Am I out of my depth?

[MarineandAirfor]

Hello All
I'm new to this site and the RV world. I've gotten a wealth of info here.
I've been looking into an RV for about 2 yrs. I came close to a minnie winnie class c last year owned by a close family friend. It was well maintained and was gone thru Totally. It had high miles and no genset & I thought $6800 for a friend was too much.
It sold & I kept looking.

Ok here's the deal. Found 1 I could afford bigger than I wanted but had it all.
1990 34' Winnebago Superchief on Ford Chassis. Seller wanted $3000 talked him down to $2000
Said if you drive it to my house and it makes it you got a deal.
The GOOD....
This was $72k new (have the sticker & all paperwork in binder)
Has 2 - Colman Mach 3 15,000btu A/C's working!
Basically all the options you could imagine minus any leveling kits. Tow pkg w/brake control, central Vac, remote spotlight. Air horns, full bath (not passthru) eve has a functioning washer & dryer in there. Also has onan emerald 3 genset with less than 700hrs. Runs 6500 watt. With 2 remote start locations. The Ford 460 had 65k and has the expected manifold leak but runs pretty good. Fridge is in crappy shape but is working. Not sure about furnace or HW heater as of yet

The bad. God it's ugly as could be. I'll make the inside look lovely but there is a great deal of delam! Not so much from roof but more from the seam along the entire side of coach. Think water wicked up the luan. Structurally it solid all around. The bumper corners are broken & or missing. Tires are crap. The kwikee stairs look as if they were torched/cut out? The fridge went was NOT there so some good water rot behind fridge. The big awning was coming away from coach so I removed. I can go on and on but what I wanted to know if I made a good call or did I get over my head here?! I can fix ANYTHING and the beast is looking better everyday
Anyone that could give my opinions, thoughts? I'll take it well
I just figured with that Genny and the tons of options figured it was a good deal
Thanks for reading all this LOL
Ryan

[MarineandAirfor]

The aged once white now yellow A/C covers are back to white thanks to Krylon Fusion for plastic

[MarineandAirfor]

Installed. The hard part was getting the old caulk off. Was like petrified 100 year old bubblegum

[MarineandAirfor]

[MarineandAirfor]

Ok we have a fatality. I expected this LOL
Took the plywood up under dinette seat
it's all been cleaned up

[MarineandAirfor]

Oh No!!!!!! Hahahaha thank God it's not that bad

[RayChez]

I had not seen the pictures, but I think you got a good deal. I can tell you know how to fix things so that is a big plus. Good job on the roof vents and the caulking.

Good luck on getting every thing working so that you can go out this spring and enjoy camping. They are a lot of fun.

[mike_brez]

fcooper wrote:

Pogoil wrote:
Seal up the leaks fix up the inside and enjoy the heck out of it.
De lamination is an eyesore, do not look at it.

You will have a great time using it.

Pogoil.

I agree. I think you got a good deal overall. After reading about it, I was surprised at the pictures. Fix it and enjoy.

Fred

X2 I thought it was going to look something like this

[fcooper]

Pogoil wrote:
Seal up the leaks fix up the inside and enjoy the heck out of it.
De lamination is an eyesore, do not look at it.

You will have a great time using it.

Pogoil.

I agree. I think you got a good deal overall. After reading about it, I was surprised at the pictures. Fix it and enjoy.

Fred

[Pogoil]

Seal up the leaks fix up the inside and enjoy the heck out of it.
De lamination is an eyesore, do not look at it.

You will have a great time using it.

Pogoil.

[RayChez]

Sounds to me like it needs a lot of work to get it usable again. You can save a lot of money by doing the labor yourself, but still there are parts to buy and for that year of coach it might be hard to find some of the parts. Delamination is not good news at all. Naturally what you paid is not much either, but still I personally wouldn't have bought it.

[Jayco-noslide]

Honestly, I don't think I would want it at any price. The delam sounds really bad and eventually this can compromise the structure and maybe not even safe. Maybe you can do all the work?? but it scares me.

[Executive45]

Start a new thread..this one is like beating a dead horse...:)....Dennis

[MarineandAirfor]

I'm having a coach battery issue. Not charging. Should I start a new thread on this or just state the situation and see if anyone jumps in?

[oldmattb]

We saw a coach on our last trip that was so worn, so dilapidated, it looked like a boomerang on wheels - probably a foot of drop from the roof midpoint to the back end. It was still being used and (most likely) enjoyed.

Matt B

[MarineandAirfor]

Understood Tom. Let's Say I'm going to pretty it up as much as I can. Functionally operational safe and dependable as much as possible. "Restoration" is not not the correct term as you said that would be too much to handle and not worth it. But I can still make it look luxurious inside and mechanically sound with little cost. But a LOT of hard work