02-08-2014, 12:04 AM
You are welcome.
2004 model year (calendar year 2003) was a good year for Newell. Although model year 2007 was a record breaking 44 coaches. Valid slides were introduced during the 2003 model year with coach 645 and then all coaches after 649 having Valid slides. 671 (designated a 2004 model) was the first Newell with the steerable tag and was thoroughly tested out by Karl Blade and the Newell staff for months prior to beginning general implementation. You are correct that a number of Newells were built particularly in 2007 and 2008 with a front mounted 15KW generator. Many of those built with a 20KW generator, were built with the generator mounted in a driver's side bay further back. By the 2009 model year, 20KW nose mounted generators again returned to predominance.
2004 model year (calendar year 2003) was a good year for Newell. Although model year 2007 was a record breaking 44 coaches. Valid slides were introduced during the 2003 model year with coach 645 and then all coaches after 649 having Valid slides. 671 (designated a 2004 model) was the first Newell with the steerable tag and was thoroughly tested out by Karl Blade and the Newell staff for months prior to beginning general implementation. You are correct that a number of Newells were built particularly in 2007 and 2008 with a front mounted 15KW generator. Many of those built with a 20KW generator, were built with the generator mounted in a driver's side bay further back. By the 2009 model year, 20KW nose mounted generators again returned to predominance.