Class C, 27 feet or shorter, sleeps 8?
Looking for a $10,000-15000 Class C MH that will sleep 8, 27 feet or less. Found one, a 1996 Dutchman. How about some other names I should look for? Did they make any with the bunk over the cab, sofa ...
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Basically, any "original Class C" (with a big cabover bed that's usually bigger than Queen), that's "bed down" (double, queen, short queen, island, etc.) with Dinette and Sofa "will sleep eight." Tons of room in the cabover, good room in the bed down, marginal room in sofa and dinette. And pray for good weather - There's no room for 8 once out of bed. And no room to do much till the sofa and dinette are converted back to day use.
Any C with 460 or V10 Ford, 6.0L or 454 or 8.1L GM engine will get you down the road. Reviews claimed the V10 (even original 275HP version in 1997-99 chassis) outperformed the 460 and 454 of the 1990s era. Personally I felt that our old 1983 carbureted 460 (rated maybe 250-HP) drove with more "authority" than our current 2002 305-HP V10. I liked the V8 sound and low-end torque more than the high whine of the revving V10. Best I can offer on this is that I wouldn't avoid a '96 with 460 to get a V10. In V10, the newer the better. Big improvements going into 2000, fully matured in 2004. Then the next big step in Ford was the TorqShift transmission, which I think was 2005 chassis year for E-Series with gas engines.
Any C with 460 or V10 Ford, 6.0L or 454 or 8.1L GM engine will get you down the road. Reviews claimed the V10 (even original 275HP version in 1997-99 chassis) outperformed the 460 and 454 of the 1990s era. Personally I felt that our old 1983 carbureted 460 (rated maybe 250-HP) drove with more "authority" than our current 2002 305-HP V10. I liked the V8 sound and low-end torque more than the high whine of the revving V10. Best I can offer on this is that I wouldn't avoid a '96 with 460 to get a V10. In V10, the newer the better. Big improvements going into 2000, fully matured in 2004. Then the next big step in Ford was the TorqShift transmission, which I think was 2005 chassis year for E-Series with gas engines.
