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Good morning gurus, I have coach 776, and my clear plastic cover that houses my transmission shifter, love gets, mirrors, exhaust brake etc has become extremely cloudy and I have a hard time reading the nomenclature. I have thought about having some small placards made for each item. Any ideas??? Regards, Mike
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Mike,
You might want to ask Newell if they can make you a new one. On 653, there was a wood looking plastic on the drivers console. It looked cloudy and awful. Newell made a new one out of black plexiglass complete with the labels. I don’t really remember, but do not believe that it was that expensive.
Bill
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My clear cover there is cloudy also. I thought about using a clear plastic polish from McGuires I bought for my old muscle car dash. Similar to cleaning foggy headlights just not as aggressive. It cleaned that dash up pretty nice but it wasn't as ugly as what is in my Newell. I just haven't gotten my "round tuit" yet.
Hank & Natalie Bensley
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Ty you guys for the reply!! Regards, Mike
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Mike a hobby shop that makes trophies will have a cnc laser that might be able to reproduce what your needing. Do you have a picture?
1999 45' #504 "Magnolia"
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on the panel where my shift panel and other switches are on the drivers left elbow is also faded. it is woodgrained plastic with beveled edges at each opening. i have had a trophy shop make panels for my first newell in the black and white and they looked original. but not this stuff.
to get something original i would guess newell would be the only option. question is did they keep the cad file for each coach or not. i would be surprised if they did.
tom
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Tom,
I believe that they keep a set of cad files for similar vintages. They made me a new one for 653 without removing the old one first. My guess is that similar vintage coaches had similar layouts.
Bill
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