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This is what the SONshine Express
looked like when we got in in the summer on 1999. It was originally
built as a moblie classroom on a 1978 motorhome chassis. It had
two rooms with coat closets over the wheelwells.
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We started removing the room partitions
to make one larege room.
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One day when I was not there, we
had an overly ancious worker ( with good intentions) remove too
much. He removed all the floor and the wheel wells. When I saw it
my heart sank at all the extra work.
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But we got it back together and
made it better than it was before. We put it together with screws
instead of staples.
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A propane heater was installed
in the new wheel.
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We installed a 6500 watt Onan Generator.
Two air conditioners and the PA system run on AC. The lights and
heat run on batterys.
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Tim Johnson from Hawley's Camping Center helped us with the Generator mounting and hookup. |
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Orval Goslaw did a lot of the finish
work on the inside.
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Oval worked several evenings.
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George Stewart had some sheetrock
guys to smooth out the walls.
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Charles Bulter helped with wiring
the lights.
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This is the final product. A 7'
x 22' room with Heat and AC.
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Our PA system had been setting
on the floor. Butch Phillimeano helped me put a cabinet in to mount
it on.
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Several people have helped put the SONshine Express together: Jimmy Stephenson and Colon Batten have worked many years in the bus garage keeping the buses rolling. They have put many hours on the SONshine Express. Raford Ivey built a stainless steel battery box to hold two big batteries. Craig Journey supplied the battery for the lights and heater. Tim Johnson with Hawley's Camping Center, helped with the generater, heater, inverter and all the RV type hookup. Tommy Gardner with Auto Interiors & Tops, fixed the uphoustery better than I ever expeted it to be. |
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