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Restoration begins!

chops1sc
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Explorer II
My wife and I started to restore our 1995 Coachmen Catalina yesterday. We got the camper from my parents 6 years ago and we have thoroughly enjoyed it! However, because of the "pandemic" we had not used it for a long time and well, issues that we should have addressed festered into un-usable conditions. So we are gutting it to make it like-new again! We hope to give weekly updates on our Youtube channel.

Coachmen Catalina Restoration
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ronbiel
Explorer
Explorer
Those are some good progress. Good luck and keep us posted.

chops1sc
Explorer II
Explorer II

chops1sc
Explorer II
Explorer II
frankwp wrote:
Please do keep posting on this project. But the part from :40 to 3:15 should be cut out altogether. Nobody wants to have to sit through that. Going high speed for the unloading for the last couple of minute is a nice touch, but it too went on way too long. 30 seconds of that would be plenty.

This is not intended to offend or insult, just constructive criticism. It's going to be an interesting project with the potential of getting a very nice camper at the end.


Your criticism is greatly appreciated! We are definitely learning as we go forward with this process!

frankwp
Explorer
Explorer
Please do keep posting on this project. But the part from :40 to 3:15 should be cut out altogether. Nobody wants to have to sit through that. Going high speed for the unloading for the last couple of minute is a nice touch, but it too went on way too long. 30 seconds of that would be plenty.

This is not intended to offend or insult, just constructive criticism. It's going to be an interesting project with the potential of getting a very nice camper at the end.
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chops1sc
Explorer II
Explorer II
We were able to get some more work done this past Sunday. We removed the jack-knife sofa, end tables, rear cabinets (along with the ceiling), dinette, slide carpet, most of the rear windows, and lastly, the slide itself.





We should get more work done Wednesday and hopefully I will have a new video uploaded!

chops1sc
Explorer II
Explorer II
Birdnst wrote:
I THINK that will be a pretty cool project and wish you luck.
However I could not continue watching, way to much time opening an awning, could have skipped all that. Good luck.


Thank you for your input! We are still getting the hang of making the videos and editing them. Hopefully our future videos are a little bit better, LOL!

Update: I sped up the clip a little. Maybe it's a little easier to watch, LOL!

Birdnst
Explorer
Explorer
I THINK that will be a pretty cool project and wish you luck.
However I could not continue watching, way to much time opening an awning, could have skipped all that. Good luck.
If you cannot take good care of what you have, you will not have anything good for very long!!!

Lwiddis
Explorer II
Explorer II
Please post continuing updates with pictures.
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