Dinette mod

[bubblerboy64]

I forgot to mention that there are pictures of my dinette in the
photo section. John Heckman's Big Napper. I am working on the
kitchen and will post more pictures when that is finished. Hopefully
anytime now.
John Heckman
central Pa
1973 FC
>
> Dale, I had the same complaints about my FC. Just too large a
piece
> of furniture for my bus. Here is what I did. I took the entire
> dinette out of my 1973 FC. I was left with a couple boxes the back
> one over the rear wheel arch and the front one over the heater. I
> covered those boxes with carpet and made two wide chairs to sit on
> top of the boxes. The legs on the chairs are very short (maybe 4
> inches). These chairs are not really wide enough to sit two adults
> but for my purposes that doesn't matter. You could make or have
them
> made to what ever dimension you would like and out of whatever
> material you prefer. I made angle brackets and fixed the chairs
tight
> to the boxes. The table was also greatly reduced in size. The
only
> thing I saved from the original system was the mounting attachment
> which connected the table to the wall. There would be a bunch of
ways
> to do this. If the "belly room" was the only issue maybe all that
> would need to be done is to remake the table top. I objected to
the
> overall size of the dinette and the fact that there was almost no
> walk room between the dinette and the kitchen counter. I only need
> space for two. The next guy may not like my idea but that's the
> beauty of an older coach. Not having to worry about hurting
> something. Make it the way you like it. I made the chairs using
two
> wooden chairs that I all ready had. I took the back and seats off
of
> them and just replace the sections (seat and back) and other
supports
> with wider pieces and cut the legs off. I covered the seat and
seat
> back with upholstery padding and then vinyl. Not especially
> difficult.
> John Heckman
> central Pa
> 1973 FC
> >
> > Have a 1984 35 ft. FC with side bath, the dinette forward seat is
> very
> > narrow between the seat back and table, (not enough belly room)
> also the
> > dinette seats protrude into the isle. Considering modifying the
> table to
> > create more room from the back of the seat to the table and
> reducing the
> > seat width so they do not protrude into the isle. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Dale Cooper
> > Painesville, Oh. 44077
> >
> > 84 FC 35SB
> >
>