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Originally Posted by Chance
Jamie, my mistake then. I thought the molded front cap appeared straight, then transitions to taper with composite wall sections, then back to straight walls again.
As I’ve proposed before, at a minimum offer a non-slide floor plan. And also going to shorter floor plan around 23-feet would allow building on standard 158-inch wheelbase which saves even more, while still maintains a sporty short rear overhang. Obviously a rear bike/gear garage would appeal to younger buyers also (or young at heart).
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The taper starts right at the front. Pretty much the whole side is tapered.
The front is in two molded pieces: A top/front piece and then the rest. You can see the seam in the (blurry) pic below:
Start at the top left where the awning is. You can see the seam run from there to the window. Then it continues at the bottom right of the window straight down to the wheel well. So there are two (maybe three? The piece(s) behind that seam could just be a left half and a right half) pieces to the front. Thinking about it from what it looks like on the inside: I bet the only fiberglass piece is the front/top. The two sides are likely standard RV wall (wood sandwich with styrofoam in between and the gelcoat on the outside). To adjust the taper, however, they would still have to change the top mold for the fiberglass piece.
Oh and I was incorrect: The have changed the mold since 2014--they had to adjust it for the shorter front window that eliminated the cracking.
You can really see the taper in the roof:
(That is a rather oblique angle since I was standing behind the A/C when I took the picture.)
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