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Another cool-looking vehicle. This one seems to always park near the Hells' Angels clubhouse on 3rd St/NYC -- the owner isn't affiliated apparently. Photo isn't mine, but I couldn't help notice the thing when walking there this evening.

Those are sweet old campers. I dig it!

I love those old Travcos and Winnebagos of the same vintage. Would love to restore and drop a Cummins in one some day.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

but check this jewel out.

Bowlus Road Chief

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Jim

Brilliant. Fairly light, aerodynamic, and not an iota of space gone to waste. And looks damn sexy as well.

Picture taken at Vidauwoo. It had the 413 ci engine and a 727 transmission.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Tow it with a Town Car or just forget it, and live in a town HOUSE.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

There had better be a lot of jewels inside it for $100k

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

X2, a Cummins in one of those would be perfect!

I know of at least two people who put a Cummins 6BT in a Travco. The process was documented on the web. Not very difficult.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

That's a Travco 270. I used to own a Travco 220. I'll see if I can find a picture of it.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

At the very end of production, they started putting a Detroit 8.2 diesel in them.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

That could be the reason that production ended- one of the worst engines ever made by anyone.

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'83 300D, 126K miles.

I'm not sure exactly why Travco got into trouble. Maybe the increased cost of oil in the mid-70's upped the price of the fiberglass body to the point where they weren't competitive? Travco was bought out by what became Foretravel Motorhomes so in a sense they are still in existence today but under another name. Foretravel kept building them with the Dodge chassis and drivetrain for a number of years before switching exclusively to diesel pushers. Foretravel also used the Detroit 8.2 along with the Cummins 555 and Cat 3208.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

When getting out of the Army in '71, I ended up working until the Spring Semester at the Dodge Trucks shop on Irving Blvd. in Dallas. We worked on motor homes like that. We also had chassis' delivered to us that were used for building motor homes. Most of them had a 440 and Torqueflite. If they weren't well maintained they didn't last long because of the CONSTANT fully loaded condition.

Some of them were a real Bltch to work on, since they were built AROUND components that needed to be accessed.

At that point in time, Dodge had a Lions share of that market, I always assumed that this was due to them selling them way cheaper than Ford or GM, but I don't know that to be true.

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2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

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