Introducing our 1980 GMC Coachmen Leprechaun! (The restoration Project).
This will be a very slow project. I will only be able to work on it on weekends and some evenings, and there may be long gaps in between when life or work gets in the way, so dont expect a quick turn project here!
My folks gave us the camper as they dont use it any more. They've moved onto other things in their retirement, an the Coachment is in a bit of a state. Rust, the silent killer!.
First task was to get it running... then to get it moved to my home where I could start working on it.
2019 EDIT:
In 2018 we had a server crash on MHCraic which resulted in the loss of photos on this thread and many others. It essentially "made this thread worthless without pics"!! This event happened not so long after photo hosting policy changes on Photofuckit forced me to replace all of the photos on this thread one by one, which was a pita.
So, to avoid another repeat of that, I've decided to create a slideshow on youtube which I will have full control over and have backed up at home. I will update the slideshow every so often as I add more photos to the project library, but for now, you can click on the link below and see most of the photos that were on this original blog that I started in November of 2012... You're more than welcome to read through the pages of this thread, but there won't be any supporting photo's so a lot of the story may not make sense... If you jump to the end of this thread, you may see a continuation of the blog with photos of the more recent work done.
Bear in mind, this is a very slow burn project so you will probably find I'm still working on it years and years (and years) later...
Here's the youtube link, I hope you enjoy it:
![](https://motorhomecraic.com/modules/cback_mediamgr/uploads/u681_1554966460_73999.jpg)
This will be a very slow project. I will only be able to work on it on weekends and some evenings, and there may be long gaps in between when life or work gets in the way, so dont expect a quick turn project here!
![:lol:](./upload/smilies/lol.png)
My folks gave us the camper as they dont use it any more. They've moved onto other things in their retirement, an the Coachment is in a bit of a state. Rust, the silent killer!.
First task was to get it running... then to get it moved to my home where I could start working on it.
2019 EDIT:
In 2018 we had a server crash on MHCraic which resulted in the loss of photos on this thread and many others. It essentially "made this thread worthless without pics"!! This event happened not so long after photo hosting policy changes on Photofuckit forced me to replace all of the photos on this thread one by one, which was a pita.
So, to avoid another repeat of that, I've decided to create a slideshow on youtube which I will have full control over and have backed up at home. I will update the slideshow every so often as I add more photos to the project library, but for now, you can click on the link below and see most of the photos that were on this original blog that I started in November of 2012... You're more than welcome to read through the pages of this thread, but there won't be any supporting photo's so a lot of the story may not make sense... If you jump to the end of this thread, you may see a continuation of the blog with photos of the more recent work done.
Bear in mind, this is a very slow burn project so you will probably find I'm still working on it years and years (and years) later...
![:lol:](./upload/smilies/lol.png)
![:lol:](./upload/smilies/lol.png)
Here's the youtube link, I hope you enjoy it:
![:-)](./upload/smilies/smile.png)