Mooney 78865
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My wife and I purchased a 2001 Infinity 34' class A, with the Triton V10 about 8 months ago. The price was right and with only 31K on the clock so was the mileage. Unfortunately, the coach had suffered from neglect, too much time in the weather etc, etc.
The first order of business was to make sure she was mechanically sound, appliances all worked, and the like. The previous owner assured me that everything was in working order before her husband fell ill 2 years earlier. I spent a couple hours in the pouring rain going over what I could and really couldn't find any real reason not to buy it. So, long story short, we bought it.
The lady was correct, once all the batteries were serviced and charged, a fill on the propane tank, and a general service on the appliances, all was in order! EVERYTHING functioned as it should.
On to the running gear side of things! I serviced the engine, oil, filter, cleaned the reusable air filter, had the transmission serviced and the rear in checked, along with all of the brakes. So far so good!Then, (after reading this forum) I discovered that the tires were original, yep, original. I don't think I was as nervous driving it home 80 miles in the rain, at night, as I was taking it 4 miles to have new tires installed! Ignorance is bliss!!
We've did a few short shake down runs and this summer took it out for a 2,000 mile adventure to Utah, followed by a trip up the California coast for a week. So far zero issues.
Now for the real post.
The wife and I truly enjoy the whole RV experience, so much so that we began contemplating a much newer coach. Mechanically we were golden, but the exterior and the interior were showing their age We came to the conclusion that we would "refurbish" what we had rather than have a payment. ( I actually want to retire someday) As it is only us, and we really like the layout, full bath, master suite, and pretty much the whole coach, we decided to go ahead and "remodel". We replaced all of the furniture, tore out the carpet and linoleum, replaced the cabinet hardware and the light fixtures. The furniture came from "Shop for seats", excellent folks, shipped on time, everything. We actually had a few custom requirements. The floor is Allure "Khaki Oak, vinyl planking.
For the exterior I refinished the graphics after spending a few days scrubbing old wax, grime, and the like off the exterior. Thanks to previous posts on this forum, it actually wasn't to tough of a job. Once I was done with the graphics it received 5 coats of ZEP high gloss floor finish.
All in, furniture, fixtures, flooring, exterior necessities, paint, masking materials, ZEP, we are in it about $6,000.
So, here are a few pics of the process...
The first order of business was to make sure she was mechanically sound, appliances all worked, and the like. The previous owner assured me that everything was in working order before her husband fell ill 2 years earlier. I spent a couple hours in the pouring rain going over what I could and really couldn't find any real reason not to buy it. So, long story short, we bought it.
The lady was correct, once all the batteries were serviced and charged, a fill on the propane tank, and a general service on the appliances, all was in order! EVERYTHING functioned as it should.
On to the running gear side of things! I serviced the engine, oil, filter, cleaned the reusable air filter, had the transmission serviced and the rear in checked, along with all of the brakes. So far so good!Then, (after reading this forum) I discovered that the tires were original, yep, original. I don't think I was as nervous driving it home 80 miles in the rain, at night, as I was taking it 4 miles to have new tires installed! Ignorance is bliss!!
We've did a few short shake down runs and this summer took it out for a 2,000 mile adventure to Utah, followed by a trip up the California coast for a week. So far zero issues.
Now for the real post.
The wife and I truly enjoy the whole RV experience, so much so that we began contemplating a much newer coach. Mechanically we were golden, but the exterior and the interior were showing their age We came to the conclusion that we would "refurbish" what we had rather than have a payment. ( I actually want to retire someday) As it is only us, and we really like the layout, full bath, master suite, and pretty much the whole coach, we decided to go ahead and "remodel". We replaced all of the furniture, tore out the carpet and linoleum, replaced the cabinet hardware and the light fixtures. The furniture came from "Shop for seats", excellent folks, shipped on time, everything. We actually had a few custom requirements. The floor is Allure "Khaki Oak, vinyl planking.
For the exterior I refinished the graphics after spending a few days scrubbing old wax, grime, and the like off the exterior. Thanks to previous posts on this forum, it actually wasn't to tough of a job. Once I was done with the graphics it received 5 coats of ZEP high gloss floor finish.
All in, furniture, fixtures, flooring, exterior necessities, paint, masking materials, ZEP, we are in it about $6,000.
So, here are a few pics of the process...
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