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Title: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Navybean on September 06, 2019, 11:38:35 am
A couple interesting coaches on Craigslist this morning:

1994 Foretravel - rvs - by owner - vehicle automotive sale (https://kansascity.craigslist.org/rvs/d/sedalia-1994-foretravel/6960970164.html)

1984 Classic Deisel Motorhome - rvs - by owner - vehicle automotive sale (https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/rvs/d/san-antonio-1984classicdeiselrv38/6968108316.html)

Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: craneman on September 06, 2019, 12:05:02 pm
Never seen a nose like the '84, pictures or otherwise. Maybe custom?
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Navybean on September 06, 2019, 12:08:07 pm
Looks like the headlights are mounted on compartment doors.  Additional storage?
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Chuck & Jeannie on September 06, 2019, 12:15:14 pm
Never seen a nose like the '84, pictures or otherwise. Maybe custom?
Looks "homemade" to me, and not (IMO) very attractive.  But, to each their own...
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Protech Racing on September 06, 2019, 12:44:26 pm
Aero improvement for sure .
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: TGordon on September 06, 2019, 01:34:34 pm
Not nearly enough lights, on the front.....
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Jimmy Freytag on September 06, 2019, 01:47:37 pm
If you want to call him the area code for San Antonio is 210
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Woody & Sitka on September 06, 2019, 01:58:36 pm
The '84 must've been customized by Chevy Chase...the Wagon Queen Family Truckster....WOW!!!
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Jorob on September 06, 2019, 02:16:39 pm
I was thinking the same thing!
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Chuck Pearson on September 06, 2019, 03:55:27 pm
Now, the outside appearance of the 94, stunning with the single ribbon.
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: bigdog on September 06, 2019, 04:30:57 pm
The '84 must've been customized by Chevy Chase...the Wagon Queen Family Truckster....WOW!!!
Very first thought I had as well. They say great minds think alike. ^.^d
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Navybean on September 06, 2019, 04:52:24 pm
Now, the outside appearance of the 94, stunning with the single ribbon.

The interior is what makes the 94 "one of a kind". Rear kitchen featuring a single bed and the shower in the living room.
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: kb0zke on September 06, 2019, 08:30:28 pm
Jo Ann says she likes the paint scheme on the 1984. She didn't even blink when she saw the nose.
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Tom Lang on September 06, 2019, 09:02:28 pm
Noticeable delamination on the '84 drivers side.
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: FourTravelers on September 06, 2019, 09:19:11 pm
O.K.      Explanation needed here...... on the 94 with the rear kitchen, it's a unihome with an 8.3 Cummins, engine access from the rear hatch only? It has no bed access and no apparent hump in the floor, verticle engine clearance has to be non existent. Has anyone here examined a DP FT with this floorplan?  Guess I'm just missing something here.  ???
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Woody & Sitka on September 06, 2019, 10:18:21 pm
Looks like the door on the right looking aft is a closet, perhaps L shaped extending over the engine?  The engine might extend under the kitchen counter...eliminating under counter storage?  That's my guess.  Whatever, it's weird.  Woody. 

O.K.      Explanation needed here...... on the 94 with the rear kitchen, it's a unihome with an 8.3 Cummins, engine access from the rear hatch only? It has no bed access and no apparent hump in the floor, verticle engine clearance has to be non existent. Has anyone here examined a DP FT with this floorplan?  Guess I'm just missing something here.  ???

Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: propman on September 07, 2019, 12:27:30 am
I'd take them both, if I could.
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Johnstons on September 07, 2019, 08:33:11 am
I really want that 84.  How crazy is that.  I mean I really want it.  Also with a 3208 I would never lose my belt changing skills. 
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: nitehawk on September 07, 2019, 09:15:18 am
Detroit diesel V8? Sounds like the Detroit Diesel turbo-charged V8 Fuel Pincher 210 Hp like in my 1989 GV.
Way underpowered for the 38' coach.
And the odometer reads 45,692.0 NOT 456,920
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Chuck & Jeannie on September 07, 2019, 09:24:28 am
'94 ad says "3 roof air", but I only see two warts on the roof?

Where is the potty in the '94?  In the closet next to the "shower curtain"?

I like the cabinet doors on the front between-the-seats re-purposed TV enclosure!

Definitely a unique interior layout.
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Travelin' Man (RIP) on September 07, 2019, 10:14:05 am
'94 ad says "3 roof air", but I only see two warts on the roof?

Look closely and you'll barely see a third one up forward in the exterior pic as well as in the interior pic.  It's not centered in the roof, more to  the passenger side so it's only half visible.
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Chuck & Jeannie on September 07, 2019, 10:39:17 am
Yep, yer correct - guess I need to clean my glasses.
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Jimmy Freytag on September 07, 2019, 12:02:41 pm
The 1984 has a GM Diesel.  I talk to the owner it has AC problems no dash air and one roof air not cooling properly.
Don't know the age of the tires.

The 1994 was the coach built for Charlie Wilson former United States Representative from Texas 2nd congressional district.  He used it to travel in his district.  This info came from the owner now.
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Pamela & Mike on September 07, 2019, 12:14:40 pm
The 1994 was the coach built for Charlie Wilson former United States Representative from Texas 2nd congressional district.  He used it to travel in his district. 

Jimmy,

That explains a lot as if this is that coach.  Behind the kitchen is a small bedroom/dressing room.  I thought that coach was a 40' though.  Someone has done a lot of work on that coach from the last time I saw it. That could make you a good coach to tinker on.

Mike
Title: Re: One of a kind Foretravel?
Post by: Jimmy Freytag on September 07, 2019, 12:42:31 pm
Mike guess I will have to make a road trip.

Jimmy