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Posted By: old joe on 01/19/05 02:09pm

I have 1973 Starcraft Starcruiser on a M375 Dodge with a 413 cu bought 3 years ago for 300 dollars.today I would not sell it or trade for a new one.Have a lot of time involved getting it road ready,it is now inspected an ready to do some movining on.

ROBERT ALLEN

Posted By: JoeMac1000 on 01/22/05 01:56am

I have a 72 Minnie Winnie, The DMV calls it a 73 because it was first sold in 73, whats a years among friends.

It has a strong running 360 Good old Dodge Motor.

whiteknight001 will e-mail you for your site address. [emoticon]

Joe

JoeMac1000
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Posted By: HiTech on 01/22/05 10:07am

This is very common in Class C motor homes. The chassis is built in one model year, the remainder in the next. In all cases the standard in the RV industry is to consider the MH to be the year of final assembly, just as a car with an engine from the year before is considerd to be the year of its final assembly.

In some states, the registration goes by the year of the RV. In others it goes by the year of the VIN on the windshield, which will be the year the chassis is built.

Posted By: skills4lou on 01/31/05 02:51pm

Hello all! I just bought a 73 Banner Class A on the dodge chassis. Has the 440-3 motor. I started it this morning, it ran for about two minutes then died. Now I can't get it to do anything. Battery power is to the starter, but nothing going through the key. The heater fan doesn't work either. Any ideas on where to look? thanks

Also, I need a new engine oil dipstick. Thanks!!

* This post was edited 01/31/05 09:03pm by skills4lou *

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Posted By: Cali_Cole on 02/02/05 10:56am

I have the original shop manual for the Dodge M350 and M375 Chassis with the electrical schematics. I have a 1974 Commander built on the M375 and had to replace the entire electrical system so I know your pain! If you give me an e-mail address I can scan the schematics and send them to you. On another note there are 4 or 5 wires that are located on the back of the ignition switch that come lose. Look under the dash at the back of the switch and push those back on, the are marked “B’ for battery, “I” for ignition, “S” for starter and so on. There is also a fuse block under there to your left. You can use a voltmeter to check the various positions of the ignitions switch and see if it is supplying power. If it’s the ignition switch e-bay has one for about $30.00.
Cole

Cole's 72 Commander

Posted By: EdgarTheBear on 02/02/05 05:53pm

HiTech : the issue of whether a chassis is called one Year or Another, has Nothing Whatever to do with Class C's ; it can have to do with ANY MOTOR VEHICLE made since 1896.

Edgar

Posted By: Rhonda K. on 02/02/05 08:31pm

BT call Home,

We also have a vintage Tioga, we have all the manuals as well. The old motorhome was my parents, now it is ours(never any other owners). If you have any questions let me know, if I don't know the answer, my parents may.

Rhonda

Rhonda & Scott
Tasia & her Barbie fishing pool
1978 Tioga 24'
2005 Stingray 185

Posted By: tkahike on 02/02/05 09:09pm

TOCMOM: Our heater was bad to. We removed it and capped the line. Then I bought a portable heater with a CO detector built in. That little thing cranks out the heat and I can place it anywhere, since I like it a little cooler, and like to keep the kids warm. I can also hook it up to a 20lb tank if I want to, or of the little 1lb tanks.

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1986 29' Corsair travel trailer with a 2001 Suburban 1500

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Posted By: pugmaster on 02/03/05 01:35pm

I need to get creative on the seating/bed in my '76 class C.
The long seat slides out into a bed but is a royal aggravation haveing to lift it slightly in the center front, aggressively pull it out,layout the mattress, then push back a little since the two piece mattress isn't the full size of the bed. Someday I'm going to injure myself fighting that thing!
The gen compartment and the storage/battery compartments are under the thing so I can't put in a typical RV sofabed. I would like to create something simular with hardware that will fold out and back up as a sofabed does, but I haven't found any kind of hinged and sliding hardware that could work. I could probably design and build such, but I hope someone might know if such a thing exists before I make the insane attempt to build it.

Anyone have any ideas, suggestions?

Posted By: new v'er on 02/03/05 02:25pm

We are starting our first year of actual camping with our rig. We had one 1500 mile trip at the end of the season in MICH. Spent 6 months getting it into travel shape.

I told her "But honey it was such a good deal at $500" She was not impressed, but LOWES, MENARDS, HOME DEPOT, half a dozen local RV dealers and every RV place I could get into in the Elkhart area, and the heavy vehicle mechanic were amazed and awed that one man could be so devoted (stubborn - according to a certain very beautiful woman)to his motorhome that he would spend money like a drunken sailor on shore leave.

While the restoration is largely finished and there is no payment book. As far as the blonde is concerned "It ain't payed for". [emoticon]

Just kidding. We both love it. [emoticon]

Regarding your LOT in Life: Build something on it ... or park your Dodge on it.">
Bill & Laurie
1976 Dodge Sportsman Midas Mini 226

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