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Title: Travco...
Post by: Paully on July 21, 2017, 02:12:52 am
Travco by foretravel? It seems hard to believe, but those mud flaps don't lie.

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Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: Mark Duckworth on July 21, 2017, 03:56:34 am
I like the barn in the background!
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: lunker on July 21, 2017, 07:44:12 am
1982 Dodge Travco by Foretravel Class A Diesel Motorhome | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/162599006714?ul_noapp=true)
-Nick
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: Miz Dani on July 21, 2017, 08:13:31 am
Dang, that's cute, & sounds like a decent enough price...they've obviously kept it up well, has some nice little upgrades inside, with the exception of the flowery furniture...would be fun to clean up/fix up cosmetically.....35 years old and still "runs like a champ" so looks like somebody's gonna get a good little coach methinks... ^.^d 
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: Michelle on July 21, 2017, 08:32:21 am
Travco by foretravel? It seems hard to believe,

Gary B has some background on the relationship between Foretravel and Travco/Avco:

Travco Avco (http://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=31662.0)

Foretravel/Travco (http://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=27234.msg222373#msg222373)

(there are other topics as well)
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: bbeane on July 21, 2017, 10:16:27 am
Nice old coaches, I have seen several down in Utah, 3 in one place.
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: Caflashbob on July 21, 2017, 11:25:58 am
The roadmaster FED 8.2 worked well.  Brakes not so much.  Had to swap the hydraulic disk brake calipers to a 23,000 pound gvwr rating  chassis set on the front.

Then it stopped.  The cherry valley, Illinois companies engineers were very helpful to me in those days.

Only reason I mentioned this is that if someone here buys this and it does not stop excellently there was a relitively inexpensive fix.

Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: Pierce & Gaylie Stewart on July 21, 2017, 11:46:36 am
The roadmaster FED 8.2 worked well.  Brakes not so much.  Had to swap the hydraulic disk brake calipers to a 23,000 pound gvwr rating  chassis set on the front.
As I remember, the brake booster was operated from the power steering pump, not the typical vacuum and they didn't work that well. Discs warped easily and the steering wheel was in constant motions when you applied the brakes. This was a couple of years earlier but on a Dodge chassis. I put small air springs in the rear and the handling was much improved.

Pierce
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: lgshoup on July 21, 2017, 02:34:46 pm
Nice one sitting in the weeds on the north end of Kanab, UT, right on Rt 89.
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: Mike Leary (RIP) on July 21, 2017, 02:39:06 pm
I liked this best:
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: Pierce & Gaylie Stewart on July 21, 2017, 02:58:12 pm
Gotta be out of da Bronx.

P
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: bbeane on July 22, 2017, 10:28:06 am
2 more in a back yard just up from Kanab
Title: Re: Travco...
Post by: saddlesore on July 22, 2017, 01:23:29 pm
Naaaa.....North Harlem
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Post by: Jet Doc on July 30, 2017, 09:39:08 pm
Looks like a Johnny Cash song...