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Old 12-26-2004, 10:48 PM   #1
Safari Tim
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Profile:  1960 28' Ambassador
Northern , California
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Yet another dinette builder...

Well it's time to break ground on my dinette project.

I have a '71 Safari with the front goucho and side fold up table. (parts soon to be available via the classifieds section )

The front has a shelf under the main window that used to serve as the couch back mount area. I had to rebuild this a while back because the orginal was busted up.

I decided to keep it and follow it down to the floor and make it a storage area by making the center of the top shelf open up. Perhaps keep bedding in there.

Also this will make the bench design a little easier as the wall curve will not be so dramatic.

Just building it in my head as I go so we will see together how it turns out

I plan on making the backs of the sets open up for pillow storage and the bottom of the seats open up for additional storage.

The bed should be around 72" x 40" which is just a little smaller than the original goucho design.

Here are a couple of pictures to keep you interested....
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