We brought her home on November 9th, 1998, and we're proud as a peach of her. She had 84,346 miles on the odometer when we got her.This coach has been kept up very well by the previous owners, Tom and Shirley Martin of Flatonia, Texas.

He put 6 new KYB shocks on in May of '96. Had the front end gone through and an all wheel alignment done by C. O. Richards of Ballenger, Texas in June '96. The steering gearbox was rebuilt. Also at that time, the bogies were removed, straightened, and reinstalled with new bearings and a device for keeping them in perfect alignment. At the same time, a 3" exhaust system with flowmaster mufflers was installed. The airbags were replaced and shrader valves installed. A 3.46:1 final drive was installed in Nov. 97, new water pump Jan. 98, oil cooler hoses Aug. 97, all new belts and hoses and air conditioner overhaul Apr 97. The A&E awning in a snap to put up and looks like new. This coach even has a Screen Door!

Tom left all his spare/extra parts with the coach. They include everything needed to tune the engine (HEI distributor), a full set of v-belts, full set of radiator hoses, a new water pump, a set of exhaust manifolds (milled and ready to bolt on with new gaskets), and even an extra tire up in the pod.

It's had the original dinette taken out and has two swivel chairs and a shorter table in it's place. The front couch and bunk have also been taken out, there's a nice cot that takes it's place. I'd like to find an original front couch with bunk to put back where it belongs.

We had a bit of bad luck on our way home with it. We were 30 miles south of Lampasas on Hwy. 183 when the left rear tire blew out. It tore off the tee panel but only broke about 2" off of one end. I don't think it'll be too noticable if I just bolt it back up. When Tom was taking his belongings out of the coach before we left with it, he was showing me all the extra parts and goodies including a device to hook into the slot of the rear bogies so I could use the regular bottle jack (strapped onto the radiator bracket) to change rear tires. He then took his tool box into his shop. Niether one of us had remembered to make sure there was a way to take off lug nuts. There wasn't. Luckily Debbie, my wife, was following in her Aurora so we drove to Lampasas to try to borrow tools. It was after 10pm when we arrived and of course every thing was closed except for a couple of self service gas stations. The father of the young lady behind the counter at one of the stations is the service manager of the local Chevy dealer. She kindly called him and let me ask for help. He came down and loaned me a 4 way lug wrench and a pry bar (since I couldn't find the jack handle either) and asked that I drop them off on my way back through town. So, after 3 hours and 75 added miles we were back on the road. We then ran into driving rain and wind during road construction 20 miles north of Lampasas. We were sure proud we didn't have to change that wheel in the storm!

Tom had bought the road hazard warranty with the tires from WalMart so they gave me a new tire.

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