Does Anyone Recognize This MH?

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Does Anyone Recognize This MH?

October 14, 2013, 11:26:19 am

I found this MH last night doing a search. I was hoping someone may know something about it.

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Reply #1 – October 14, 2013, 12:50:03 pm

Remember reading about the double SS bumpers were maybe only one year. Beam tells the tale of Foretravel and which year it would be. Like the graphics, and color.

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Reply #2 – October 14, 2013, 01:05:53 pm

It's an 89 U300. yes, I love the looks of the double bumpers on these. This one looks very clean on the outside. Needs lots of updating inside. I was just curious if anyone on here was familiar with this particular coach. I think this guy just bought it and is trying to do a quick turn around on it. It would be nice to know who the previous owners were.

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Reply #3 – October 14, 2013, 01:06:46 pm

If it's true that they only did the double bumpers for one year (and I've heard the same thing), then that's an '89, like ours. That is not the stock paint job though. Purty.

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Reply #4 – October 14, 2013, 01:10:05 pm

Rory,

Is there a number on the top of the coach, that would be a club member #, and someone with their membership book might help you.

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Reply #5 – October 14, 2013, 01:31:16 pm

No, there are not any numbers on it. I looked for that. I do have a vin, but I doubt that would help.

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Reply #6 – October 14, 2013, 02:20:10 pm

When we were shopping, I was sure we looked at a 1989 U280 with the double bumpers in Carson City, NV.

Pierce

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Reply #7 – October 14, 2013, 03:15:50 pm

Unless they sanded and buffed where the numbers were, I would say if you look from various angles at the drs. side front corner you will see the shadow of the numbers.

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Reply #8 – October 14, 2013, 06:27:11 pm

I have a 1990 with the double bumper.

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Reply #9 – October 14, 2013, 06:55:14 pm

I found this site with 30 Foretravels forsale. You might check it out Foretravel - Class A Diesel - RVFrenzy.com I was shocked they had so many.

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Reply #10 – October 14, 2013, 07:10:59 pm

Quote from: Jeff and Victoria Moses – October 14, 2013, 06:55:14 pm

I found this site with 30 Foretravels forsale. You might check it out Foretravel - Class A Diesel - RVFrenzy.com I was shocked they had so many.

Looks just an ad trolling website that tries to jump in as middleman and make a fast buck off a legitimate classified (and hoping to find a desperate and unsuspecting owner). There are sites like that several out there. Buyer, and especially seller, beware.

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Reply #11 – October 14, 2013, 07:40:58 pm

Yes, I have seen lots of those already. This one is actually legitimate. I spoke with the owner today. His Dad bought it about 2 years ago to use and has never really used it. I was just thinking as much as people on here have traveled and communicated with other owners that someone might have known the previous owner or some history about this particular GV. I love this body style and the paint looks nice. The interior is very dated, which I am OK with, because I can redo the inside. My biggest concern is that it is mechanically sound. Sorry for rambling.

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Reply #12 – October 14, 2013, 07:49:41 pm

you know that's not a wide body.

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Reply #13 – October 14, 2013, 08:04:38 pm

Good catch on "not wide body". The tell is the width of the space between the grills. 8' wide is like shown, and the wide body has the same grills, but with almost a 6" fiberglass body between the grills.

I was with my uncle in 1994 as he was buying a new diesel coach in CO. I remember him having to sign a disclosure statement put on the desk by the dealer. He was saying he knew that he would need at that time, wide load permits in some number of states to transit legally. The laws were changed in the following years as we know.

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Reply #14 – October 14, 2013, 08:32:45 pm

Lots of times these sites have expired listings that are not deleted after sale

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Reply #15 – October 14, 2013, 10:04:05 pm

Jimmy,
I did. I think they started making those in 92, right? What are the advantages/disadvantages of a wide body?

Thanks

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Reply #16 – October 14, 2013, 11:22:28 pm

Not sure any thing bad. You get 6" in the center of the kitchen, walk thru bath, and living area. With the island queen bed, you get 3" more on each side, to help not bumping into the overhead side storage cabinets.

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Reply #17 – October 14, 2013, 11:43:49 pm

Quote from: rpettway – October 14, 2013, 10:04:05 pm

Jimmy,
I did. I think they started making those in 92, right? What are the advantages/disadvantages of a wide body?

Thanks

No real disadvantage to a wide body. Six inches isn't much on the outside but it's quite noticeable on the inside. The legalities of wide bodies were discussed 15-25 years ago but they are well accepted without question now. I don't know if the laws were ever changed but there's one heck of a precedence.
The double bumper was started with the first U300/U280's in 1987/88, continued until 1990, went to a plastic bumper in 1991, then in 1992(with intro to wide body) was integrated into front and rear fiberglass caps.

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Reply #18 – October 15, 2013, 01:53:39 am

The obvious disadvantage to a wide body is the width of the coach versus the width of the road and the traffic coming the other way. We have a narrow bodied coach partly because we wanted to travel down in Baja and our previous experiences on those roads with the trucks and buses using up more than their share of the road made us think that the six inches could be significant. We've been on roads here in WA that were pretty skinny, too.

I know that the width is important to some buyers but for us the extra width was a drawback. It all depends on what you want out of your life with that RV.

Craig

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Reply #19 – October 16, 2013, 09:45:41 pm

Guess I'm confused by the "double bumper" thing. Our 91GV ORED has what looks like a double bumper but it is a single steel unit with a black plastic strip around the middle of it. Is this a double bumper or just a look alike? It is a very stable unit and looks like it would hold it's own against a 60mph hit on a moose or other big critter. Thanks and have a great day ---- Fritz

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Reply #20 – October 16, 2013, 09:52:02 pm

The double bumpers were on the ured coaches

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Reply #21 – October 16, 2013, 10:04:54 pm

Quote from: fkjohns6083 – October 16, 2013, 09:45:41 pm

Guess I'm confused by the "double bumper" thing. Our 91GV ORED has what looks like a double bumper but it is a single steel unit with a black plastic strip around the middle of it. Is this a double bumper or just a look alike? It is a very stable unit and looks like it would hold it's own against a 60mph hit on a moose or other big critter. Thanks and have a great day ---- Fritz

The Double-bumpers are just that...with a black strip in the middle of EACH massive stainless steel bumper. My 1990 U280 had them. I think by 1993, they went to a white, larger single bumper. May have even been earlier, as i was looking at 1990-1992s when I bought my first FT...and I think the one wide-body I saw had that white bumper..but I cannot recall the year. I assumed the double bumper's extra inches also accounted for the larger basement doors too...on the U280s and U300s...but were not present on the U225s.

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Reply #22 – October 17, 2013, 01:08:50 am

I love the stainless steel bumper on our U225 and the double bumper looks even better. Makes the RV look like an Amtrak engine coming down the street. I now have bumper envy!

The GVs are certainly recognizable coming towards you... Fritz and Kathy came by last month and I waited on the main drag to make sure they got the right turn. I spotted them as soon as they turned off the freeway. There is just no missing that look!

The bumpers are just the icing on the cake.

Craig

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Reply #23 – October 17, 2013, 09:21:47 am

We love our 1993, U300. To my surprise I also love the 6V92 Detroit. We are at 160,000 plus miles and so far virtually no drive train problems.

Since we are full timers, the wide body is very important to us. No slides and no AquaHot mean fewer problems and lower operating costs. There is no other coach I would rather have regardless of price.

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Reply #24 – October 17, 2013, 10:19:51 am

Not to mention the great sound of the Detroit.

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