FLynes
Advanced Member
Hi everyone, I got this Sunflyer from my next door neighbors last month, and the price was right.......free. But, as we all know, no RV ends up being truly free. This one had been sitting since about 2011. My neighbors were getting ready to go on a trip, and the wife wanted to be proactive and fill the fresh water tank, except she accidentally filled the fuel tank, instead. Thankfully, the engine was never started, and the water was drained from the fuel tank. They never went on their trip and the Sunflyer sat ever since, under an elm tree. Sadly, my neighbor's husband passed away in 2018.
In May, we had a terrible windstorm and a couple of branches fell on the motorhome. Miraculously, there was no damage done. My neighbor's son lives with and takes care of her, as she now elderly. The son is a nice guy and we get along well. He asked me if I would help him clear the branches off of the Sunflyer, so I brought over my chainsaw and got it done for him. I then asked him what he was planning to do with it, and he asked me if I wanted it. Given I got divorced last year and the ex got the Monaco motorhome and then promptly sold it for less than half of what I put into it, I quickly said yes, not really caring about its condition. We hooked it up to the son's dually and towed it next door to my place.
It took me four hours to pressure wash 14 years of dirt and crud from the exterior and another four hours to do a precursory vacuuming of the inside. I have since been working to get the electrical systems back online. Again, miraculously, the original Coleman TSR Mach 3 A/C still works, despite a cracked-to-**** shroud that allowed a bunch of leaves and dirt to accumulate. The only electrical that doesn't work is the bathroom ceiling light, probably due to water intrusion on the roof, as well as the aisle lights.
The roof will need to be completely rebuilt, which I've done before on a previous slide-in camper I used to own. The interior will be carefully gutted and the carpeting will be replaced with LVP, except for the driver's/passenger area, which will be replaced with new carpet. The original Audiovox SPS radio works, however the quartz clock burned out about an hour after I put power to it, and the cassette player doesn't work. I was able to find a NOS Audiovox electronic tuner cassette player on eBay, which will work for now, until I'm able to get a Sony CarPlay system for it, but that'll be down the road.
For now, here are pics of the coach as I got it and after cleaning it. This will be a project that I'm taking my time to do. I'm retired, so I'll do a little bit at a time and then post the progress.
In May, we had a terrible windstorm and a couple of branches fell on the motorhome. Miraculously, there was no damage done. My neighbor's son lives with and takes care of her, as she now elderly. The son is a nice guy and we get along well. He asked me if I would help him clear the branches off of the Sunflyer, so I brought over my chainsaw and got it done for him. I then asked him what he was planning to do with it, and he asked me if I wanted it. Given I got divorced last year and the ex got the Monaco motorhome and then promptly sold it for less than half of what I put into it, I quickly said yes, not really caring about its condition. We hooked it up to the son's dually and towed it next door to my place.
It took me four hours to pressure wash 14 years of dirt and crud from the exterior and another four hours to do a precursory vacuuming of the inside. I have since been working to get the electrical systems back online. Again, miraculously, the original Coleman TSR Mach 3 A/C still works, despite a cracked-to-**** shroud that allowed a bunch of leaves and dirt to accumulate. The only electrical that doesn't work is the bathroom ceiling light, probably due to water intrusion on the roof, as well as the aisle lights.
The roof will need to be completely rebuilt, which I've done before on a previous slide-in camper I used to own. The interior will be carefully gutted and the carpeting will be replaced with LVP, except for the driver's/passenger area, which will be replaced with new carpet. The original Audiovox SPS radio works, however the quartz clock burned out about an hour after I put power to it, and the cassette player doesn't work. I was able to find a NOS Audiovox electronic tuner cassette player on eBay, which will work for now, until I'm able to get a Sony CarPlay system for it, but that'll be down the road.
For now, here are pics of the coach as I got it and after cleaning it. This will be a project that I'm taking my time to do. I'm retired, so I'll do a little bit at a time and then post the progress.
