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98' U320 42' on Craig's list

This popped up on Oodle today... Looks like it might be good deal for someone.
1998 Foretravel 42 Foot 320 UniCoach
Don
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Don & Tys
1999 U270 3602 WTFE #5402
Xtreme Stage 1 w/Headlight, Step Conversion, etc.
2009 Honda Fit Sport with Navi
Freedom is NOT "just another word for nothing left to lose"... with apologies to Kris Kristofferson

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Reply #1 –
Wow I want! Not many details though...

see ya
ken
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🍺1992 U300 GrandVilla WTBI #4150 FOT FBP 2011
✨6V-92TA DDEC Parlor Coach 350HP Series 92
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Reply #2 –
This should make someone very happy!!! A little bigger than I'd want, though. I suspect 42' might be hard to fit into National Parks and Forest Service campgrounds. But with a roof-top full of solar panels maybe you wouldn't ever need an RV park! It should be fast, too.

I should have been born rich instead of so gosh-darned good-looking!  :P

Craig
1993 U225 36' Unihome GV with PACBRAKE exhaust retarder, Banks Stinger and Solar Panels.
Toad: 1999 Jeep Wrangler 2-door soft-top.

"No one has ever had to evacuate a city because the solar panels broke."

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Reply #3 –
Fast?  :))  I don't think so!  I would not consider our 42' fast.  Length has not been an issue with us.
Now turning radius..., all you have to think about is "FOOTBALL FIELD".  back in 98 - 2002, the tag was not a lifting tag but just a "release".  yes, the release does help with tight turns but even then you need a empty walmart parking lot to make a uturn!  And when the tag is released, it scuffs the tires. 

But I do love the extra 2'.  We gained the 2' in the living area.  We have a ton of room between the chair and the desk (angled kitchen).  And I think we gained an extra pantry cabinet in the kitchen too. 

Just my "forty-two" cents worth! 
Tom & Bill

2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee

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Reply #4 –
I would love this thing!  Could use the extra length with the family.  May have to do a little more research on whether I could swing it!  Guess I'd have to get rid of the current ride first. :-\
Benjie, Ashley, Zoey, Fallon, and Lake
Round Rock, TX
In search of our next monster...

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Reply #5 –
I just figured 450hp would make a "fast" coach; especially compared to my 230hp (290hp with the Banks Stinger) U225. That extra 6-feet the 42 has over my 36er must make a big difference in turning as we can easily maneuver through parking lots that aren't empty.  We have parked at our local supermarket and loaded up on supplies.. we try to stay on the edges but it's not nearly as difficult to do as I had thought. Sue drives a school bus so she is used to this stuff. LOL

Craig
1993 U225 36' Unihome GV with PACBRAKE exhaust retarder, Banks Stinger and Solar Panels.
Toad: 1999 Jeep Wrangler 2-door soft-top.

"No one has ever had to evacuate a city because the solar panels broke."

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Reply #6 –
Wonder who did the full body paint?
The selected media item is not currently available. Dave Head & Megan Westbrook
Titusville, FL - The Great Outdoors
'98 270 buying this month
Toad is a 2018 F150 XLT

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Reply #7 –
I wonder why the full body paint was done without converting (i.e., moving them up) the headlights?
Don Hay
'92 Grandvilla, U-280
The Hayfever Express
Build #4055
'97 GEO Tracker
Life is like licking honey off a thorn.

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Reply #8 –
Agree with old headlight setup, sad.
And agree the M11@ 450 hip is sweet, never too much HP,just great when you can make it happen when you need it. Good resonator is a must for. Most.
Cheers
Dave M



From IPad

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Reply #9 –
I believe that is the first 42' coach that Foretravel built. Creative Coach might have done the paint. It certainly is well priced.
Gary O
2000 U320 4210

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Reply #10 –
not much to go on but I know that Joe and Bernetta Hamilton owned one of the first 42 footers made and had a paint job kind of like that.  They are in Folordia. If it is their coach they were in our Mid Atlantic group for years and took great care of their coach.
2025 Wanderbox Outpost 32 on F600 Expedition Motorhome
2015 Born Free Royal Splendor on Ford 550 nonslide version  for sale
Former Coaches  covering. 360,000 miles
1999 34 U270
2000 36 U320
2001 42' double slide U320
2018 Jeep Rubicon

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Reply #11 –
John. That is not Hamiltons coach.  I saw them in Brooksville last month and Joe is still driving his Xtreme job and towing a lightweight aluminum trailer.  I doubt there are two Joe Hamiltons.
Gary B

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Reply #12 –
Quote from: Gary Omel –
I believe that is the first 42' coach that Foretravel built. Creative Coach might have done the paint. It certainly is well priced.

Original owner Mr. Phelps
Paint job done at Creative in Lakeland Florida
Here are some inside photos
The selected media item is not currently available.Barry BEAM #16014
2003 U320 40' AGDS
Beamalarm, Foretravel technical help and specifications
"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve"

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Reply #13 –
A nice DGFE (double galley front entry). One of the best layouts they ever designed on the 40 and 42 footers...
If condition is good and someone doesn't want slides, this is a well priced coach.
The selected media item is not currently available. Dave Head & Megan Westbrook
Titusville, FL - The Great Outdoors
'98 270 buying this month
Toad is a 2018 F150 XLT