daddytiger

Hi all, This is a great forum. FYI, here's some pics of an '88 Sunrader (18 ft) I bought from Gardner-Pacific 90% empty and filled it in over the years. - Extra bench seat across the back, can serve as single bed. - Cut back table to pivot on one leg. - Extra cabinet across the back/top. - Installed PAR/Jabsco Marine macerator toilet over the wheel well on driver's side, plumbed discharge up and back and down through floor to an extra tank serving as black tank, installed/mounted driver side/rear corner. - Installed fiberglass Shower stall in back of driver's seat. - Installed vanity/sink and medicine cabinet between the marine toilet and the shower stall. - DRY BATH! Love it! Just reworked the bathroom, fiberglassed, etc., here's some pics. Cheers, daddytiger

Thanks Diesel Mike, sent Tika a msg. Do you like the V-6? Nissan chassis? Almost went with it in '88. Almost. but I had excellent luck with Toyota engines(20R, 22R, & 22RE) so stuck with comfort level. This Sunrader as well (130K mi, compression still in factory spec). thx again, Dave

New to forum, have '87 18 ft Sunrader Hi guys, gals, Impressive work!! Will send some pics soon of my '87 18 ft Sunrader, bought new as a half (3/4 th's?) empty shell in 88 and customized the balance. My impression of damage from my own water leaks over the years, at least in my case, was that it didn't affect the flooring near the walls as the floor was really well glassed to the walls. Ended up fiberglassing (mat. cloth) the entire floor, section by section, over the last year. Pulled out my (custom) bathroom cabinet and just finished glassing/restoring the wall & floor behind and under that. A friend who is a cabinet maker will finish a replacement cabinet next week. BTW, there's some info on the web re: wood rot that led me to believe brushing on propylene glycol, AKA earth-friendly coolant, will kill the wood rot spores in case the humidity ever rises again. So I sand the suspect wood, brush on coolant, soak in, dry, etc, before "sealing" in, whether with epoxy or fiberglass... (You can use regular coolant, ethylene glycol - toxic - as well but if you spray it on be carefull not to breathe vapors). "Dry bath"/separate toilet-shower: Built a "false floor" over the wheel well, mounted a marine-type toilet (Jabsco I think) w/2 stage pump & macerator in base, the outlet hose goes behind a fake wall, thru floor into an added tank, under left rear corner of rig. Putting in a lot of time, sore muscles sanding and glassing and sanding and glassing and coughing and sneezing, so I'm not smart but too anal... I figure it'll be 100% waterproof for the NEXT 20 years. BTW, I full time out of this rig. Tankless hot water heater, roof air, blah blah. Anybody know if the "Swoosh" decals and stripes are still made? After Gardner-Pacific folded decades ago, I remember one of their production guys by the name of Dean took over their phone for his own RV biz. He'd referred me to the company that made them, but I used up what I bought and can't remember where I got the decals. this is too much work! cheers, daddytiger