Kamphiker
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tatest wrote:For OP: the 2000 model year brochure for Itasca Spirit shows a more conventional roof, rather than the rolled-over Winnebago roof.
I'm not at home where I would have access to my collection of Winnebago brochures, but you can find them going back to the '60s on Winnebago's web site (look for a link on the main page to "Previous Model Year Information."
Wow! your right, I just looked and even the 2002 spirit Literature shows the conventional roof construction. Did the Itasca Spirit really have the conventional roof construction or was it a error in the literature?
I thought the Spirit and the Minnie were almost identical except for color schemes with the Itasca being geared more upscale OR at least Thats what I remember from a LONG time back when Winnebago first started the Itasca line.
Just goes to show not to take things for granted.
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tatest wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:does using that 12 inch edge molding then mean that there are seams down the roof on both sides?
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Who said anything about an edge molding? OP was describing front and rear caps.
The roof covering is a single sheet of fiberglass reinforced plastic. It is rolled over the top of the joint between the roof frame and wall frame, covering that, and inserted into a groove on the wall header.
Your Winnebago dealer has a cross-section model in his showroom, if you really want to see it, and can't make the trip to Forest City.
The OP said there was some change in 2003. this describes my 99 with front and rear caps and one piece roof rolled over the edge. what is different here?
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Bumpyroad wrote:tatest wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:does using that 12 inch edge molding then mean that there are seams down the roof on both sides?
bumpy
Who said anything about an edge molding? OP was describing front and rear caps.
The roof covering is a single sheet of fiberglass reinforced plastic. It is rolled over the top of the joint between the roof frame and wall frame, covering that, and inserted into a groove on the wall header.
Your Winnebago dealer has a cross-section model in his showroom, if you really want to see it, and can't make the trip to Forest City.
The OP said there was some change in 2003. this describes my 99 with front and rear caps and one piece roof rolled over the edge. what is different here?
bumpy
I'm the OP and my original statement was (is) from observations, reading factory Literature and pictures posted on the internet of Winnebago Minnie 300 series from 1999 to 2005.
I stated that there appears to be a change in the 2003 to 2005 from the earlier models in that IN ADDITION to the 1 piece fiberglass (seamless) sheeting that rools over the SIDE panels, Winnebago added a front and rear 1 piese cap to the leading edge BUT this cap is only about 8" to 12" long. This cap is in addition to and on top of the front and rear panels. This cap houses the clearance lights (and rear view camera on the rear cap).
Another poster confirmed my observations, If earlier Minnie / Spirit (300 series) have this I could not see it in my readings etc. If they do have it I still would like to know, as I can add it to my check list of positives for Minnie & Spirit models I am considering to purchase.
Oned poster brought to my attention that the Spirit model up through 2002 still has traditional roof construction in that the sides of the fiberglass roofing material does not roll over the same way as later years do.
Bumpyroad, What model of Winnebago do you have ?
If you can go back to my first post I included a rear shot of a 2005 24V. The rear cap I'm talking about has the clearance lights in it. The front is similar in that it is a additional piece on top of the front skin and leading edge of the roofing material.
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Kamphiker wrote:tatest wrote:For OP: the 2000 model year brochure for Itasca Spirit shows a more conventional roof, rather than the rolled-over Winnebago roof.
I'm not at home where I would have access to my collection of Winnebago brochures, but you can find them going back to the '60s on Winnebago's web site (look for a link on the main page to "Previous Model Year Information."
Wow! your right, I just looked and even the 2002 spirit Literature shows the conventional roof construction. Did the Itasca Spirit really have the conventional roof construction or was it a error in the literature?
I thought the Spirit and the Minnie were almost identical except for color schemes with the Itasca being geared more upscale OR at least Thats what I remember from a LONG time back when Winnebago first started the Itasca line.
Just goes to show not to take things for granted.
The Minnie, in the same model years, has the same construction as the Spirit.
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I own a 2000 Minnie 324V. It has a crowned fiberglass sheeted roof that does NOT wrap over onto the sides. It does NOT leak either.
The rear endcap is very similar to the one shown by the OP. The version on my model still houses the clearance marker lights but it seems a bit smaller in physical size. It is not as bulbous. The later rear endcap as shown seems like it has a bit of an overhang like an eave of a house. That is the difference I see when comparing the model year differences.
The front end has a transitional moulding where it goes from the crowned main roof panel to the flat roof panel that makes up the overhead bunk area. I have read that this leaked, again mine does not.
Dont know if this info helps or hinders.
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Bumpyroad
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Perhaps it is because I am mixing As and Cs? that I got confused?
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