Gene, I posted about my new batt on the Class C thread titled 'Deep Cycle Batteries, Which Brand'
Am repainting hangar cage (after spraying with a can of foamy neutralizer, probably $4 worth of baking soda!), two coats of rustoleum rust primer, and one coat of rustoleum glossy topcoat. You may recall I did something similar about 1.75 yrs back, but area looked pretty rusty again.
Cheeze1, I am really getting excited about your rehab project. I looked at ours carefully, and think there would be little work to replace existing dinette with the jacknife (provided you raise sofa about 3 inches to allow water tank to fit under it).
I imagine what it would look like w/ that large open floor space when the sofa is up and any new parallel dinette is put away. It really allows many furniture options, some that I mentioned before. Remember that there is a 6 in thick outside storage formed as a false wall behind the jacknife now...this could be opened up also.
I would resist putting another sofa or permanent bed. Your idea from the other thread of a half dinette is good, too. What if two captains chairs and a removable bistro table were put where sofa is now, and somehow the two chairs form a twin bed at nite, as some Class B layouts use?