My new Sunspot!

[Sunline Fan]

Originally Posted by dotthespot

Hi, Jon! Thanks for looking into that for me. The seventh digit is a "0", not a "C" or "D". Does that confound things?

So it's an '82, as far as you can tell. Cool!

Hmm, yes it's certainly confuses me now... Not sure why they did this the way they did.

It is certainly an '82, the (17 digit) VIN confirms this as well. As for when it was actually built though, I guess that's anyone's guess. If I had to make some conclusion, I'd say it was probably built in like 1980 and they hung onto it. It's possible they re-skinned it with the updated striping when they were able to sell it to a dealer.

In comparing the sheet in your closet to Marshall's 1980 SS's sheet, the RVIA numbers are only 30 off and the tire serial numbers are very close, actually the letters are all the same and only the numbers differ. Both of these factors tell me that it was done around the same time. The initials on the two sheets, though the same, were written a little differently, so the coaches were clearly probably produced on different days, possibly different weeks, but I feel they were relatively close to one another.

I feel it gained the 1982 title from that being the point when they actually found a dealer willing to buy it.

Just curious, did you ever find the 4155 number stamped into the coupler? I'm curious if that was still there, even though it had another official VIN.

Jon

[dotthespot]

No, I never found the other number....... maybe the tag was placed over top of it? I'll look a little bit more closely tomorrow (I stopped looking when I found the VIN). I'll let you know!

Pam.

[dotthespot]

Hi again, Jon. It seems pretty likely that they may have added the tag with the new VIN# over top of the old one on the front coupler. I can't find it anywhere else.

Thank you again for the information, things are making a lot more sense now!

Pam.

[Kat]

This is really cute, I have never seen one of these before. Quite a find.

Kat

[rebellious78]

Wish I could see the pic's. Facebook is blocked on our work computers.

Dave

[kanyonkitty]

Pam,

Welcome to the group and congrats on your purchase of a SunSpot.

This site is so full of info and helpful people, should you have any questions/problems, just ask here and it won't take too long to get help.

Kitty

[dotthespot]

@ KanyonKitty: Thank you! I appreciate that!
@ Dave & Maryann: I'll post some photos here as soon as I can figure out how.

[dotthespot]

Here are a few of the photos of my Sunspot. There are more but I guess I can only upload six at a time?

[dotthespot]

Well, she's home and all wired up (the previous owner never had the electric brakes hooked up), and everything works beautifully! I can't believe how thoughtfully designed this little trailer is. The only thing I would have done differently is I would have had the fridge door open the other way so you actually could reach your beer from the inside!

I am going to have to take Dot into the local RV place to have the leak and water damage repaired, but I will do most of the windows myself. I will also seal everything up with Eternabond (I have a 50' roll, 4" wide that should do the trick). One hint to those others out there with older trailers like mine: don't buy the white Eternabond. It is TOO white and looks silly. They have a colour called "tan" which is really just a sort of cream colour that looks much more natural!

I'm hoping that by this time next week, I can have her on the road. I'm still struggling with backing in and hitching/unhitching by myself, but I have no choice....... gotta figure it out!

More photos soon......!

[JohnB]

Hi Pam

Glad things are working out for little Sunny.

The backing and hitching will get easier in time. Some time go practice in a big parking lot. It will be old hat soon enough.

One heads up on the Eternabond, read up on the cleaning directions and follow them to a Tee. Prep is key and once it is prepped right, it will stick where you put it, even if it is not where you want it....

Good luck

John