan was to relocate the fridge to just aft of cupboard. I decided not to move the fridge. I built a pantry area there. I could move fridge there in the future. More likely I will add a washer/dryer into that area.
You can also see the new window we installed. That will be just above the kitchen sink.
The white "boxes" on the floor under the cupboard are the electric heaters. The A/C evaporator and air blower is under the coach floor in the basement. The air blows up through the floor , then through the heater boxes and on to the outlet. When it calls for heat the evaporator is disabled and the coils in the heater box is energized. All of these components had to be relocated since the cupboard is narrower than the bunks that were originally in this spot.
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Dean it's looking real nice. When you are done I'm sure it's going to be spectacular. I look forward to seeing it when it's finished. Thanks for coming on to share with us a update.
Well that actually a good thing Dean, Wisonart is supposedly a better product now days compared to Formica. So we now know that Newell has used both of those brands. I'm sure they will use whatever brand a customer specifies or a certain color that only a particular manufacturer makes.
Keep the pictures coming!!
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