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Originally Posted by Beau388
1968 UltraVan - 8 x 8 x 22 ft class A, 140 hp Corviar drive train under the bed. 22 mpg @ 60 mph. Four abreast seating up front, all aluminum semi-monocoque construction (no frame), 4 wheel independent coil spring suspension, net weight 3,400 lbs, four tanks (fuel, fresh water, black water and gray water), 30 gallon tanks. Macerator with 50 ft of garden hose installed in the closet wall. Accessed from the outside. 40 ft of 10 awg shoreline installed in the closet wall. Full car type trunk 4 x 8 x 1.5 ft. Coleman Mach 10,000 btu. I had one for 17 years and still miss it.
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Thanks Beau for sharing.
Your motorhome can be seen as a predecessor of popular modern high-roof Euro-van-based Class Bs. Apparently large cargo vans needed to catch up with demand for motorhomes that size.
Standard vans in the background, including the Ford, puts their small size in perspective. Your Corvair was not much different in length or height compared to present vans, just much wider than Bs.
It’s easy to forget or ignore that B-vans are outselling Class As, and that doesn’t even count DIY units.
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