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Title: got a new coach
Post by: crown on October 09, 2011, 09:46:06 AM
 we have been looking for a motorhome and found one found on cragislist 7 miles from a bus nut friends house .he was on vacation at the time but his son in law looked at it. and we bought it sight unseen just pictures and lots of phone calls [we and our bus are in costarica ]
well coach is now at friends house and have been told we got a great deal road trip being planned .to fly up to get it . its a very rare
emc starfire all one piece fiberglass lincoln front end air ride tons of extras like front doors duel a/c built in ice maker built in blender central
vac. ect. the inside was made to look like a private airplane int. kinda cool . gone try and post pics. john / lidia
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: crown on October 09, 2011, 09:53:31 AM
cant get pics to load  ??? with try again thanks john
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: luvrbus on October 09, 2011, 10:17:52 AM
Did you buy the one in El Cajon Ca ?,we looked at a 36 ft for sale in Nev with a dual rear axle the price wasn't bad 10 grand but the Ford engine was a deal stopper for us the owner said it was 10mpg 5 going 5 coming with no wind, they are neat

good luck
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: crown on October 09, 2011, 10:39:26 AM
no this one was in ga. the owner looked all over for one .then found this one in indiana and then wife got sick never got to use it. its the duel axel model fully loaded its got the ford 460 john said we stole it paid $ 3500 still trying to post pics john
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: luvrbus on October 09, 2011, 10:43:52 AM
Yep the 460 was one the reasons we didn't buy the other I do not like the Mor/Ryde suspension  he was asking 10 grand and he sold it for 5 we heard 10,800 miles on it

good luck
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: crown on October 09, 2011, 10:55:01 AM
hope its not 5 mpg. did goggle search and found a few owners and imfo they claim 10-11 mpg the shape / hight ect. where for fuel milage
heck i get 8-9 with the 454 chevy in the winabago still cant post pictures  ??? :
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: belfert on October 09, 2011, 04:45:35 PM
John, why did you get another motorhome?  Don't you already have a Winnebago or something like that stored at Jack's place?
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: crown on October 09, 2011, 06:34:53 PM
belfert yes we have the winnebago at jacks place that will go up for sale when we get up
hoping john v can post some pictures
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: RnMAdventures on October 09, 2011, 08:41:25 PM
Quote from: crown on October 09, 2011, 10:55:01 AM
hope its not 5 mpg. did goggle search and found a few owners and imfo they claim 10-11 mpg the shape / hight ect. where for fuel milage
heck i get 8-9 with the 454 chevy in the winabago still cant post pictures  ??? :

Congrats on the enw coach  :)

I had a Coachmen motorhome with a ford 460 in it and it was supposed to get 7 MPG, but I never got over 5. It the way of the beast. They love petro.
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: Busted Knuckle on October 09, 2011, 09:14:22 PM
My uncle had a coachmen mh with the 460 and it got better mileage than his same size 2 yr newer coachmen w/350 chevy! Go figure. He wished he'd kept the 1st one as is was better on fuel and handled on the hiway better.
;D  BK  ;D
Title: Re: got a new coach
Post by: luvrbus on October 10, 2011, 05:38:43 AM
Our Ford camper van with a 351 EFI and overdrive transmission got 8 mpg at 65 mph anything over 65 was around 5 or 6

good luck