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ChrisW

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  • My Toyota Motorhome
    1975 Chinook Gaucho
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    California

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    Restoring and upgrading our Chinook in the spirit of the original design.

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  1. Thanks again, Fred! I have magnetic lights so that I don't have to tamper with the Chinook's wiring at all.
  2. Thanks, Fred. I will bring a big selection of tools to cover whatever size it may be. It's very far away so I can't just pop over to it, otherwise I would not be asking. I have to travel several hours to retrieve the Chinook. My plan is to flat tow it by removing the bumper and stays, and bolting the tow bar brackets onto the Chinook via the same holes in the frame that the bumper stays use. If you or anyone has any useful thoughts about that, I'm all ears. Thanks again!
  3. The above picture shows the front bumper of Toyota trucks from August of 1974 through 1978. 1. Can anyone please confirm how this attaches to the frame? It looks to me as through both stays rest on top of the frame rails and the bolts (90119-12001) go down through the bumper stays and into the frame. Is that correct? 2. Can the bolts be seen (and accessed) from above with the hood popped or are there things in the way? Thanks in advance for any help or photos!! I'd love to see a photo of how it attaches.
  4. Derek, the idea behind racks is to put the knives and spices there when parked, never during travel. Thank you for bringing it up, though, and I hope readers will be careful to never have anything unsecured in the cabin behind them! As for my other questions, anyone got any ideas on these? - How is the paneling attached? Was it glued across the entire backside of the panels, or only in certain places where the steel frame is? - When people have replaced wall panels, have they just glued them against whatever parts of the structure they come in contact with, or some other method? How do people seal the new panels to the window frames? And how do people get the new panels at the right depth so they sit flush behind the inner lip of the window frame? Or when glued to the outer shell, do they just end up right where they should be? TIA
  5. 1. I'd like to use permanent double sided tape (because I'm not willing to drill holes through the fiberglass) to mount a spice rack and a magnetic strip for knives, on our stove's backsplash (it's an early Gaucho, where the range is at the left rear corner of the truck, like this (not my photo): but I see people saying things like "there really isn't anything holding the wood paneling to the fiberglass." 1. How is the paneling attached? Was it glued across the entire backside of the panels, or only in certain places where the steel frame is? 2. If I use permanent double sided tape to attach those things, will the weight of the spices and knives, and all the tugging each time we remove each knife or each spice bottle (which will be held in by clips, not resting on a shelf), be likely to detach the paneling away from the wall? Or are they stuck on there pretty well? 3. When people have replaced wall panels, have they just glued them against whatever parts of the structure they come in contact with, or some other method? How do people seal the new panels to the window frames? And how do people get the new panels at the right depth so they sit flush behind the inner lip of the window frame? Or when glued to the outer shell, do they just end up right where they should be? Any and all information is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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