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When I bought this coach, the PO said it had no safe, which I thought unusual but took him at his word. Then today, I was looking at the original plan and noticed there was a safe designated, at least in the plans, under the entry step.
When I replaced the carpet under the step cover, I remember there is a safe sized steel box in that area, but I didn't notice any openings, then again, I wasn't looking for one either.
So, if there is a safe there, was that a standard location for classic Newell safe's, and/or can anyone tell me where the access point is?
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Typically the safe was under the bed or under the step. There is typically a metal cover with a finger sized hole in it that covers the top of the safe. Remove it and there is a key lock.
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yup, i found the safe in my 90 in the step on accident. i had a locksmith come and open it and he did in about 30 seconds. mine had a round key
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My last few coaches the safe was in the rear closet
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Mine also is in the rear closet.
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Mine is in the floor in front of the passenger seat.....it has a combination lock.....no key. My Newell owners manual had the combination in it.
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Hard to believe it got covered over like that. Hopefully when you get it open it will have a lot more in it than Al Capone's safe did when Geraldo opened it! Our's had a stash of gold coins worth about 300K. That is until we got it opened and they all vanished into a whisp of air as the safe lid was lifted open. But it was nice to think we had a cool treasure stash while we were able to!
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That looks like Bondo.
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(11-18-2016, 11:14 AM)ccjohnson Wrote: Hard to believe it got covered over like that. Hopefully when you get it open it will have a lot more in it than Al Capone's safe did when Geraldo opened it! Our's had a stash of gold coins worth about 300K. That is until we got it opened and they all vanished into a whisp of air as the safe lid was lifted open. But it was nice to think we had a cool treasure stash while we were able to!
Ya, I was thinking it might be full of cash and jewelry as long as I just don't open it.
