Free motorhome in NC

Not sure if this is in the right place, so please move it if it is.............

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/zip/1267741509.html

tow vehicle + sleeping quarters?

Thanks for the scary flashback of the '78 Pace Arrow motorhome I owned. What a nightmare. Free is still too much.

Ouch. Yeah, I can smell it from here, too.

Reminds me of the 1978 Travco we had 20 years ago. It caught fire, ate 3 engines, and generally did its best to put us out of business in the early days. This is the one that a guy at the last station we ever had it towed to half-jokingly offered to trade straight-up for the Chevy Suburban he had of the same vintage, and Tim said, "Let me just get my E36 M3 out of your motorhome." One of the best decisions he ever made.

Run.

Margie

RV's and boats scare the hell out of me when available cheap/free

Two words: BABE Rally.

I smell challenge car!

If I had the time, skill and money I'd turn that into an awesome carpool ride and conference cruiser. I don't, so I won't even think about it.

sounds like a free 440 to me...

A project for the brave.

It looks frightening as is, but I'd paint it matte black and tint the windows to make it look even scarier. Needs turbo diesel power, too.

I have a real affinity for old rv's...

but not that one...

Yeah, but that year Dodge big block would probably be a 413 industrial engine. Sure it'll have forged crank and rods, but it'll also have 7.5:1 compression and a 60# water pump housing....

Could be either one.

My dad was into RV's when I was growing up. Spent summers in one. Started with a 68 Dodge Polara station wagon w/Shasta camper trailer then an early 70's 21' Pace Arrow w/413 Mopar, the next was a mid-70's 25' Pace Arrow w/440 Mopar. Did I mention he also believed in Mopar back then? All were new when he bought them. After us kids moved out he & mom had a pick-up camper and boat for a couple years then went to a fifth wheel and extended cab pick-up. The first 5th wheel a 21', the last a 28'. By this time it's the 90's and he's not so much a mopar guy, the trucks were Chevy's. The first a 3/4 w/1-ton axles and a 350. He wasn't happy with the power so he traded the truck for a 3/4-ton w/454.

He had the 28' Pace Arrow when I was 16. I got to help drive that sometimes, usually pulling a utility trailer w/2 motorcycles.

Wouldn't mind having one now but already have too many moneypits and the wife's idea of roughing it is Holiday Inn Express.

Oh and definately not that one.

Pull the body off, replace with an old cab-over, put a bed on the back, and have a really cool race car hauler. I've seen a few of these done and they are REALLY cool.

Thats going to be someones new "home"! Or maybe a hunting/fishing cabin? Just tow it out to the lake and park it. No one can steal it......... It doesn't run !!!!!!

Rad_Capz wrote: Thats going to be someones new "home"! Or maybe a hunting/fishing cabin? Just tow it out to the lake and park it. No one can steal it......... It doesn't run !!!!!!

Reminds me of my days off living in a deralict Shasta. That was a step above floating around a few different couches in terms of privacy. 2003 wasn't my best year

My retired neighbour spent the better part of 2 years resurrecting one almost identical to that, maybe a little bit smaller. When he was done, it was quite nice. They took some long trips that always provided stories involving one driving, while the other was doing something with the engine cover off, and usually between gas stations. It was 318 powered, and dangerously slow. He passed away a few years ago, and it sits where he parked it last. I don't think his wife would part with it. It was his last project.

I am always baffled by that era motorhome. Back in the 50's they were attractive streamlined things then somewhere in the late 60's it seems all motorhome design was handed over to the guy that lost his job designing storage sheds and cheap mobile homes. They stepped away from traditional automotive materials and wound up with strange awkward angles, aluminum house siding, cheap house style windows and frames and erector set construction techniques.

Interesting that the rebirth of motor homes and luxury motor coaches just threw away everything they did wrong then and went back to automotive styled materials.

oldopelguy wrote: Yeah, but that year Dodge big block would probably be a 413 industrial engine. Sure it'll have forged crank and rods, but it'll also have 7.5:1 compression and a 60# water pump housing....

so what you're saying is that it needs two nice, big turbos...

thatsnowinnebago wrote:

oldopelguy wrote: Yeah, but that year Dodge big block would probably be a 413 industrial engine. Sure it'll have forged crank and rods, but it'll also have 7.5:1 compression and a 60# water pump housing....

so what you're saying is that it needs two nice, big turbos...

'Cause nothing goes better with cracked exhaust manifolds. And trust me, it's got those.

Margie

For free you get a project motor and a really nice chicken coupe.

I had a 413 in my 70 Winnebago cheiftain, i was astounded when i figured out i was averaging 14 mpg, pretty awesome for a gigaton rv, shaped like a shoebox, towing a car. other than that and the temporary effect of the classic rv experience (which ended up to be two years, living in it) nothing impressive to say. replacing the rear roof after it started leaking, and finding a much older leak and rotting wood in the process, really sucked.. never, ever again do want to do that job, never...

I want another, if i could fit a large one in my yard, id try and find an FMC or Rectrans Discoverer . But i will have to settle for a smaller one this time around, I think i want a transvan... certainly something with a glass' shell...

Yeah, I still like the TransVan one piece 'glass shell setup. Unfortunately they are sorta rare (read: pricey) around these parts.