The new couch!

We totally lucked out with this rad gift. It is a orange/red vinyl couch that folds down into a bed. It fits perfectly in the Myrtle and will take only minor modifications of the legs to be anchored in, and will provide under seat storage. Apparently it started its' journey as an unassuming $20 special in a thrift store to now being catapulted to a mobile convertible couch!

Mini Me?

I had to post this picture of a travco I saw around town. It is a slightly newer model than myrtle and smaller, probably 22 feet versus myrtle's mighty 27 feet. As the weather warms look for more updates on interior restorations. I am also still debating the purchase of a new windshield. I had it all worked out and accepted the steep price and was ready for it to be sent.... when I was asked which SIDE do you want? The quote was for only ONE half of the windshield! (It's a split window). Sigh... 

the golden thrones...

The re-covering of the seats out of a diesel pusher motor home are complete! I was getting a little nervous about the bold gold and bronze metallic marine vinyl we picked out.... But it was a complete success!

And by a lovely coincidence the guy who re-covered the seats just happened to get in a used dinette cushion seat that also fits in perfectly and lay out to make an extra bed. We will recover them at a later date. At this point we are keeping the brown vinyl original couch cushions. New foundation boxes must be built for he couch and dinette. They should provide a lot of storage as well.

We also scored an old 'voice of the road runner' horn. Myrtle is going to be a real stunner with a 'meep meep' horn. And finally you can see the vintage fan that we are installing in replace of the non-existent air conditioner.

Home Sweet Home - part 2 of vintage interiors

Home sweet home, a look at the vintage interior

Vintage vantage... a look at old Travco brochures

Piece by piece

I am slowly collecting parts for Myrtle. We found a place to make her 2 new access doors for the furnace and back storage area, from Hobo Camper in Calgary. I am ordering a replacement windshield from RV Glass Experts. And I have posted on the Travco Yahoo Group asking for a recommendation for new windshield wipers. We are waiting on the newly recovered seats from Cascade Vans. A lot of developments this month!

Also we have found two options for a replacement stereo that still looks vintage: Becker Classic and Retro Sound. I think we will opt for the Retro Sound one. We want something that looks good and can play music from our ipods. Then we will put in new speakers for surround sound!