Updating the Royale Conversion

The date is set with the interior shop, the carpet is ordered, the ultra-leather has been chosen and we are down to the wall paper and couch fabric.

But we did get the old door pulls and galley table disco light changed out.

Before
http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/60832032-M.jpg

After
http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/60832174-M.jpg

Old Light
http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/60832341-M.jpg

New Light
http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/60832405-M.jpg

Remember, all old parts will be available at Jon's coach during and after the POG Rally.

Jerry, Are you doing the carpet or are you having it professionally installed? Ellen & I are going to change our carpet as well as the ceramic tile after the POG rally. We are looking for someone to install a LCD TV in the overhead up front, but have not had much luck here in Southern VA. All the quality boat cabinet makers are booked until late summer or early fall. I am looking forward to your CruiseAir article. Ken

Ken,

We are having the carpet installed and I am ordering the Cruisair parts this week. We wanted to have it all done before the rally, but it depends on the deliverability of the materials.

But I have 51 cabinet handles to weight Jon's coach down with.....

I'm going to have a flea market at the POG rally. True justice will be selling something back to JDUB that he finds he really needs.

Well we moved the coach from the hanger to the interior shop today. Two weeks and it will be done. We are anxious to see how it turns out and we have plenty of before photos, so I will try to slip over next week and get some gutted photos for those who give a Lew.

Any counsel as to things we ought to do whilst the interior is stripped out like change X or don't forget to look at Y while you can get to it?

I did get to use Jon's line today; NO1UNO

Oh, I saw that "Roamin Holiday" coach for sale. Didn't someone on the board said they owned that one some time?

Don't forget to set your clocks up.:)

You could do what everybody else does on this informative Prevost site. TALK ABOUT YOUR AIRPLANE ON EVERY CATAGORY AND THAT WOULD TAKE UP SOME OF YOUR TIME AND PISS SOME OF THE OTHERS OFF.

Lew,

Ok let's you and I buy a boat and then we can out chat the Plane guys.

Ho ho ho and a bottle of Rum.

MangoMatey

Mango,

I went to the Palm Beach Boat show last weekend and got my shoes stolen while abord the second boat I looked at. I walked the rest of the show in those stupid blue slippers that make it look like you escaped from the hospital.

I'd like to live on a 75-80' motoryacht once I run out of places to visit via Prevost.

I don't recall seeing a "Ben went to the boat show" post on your blog. Or a photo with the blue slippers....

Well, this afternoon I was turning( banking, for you novices) to the left and I was brushing the tops of some trees so I thought I should straighten out and get up behind a DC-10 near by and draft him to save some fuel. My V tail started to vibrate so I crawled back to see if I could tell what it was. Can you imagine what I found. A large bail of BS from the airplane goons. I threw it out and it landed in the middle of the campground we're having the POG rally at. If anyone is running low, you can dip into it and replenish yourselves.

Lew,
Ooohhhh, now you've done it (vibrating V-Tail)!:D

Jerry,

My camera was nowhere to be found... I did wear the slippers to the Capital Grill in Miami and even did a Monty Python walk on my way out... I didn't even get a single look or comment.

Was going to do a post about how I got some booty at the boat show :rolleyes: twins even!

Maybe Lew had too many bails in that C5a in Dover today. Didn't make it to POG.

MangoAir

Ben it's good to see your adapting well to PrevoLife.

Hey Ben, booties are little shoes for baby's aren't they?;)

Ben's having a baby??????

Spread the word.

I want to know who is in charge of making sure Lew takes his medicine at the Rally?

I also read in the paper today where a man received an award for a device that will make Lew's day. He attached two snorkel / ram air scoops to the back of his trailer and diverted air coming over the top of the trailer into the vacuum behind the trailer to decrease the drag and thus the draft behind the vehicle.

Bottom line, no more drafting for Lew on the interstate. :mad:

http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/63037542-M.jpg

Okay, back to the subject at hand, we have the coach back from the interior shop and the guy is slated to change out the wallpaper next week. I don't have the "before" photos with me today, but here are the "after" photos we took Thursday night.

A couple of before shots with the furniture removed and about to take the carpet out

http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/64535491-M.jpg

http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/64533648-M.jpg

We had the front chairs recovered in ultra leather with memory foam and we added about 10 inches in height on the seat back

http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/64533162-M.jpg
http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/64534628-M.jpg

Then we recovered the couch and chairs after adding new carpet

http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/64534283-M.jpg
http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/64534134-M.jpg

And recovered the galley chairs

http://jdub.smugmug.com/photos/64536296-M.jpg

JW,

It's looking great!

Unfortunately after Mrs. Mango sees the great work done on your bus, I'll be spending some bucks after returning to DC.

mangointhepoorhouse

Jerry, looks great, isn't it fun to be a part of the job.
Kevin

Looks great. Great pictures. Been offline for two weeks. Lookin forward to the rally. Ken & Ellen