Saturday, August 19, 2017

1966 Travco motor home, Dodge power train, poly 318. Original accessories and all the brochures and paperwork


originally cost 13,800, adjusted for inflation that's 100,000. A house bought by that family a year later cost 15 thou.

2 piece fiberglass, and never been in as much as a bump in the night.

The front bumper doubles as a bench and storage.















https://www.bumfuzzle.com

5 comments:

  1. we had one of those when I was a kid,
    my father bought it in the late 7-s for cheap, like $1800 or something,
    we lived in the mountains and the 318 was no where near powerful enough , especially towing a boat or trailer loaded with dirt bikes, so he found a wrecked Roadrunner or Superbee or some chryslerdodgeplymouth with a 440 and had a local mechanic do the swap.
    lots of good times in that monster, it was already well used, when we got it, so we took it on dirt roads, (we lived in rural Appalachia where the only paved roads were the state highways, all the county roads were dirt) took it fishing etc.

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    1. Wow, that must have been the coolest! And good idea to get a big engine. Got any photos?

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  2. Nice, these old motor homes will hold up pretty well if you don't let them leak. This beauty must have been stored indoors, air pollution and the sun can really ruin a fiberglass shell.

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  3. The "Bums" blog site tells all the adventures they went on with this rig..
    They are now in Mexico with a sweet International and trailer..They also had a VW bus and sailboats...He still owns an older Porsche..

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  4. Ooops..Looking at the previous story you already know this...I do the same thing reading my mail..Back-ass-word....Oh well.....

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