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Posted By: UKdodge on 09/07/09 12:44am

Hey eyeteeth, that's exactly the same as mine 78 motor, 79 - 84 chassis - Mines an 80 titled 81 so the motor had ben lying around for 3 years..... There was a big face lift of the vans in 79, the rectangular headlights lasted until 84, when there was a slight facelight. Most other chassis and body parts didn't change from 79 till the early nineties (94 I think).

* This post was edited 09/07/09 06:56am by UKdodge *

Posted By: UKdodge on 09/07/09 12:44am

Hi Gored, mine has a suburban Nt24 from new and seems to be reasonable on consumption. Don't know what it's like in the US but running anything on disposable canisters in the UK works out pretty expensive.

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Posted By: eyeteeth on 09/07/09 07:22pm

My furnace definitely uses more propane than anything else on the camper. I've accidentally left the water heater on all day, or all night, and it's nothing like having the furnace on for the night.

That may change as I improve the insulation during my renovations.

Posted By: Leeann on 09/08/09 06:02am

The furnace definitely uses more propane than the water heater. We set ours at 60° (I think) to keep it from freezing inside without using all the propane available.

I don't know how hungry those Mr Heaters are.

'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo

Posted By: Doug in CA on 09/08/09 06:36pm

I have one of the double element Mr Heater units. It heats my 18' Chinook Concourse pretty well. It will burn through 2 of the small appliance type bottles in a couple of hours tho. The built in is more economical for sure. I refill the tiny bottles from a larger at home
so I'm not buying them all the time.

Posted By: goreds2 on 09/08/09 06:59pm

Thanks for eveyones reponses concerning the built in furnance and the Mr. Heater. I will just play by ear of which one I will use in the future.

See Picture In My Profile
I have a 1989 Dodge XPLORER RV Class B - Purchased 10/15/10 IN CASH
Fiance' purchased a Class C 2002 Dynamax Carri-go on 5/1/15 IN CASH
We've got the best of both worlds

Posted By: UKdodge on 09/13/09 03:41pm

Still working away on the old rig. Did the roof this weekend. Here it is ready for final wiring, stringers and the outer ply layer. I managed to reuse the original aluminium skin. I also pannelled out the interior and fitted the overcab deck.

There are a few more rebuild pictures here:

http://s635.photobucket.com/albums/uu76/2manyprojex/Dodge%20rebuild/

* This post was last edited 09/14/09 12:50pm by UKdodge *

Posted By: ALnCORY on 09/15/09 01:58pm

Pictures of recent work. Finished the bath with new floors, counter,paint and high rise toilet. Replace old overhead trim carpet with nice vinyl touch, new laminate floor in the coach area and new seats out of my caravan that some nice fellow hit and totaled. Some pics not great due to bad lighting this morning but you kind of get the idea.
Ok pics didn't load right, will have to work on it.

I don't think anyones dying statement ever contained the words "I wish I had spent more time in the office", so lets go somewhere!

Posted By: ALnCORY on 09/15/09 02:01pm

Can't seem to get these to transfer from photobucket... not sure what I am doing wrong... sorry , maybe try later.. anyway trust me it looks much nicer than it did. [image]

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Posted By: Leeann on 09/15/09 03:56pm

Al, the link you're pasting in isn't of the photo, it's to the forum index.

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