Old Foretravel/Travco

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Old Foretravel/Travco

August 13, 2014, 03:58:36 pm

Hi All,
Just saw this old coach on Craigs. 413 Mopar engine.
1971 Travco w/Hi Po 413 engine
Raymond

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Reply #1 – August 13, 2014, 04:02:37 pm

Cool look

Hey are thoes bungy cords holding the bumper up?

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Reply #2 – August 13, 2014, 04:04:14 pm

No, Those bungee cords are holding the front HOOD closed.

Gary B

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Reply #3 – August 13, 2014, 04:07:36 pm

The purchase price would be the smallest expenditure you would have.

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Reply #4 – August 13, 2014, 05:30:11 pm

Seems like one would have to have a lot of time and mechanical ability to get that thing going well. It is probably doable, would be neat if completed, but...........

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Reply #5 – August 13, 2014, 05:41:53 pm

Tube tires, been awhile since played the split rims game, no thanks.
For the MoPar fans, the 413 is a jewel.

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Reply #6 – August 13, 2014, 07:20:28 pm

There is an internet forum for Travco and there is also an FMCA Chapter. I agree on the lock ring wheels, hope I never see another one. One of the problems restoring these old babe's is finding replacement wheels.
Gary B

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Reply #7 – August 13, 2014, 11:40:06 pm

I have driven and sold several of this coach. Small brakes. Fast motor.

Old travco's. Foretravel bought travco for the club. Which is now the motorcade club.

Also Avco and gtc coaches.

Grand touring coaches.

35+ years ago Foretravel did prevost conversions. 35' only in those days. Drove well.

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Reply #8 – August 14, 2014, 12:57:40 am

Quote from: Caflashbob – August 13, 2014, 11:40:06 pm

35+ years ago Foretravel did prevost conversions. 35' only in those days. Drove well.

Any pictures of this? Sounds like a neat ride.

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Reply #9 – August 14, 2014, 01:44:14 am

4 or 6 of them only I think. Â Nice but short. would have bought one but owner thought it was dipped in gold, or so the price would make you believe.

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Reply #10 – August 14, 2014, 03:17:02 am

Quote from: Caflashbob – August 13, 2014, 11:40:06 pm

I have driven and sold several of this coach. Small brakes. Fast motor.

Old travco's. Foretravel bought travco for the club. Which is now the motorcade club.

Also Avco and gtc coaches.

Grand touring coaches.

35+ years ago Foretravel did prevost conversions. 35' only in those days. Drove well.

I had a '72 Revcon that was like that, fast motor and small brakes. It was 11,000 pounds on an Olds Toronado drivetrain and brakes. Brakes and radiator were not up to the weight, but otherwise handled like a sports car and got 11mpg.

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Reply #11 – August 14, 2014, 08:30:50 am

Gary, I knew someone would know the functionality of the bungys.

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Reply #12 – August 14, 2014, 09:25:05 am

Quote from: Tom Lang – August 14, 2014, 03:17:02 am

I had a '72 Revcon that was like that, fast motor and small brakes. It was 11,000 pounds on an Olds Toronado drivetrain and brakes. Brakes and radiator were not up to the weight, but otherwise handled like a sports car and got 11mpg.

Seen and driven the 455 olds motor replaced with a caddy 500ci motor. Even better.

Or an 8.2 fuel pincher diesel if memory serves me.

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Reply #13 – August 14, 2014, 10:59:24 am

Was it the Beach Boys or Jan and Dean that sang "413's really diggin in"...Like to have an old Plymouth with that bad boy in it... Dave probably does.

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Reply #14 – August 14, 2014, 11:03:06 am

Pardon my off subject ramblings... just and old dude looking way back.. Bad about that and don't mean to be inconsiderate of post subject.

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Reply #15 – August 14, 2014, 11:48:02 am

Hi dub,
No problem here. I enjoy the ramblings. I'm glad I can see way back!
Raymond

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Reply #16 – August 14, 2014, 11:57:32 am

With respect to the split rims, there is a place here in Denver that cuts the tire section off and replaces it with a tubeless. No more splits and modern tubeless in the bargain. I had six done and their work was perfect.

If anyone is interested I will get their contact information from my storage files.

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Reply #17 – September 06, 2014, 11:38:48 pm

Went to Fred's Fix-it-Shop to get a new pull rope for my portable generator for the shop/house and took a couple pics of a Travco that's been sitting on his lot for quite a while. The owner said it was a '72 with a 318 Dodge in it. He told me Katrina blew the a/c off the roof but the fiberglass shell held up just fine. After the storm he used it to sleep in while we all were cleaning up and when the power was restored he cut a hole in the side and put a window unit in it. The inside was gutted and he let one of his dogs have a litter of puppies inside. A couple of blocks away I took a picture of a Revcon sitting in the lot of a towing company no longer in business. Don't know anything about this one. I hate to see these old classics end up this way.

Both of these are probably too far gone for restoration and only good for a few spare parts. A Bret Michaels miracle perhaps?

Jerry aka Murph

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Reply #18 – April 25, 2015, 01:19:30 pm

I went to the the Post Office the other day and I saw a Travco parked around the corner on the street where the old Carnegie Library still stands and was refurbished after Katrina. I don't know what year it is and no one was around it. There was no tag but it looks like they are big 'Bama fans! It was gone the next day. It's nice to see someone in pre-Foretravel still running, on the road and having fun with it!

Jerry

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Reply #19 – April 25, 2015, 03:58:03 pm

As I understand it FT bought Travco in late 80 or so. So this is probably a late seventies, hard to tell them apart as they were very similar for years. I had an 82 that was built by FT and it has a two piece fiberglass body, right and left halves were joined down the center of the roof. The photo on my profile is it.
Gary B

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Reply #20 – April 25, 2015, 07:57:19 pm

Sold/ordered an 85 ORED to a good buddy customer that looked like that. Dick really thought the travco was the only good coach. Little short of shower height for big guys like me.

Wind did not push the coach around as much with the rounded body. Like an airstream. Actually It felt like the coach moved back on the upwind side as the wind gusted and wrapped around the curved body.

Don't laugh. We were/are desert dry campers and the square cornered ftx body wiggled more in the wind.

Grand villas round roof line moved less. Noticeable if you were sensitive to things and we're learning how and why Rvs did what they did.

Adding spread air bags to a grand villa ORED body seems to have almost eliminated the wind and truck sway.

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Reply #21 – September 08, 2020, 04:54:12 pm

Quote from: arwilson – August 14, 2014, 11:57:32 am

With respect to the split rims, there is a place here in Denver that cuts the tire section off and replaces it with a tubeless. No more splits and modern tubeless in the bargain. I had six done and their work was perfect.

If anyone is interested I will get their contact information from my storage files.

If you still got that info my friend I'm very interested what size tires did u have done 17s? On what travco avco?

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Reply #22 – September 08, 2020, 10:10:31 pm

He was last on the forum May 2018 I doubt you will get a response.

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Reply #23 – September 08, 2020, 10:30:03 pm

Just suffered through a 2014 movie on Amazon Prime called "Barefoot". A turquoise Travco featured prominently in a third of the movie. Sweet looking resto. Woody.

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Reply #24 – September 09, 2020, 07:39:09 pm

A visit to the RV Hall of Fame in Indiana, you can put an eyeball and a venture through a Travco with the original interior, shag carpet and all!

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