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Re: $650 Foretravel on Craigslist

Reply #1 –
Holy Cow! A fixer upper for sure! :)

see ya
ken
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🍺1992 U300 GrandVilla WTBI #4150 FOT FBP 2011
✨6V-92TA DDEC Parlor Coach 350HP Series 92
🏁2011 Nissan XTerra Pro-4X

Re: $650 Foretravel on Craigslist

Reply #2 –
If someone needed to fix one of there tambour doors it would be worth that price just for parts. That is one thing that we miss on the coach we have now.

Pamela & Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: $650 Foretravel on Craigslist

Reply #3 –
Quote from: kenhat –
Holy Cow! A fixer upper for sure! :
It's in your area, Ken. With your beefy coach, you could tow it. Think of all the extra storage you'd have!  :yum:
1993 U-240 "La Villa Grande"..CAT 3116 w/ Pacbrake PRXB...Allison 3060 6-speed..
Previous: 1983 Airstream 310 turbo diesel, 1979 Airstream 280 turbo diesel
                                      Build # 4297
                                      PNW natives
                      Home base:  'Cactus Hug' (Ajo, Arizona)
                        DW Judy & Chet the wonder dog
                        Full-Timers 'Sailing the asphalt sea'

Re: $650 Foretravel on Craigslist

Reply #4 –
Before our U300, we bought a 26 footer with a 440 Dodge for $500. The owner's girlfriend died 27 years earlier and it had not turned a wheel since then and had only 23K miles. His sister bought all new batteries for us, filled it with gas/propane and even included her late brother's moped with it. Since it had not moved for 27 years, it bounced like a pogo stick for the first few miles on the way home. Just as I was wondering if the tires were going to come apart, it started to smooth out. By the time we got home, it was great. Had lots of trips to Mexico and Canada with it and after changing to a diesel engine, it was great for several years until our U300 came along. Sure was a convenient size.

$650 makes up for the fuel it will use and now with less than $2/gal gas in some parts of the U.S. you could drive it home from almost anywhere without breaking the bank. The HD 440s found in RVs are good engines without the cracked manifold problems the 383s had. A Carter AFB overhaul brings the mileage up and emissions down.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

Re: $650 Foretravel on Craigslist

Reply #5 –
A friend was given a coach of that age by a customer. Seemed fine until he decided to sleep with his honey in the coach , sort of a drunken " virtual road trip". Things went well until they both were overcome by a very sickly (even though plastered) smell. They bailed, and discovered the next day the coach had sat so long that the local critters had moved in!  I never found out if he ever got rid of the critters AND the smell!  :headwall:
1993 U-240 "La Villa Grande"..CAT 3116 w/ Pacbrake PRXB...Allison 3060 6-speed..
Previous: 1983 Airstream 310 turbo diesel, 1979 Airstream 280 turbo diesel
                                      Build # 4297
                                      PNW natives
                      Home base:  'Cactus Hug' (Ajo, Arizona)
                        DW Judy & Chet the wonder dog
                        Full-Timers 'Sailing the asphalt sea'

Re: $650 Foretravel on Craigslist

Reply #6 –
Could be the best purchase a new RV owner ever makes!
Tom
1998 U320 40'

Re: $650 Foretravel on Craigslist

Reply #7 –
Quote from: TAS69 –
Could be the best purchase a new RV owner ever makes!
"Look what I bought today, dear"."  A little cleaning-up and we'll be on the road."
1993 U-240 "La Villa Grande"..CAT 3116 w/ Pacbrake PRXB...Allison 3060 6-speed..
Previous: 1983 Airstream 310 turbo diesel, 1979 Airstream 280 turbo diesel
                                      Build # 4297
                                      PNW natives
                      Home base:  'Cactus Hug' (Ajo, Arizona)
                        DW Judy & Chet the wonder dog
                        Full-Timers 'Sailing the asphalt sea'

Re: $650 Foretravel on Craigslist

Reply #8 –
If that was in Florida I would jump on that, would like to find a 33 ft. 78-80 foretravel
previous 1984 35 ft ORED 250 HP 3208 Cat       
previous 1998 40 ft U295 CAI 325 hp Cummins
previous 2003 40 Ft u320 build #6140 450 Cummins M11.                                                         
1999 Mazda Miata
Ron, Nancy, Tipper the cat, Max The dog
1997 U 270 36 ft build number 5174 8.3 Cummins
 

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Reply #9 –
Someone make sure James Holder (jaholder76) sees this...  He's the resident older FT rescuer
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320