Boatman1955

Gotcha kaypsmith, Thanks for the information and Merry Christmas!!

Hi Wolf, Thanks for the information! I have a friend that bought a 1998 39 ft. ( Renegade ) coach. He paid 5,000K for it and I drove it 800 miles home. Anyway the sides were aluminum instead of fiberglass and had significant holes all the way thru due to corrosion. He ripped off the old aluminum skin, repaired or replaced the damaged luan underlayment, and then we applied new fiberglass from a huge roll that we had ordered off of the internet. We made a vertical dispenser out of 2x4s on a cart and rolled out the new skin minutes after spraying both surfaces with contact adhesive. The sacrificial glue gun we used was like 10-15 bucks at harbor freight. Somewhere on my phone I should still have pictures, I will look. In any event, my Alpha skin damage isn't nearly as bad as the Renegade. It might be prudent to replace some of it rather than repairing however. Merry Christmas!!

Hi manholt, All I know so far is that water is coming into the head area. I hope to get up there this weekend and take a good look at the sunny side and see what it looks like up there. Thanks for the reply and Merry Christmas!!

Thanks for the good information kaypsmith! I can take a picture of the outside if you really want, but I haven't taken any pictures at all of the exterior yet as it looks pretty nasty. She really is an ugly duckling right now. My friend has owned her for 5 years (bless his soul) and I don't think she has ever been cleaned in that period of time. Merry Christmas!!

Ok, Thanks Herman. I believe the height of this coach is 12 1/2 ft. if I remember right. Of course I will have to add the rooftop AC unit to that. When I drove a truck many years ago I seem to remember needing 13 1/2 ft. for bridge clearance etc. Finding the exact height will be a priority before I leave my immediate vicinity. Merry Christmas!!

Thanks Moonwink! I will definitely order a couple as soon as I find out exactly what I need. Merry Christmas!!

Hi Erniee, Yes, I accidentally discovered that it does have basement air a few months ago before it got cold. It does work but won't know how well until it warms up a bit. I read somewhere that one owner felt the basement air was marginal in hot climates. I guess that's why someone added a roof unit to help the basement air on this coach.

Thanks Moonwink! I assume the people that make the vents make the covers?

Hi and Merry Christmas !! I just inherited a 2004 Apha see-ya, 40' and I joined this site today to learn all I can and hopefully do an event this year. Even though I can fix anything, I don't know the first thing about these creatures yet. This sweetie has had a hard life during the past 5 years and was pretty much trashed out, but thankfully all of the running gear is perfect with 66K on the odometer. I know the hot water heater has to be replaced, the roof AC doesn't work and some of the interior woodwork needs to be refinished etc. The roof is leaking at the vent but I don't know the condition of the roof yet. Also there is some blistering in some areas on the outside panels. Looks similar to boat "small pox" I just thought if anyone wants to give advice or comment on this please feel free to post away, I will appreciate it. I would love to hear from Alpha owners about common problems and what I might expect from this coach. One more thing, I read that Alpha uses a floor AC unit but this MH has a coleman roof unit as well. I assume someone added that for more cooling? Thanks in advance!! and a few pics so far from where I started cleaning the driver area..