A month ago I celebrated the one year anniversary of buying our coach, and mentioned that I’d do an update on it. Here ya go — some pictures of the what our coach looks like now, after a year of modifications.
Here’s the 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP floorplan, edited to show our options and modifications:
The outside is much the same, but we now have Sinclair Trails stickers on the side of the slide-out, along with a map showing the states we’ve visited, plus the Magne-Shades on the windscreen and side windows:
Looking down a bit, another addition visible there is a foldable wagon, and an extra step:
On the other side of the coach, we have National Park stickers for parks we’ve visited on the slide-out:
Heading inside, the cockpit area has a few changes:
For example, the steering wheel table and plants (the boxes contain our keys etc, to avoid Paladin knocking them off the table):
Speaking of the boy, he enjoys his boxes on the dash, and sitting on the carpeted dash cover:
Above the entry door is now a small cupboard full of internet devices, with the door removed:
We added hooks for hats and bike helmets:
On the passenger side, in front of the lift TV is a top-entry cat litter box and waste bin, plus IKEA drawers and cupboards, where there was originally a couch, and later a desk:
Here’s the main TV active (with Jenn’s video game), and the smaller TV over the windscreen (showing a baseball game):
Opposite that is new theater seating and cabinets, where there was originally an L-shaped couch, and later recliner chairs:
Here’s a view of the living area:
The dining table and chairs are unchanged, though we have Paladin’s food, water, bed, and a scratcher on the cabinet behind the table, and alcohol storage in the rightmost cupboard below:
Next to the fridge is a framed wooden map and sticker board that we recently added:
The kitchen / galley area has modifications like the towel rail, and a drying rack over one of the sinks:
A closer look at the kitchen counter:
The two sinks, with a drying rack and bottle rack on the right-hand one:
In the sinks are handy strainers, better than the stock ones:
Continuing back, the half bath:
The thermostat and Spyder control panel in the bedroom; upgrading this control panel was a huge improvement:
In the bedroom, we’ve added hooks for actively worn clothes:
Another cat bed, plus gaming headphones and controllers, a projection clock, and device chargers:
In the media cupboard, Jenn’s PS5 etc:
The bed is much the same, just different covers:
The bathroom:
The sink area has necklace hooks and under-cabinet lights:
The shower has extra hooks and dispensers, and we added towel rods next to the shower:
A look at the living area from by the half bath:
And a similar view with the slides in — somewhat smaller:
Still enough room to get by the couch, though:
The bedroom with slides in; can’t really get past the bed without difficulty; we pile the steering wheel table, air cleaner, etc on it for travel:
Heading outside, the basement cooler is the same; we have it unplugged, and just use it to store spare beverages:
The next basement compartment has houseware supplies, plus a box with the Starlink dish:
The next compartment has my tools:
A small one next to it has bottled water and less-commonly used camping supplies:
Continuing back, next is the air and hydraulic compartment:
The last compartment on the passenger side has chassis batteries and stuff; the only change there is the addition of a tire pressure monitor repeater, to enable sensors on the truck to reach the display in the front of the coach:
In the back, the engine compartment, unchanged other than replaced filters etc:
The DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid) compartment; I do have a DEF simulator as insurance against a somewhat common failure:
The electrical compartment, home to a Power Watchdog smart surge protector when traveling (and a cloth I use to wipe the cord while winding it):
The wet bay has the water hose and sewer stuff; here’s what it looks like when in use:
And when packed up:
Next is the Aqua-Hot system, unchanged other than topping up the boiler antifreeze fluid:
The other side of the basement storage contains the water filters and hoses, plus the Blackstone griddle:
With the griddle and filters in use, you can see less-commonly used stuff behind:
The next storage, which also goes all the way across, contains the fold-up wagon, jack pads, etc:
The battery compartment:
We did upgrade the batteries to AGMs:
At the front of the driver side are fuses and such; I hope not to have to access this compartment often:
In front of the coach is the generator:
There have of course been lots of other changes, like getting ebikes, a pop-up gazebo, and other stuff. And a couple of extra solar panels on the roof:
I hope you’ve enjoyed this update. No doubt we’ll continue making improvements to our coach as we continue our adventures.
