John ... did you get a chance to look at that 2005 Winnebago Itasca Spirit brochure I gave the link to earlier in this discussion? If you do take a look, note the 24V (24 foot length) configuration in the specifications and floorplans sections. Winnebago stopped offering this exact model some time ago, with the last year being 2006 in a 24V configuration for their Winnebago Spirit and Outlook model lines.
They're kind of hard to find, but they are out there.
Here's some construction and design aspects of the 24V Itasca Class C and 24V Outlook Class C that came stock ... or were available as options ... on them:
- No slides
- Permanent queen bed in the back, plus queen overhead cab bed, plus a dinette that makes into a full bed
- Single piece fiberglass roof that is crowned - not flat - with rolled over edges the entire length along each side
- Storage tanks often larger than other Class C RV's of this length ... 29 gal GW, 39 gal BW, 43 gal FW, 18 gal propane
- The GW and BW tank gauges are external ones that measure through the tank walls ... so are less likely to foul from gunk ... hence more accurate day-in/day-out
- Can be found on either the Ford E350 chassis or optional (and rare) Ford E450 chassis ... 2005 and later having the 5-speed computer controlled transmission behind the V10
- Seven(7) lockable steel walled and carpet lined external storage cabinets, with two of them being long ones transverse across the chassis for shovels, fishing poles, beach umbrellas, etc.
- High ground clearance everywhere, with no plumbing or the built-in Onan generator hanging lower than the chassis walls ... all external plumbing is way up high
- All electricall hook-up and sewage plumbing is in one lockable outside storage cabinet ... no bumper box storage of the drain line
- A spare tire stored in the rear up in between the chassis frame rails just like in a pickup triuck ... so plenty of room for a larger than stock tire if you want to switch tire size
- A full height shower with an accordian door to separate it from the commode
- The bathroom sink drains into the BW tank - not the GW tank - so as to better balance the filling of these tanks
- Plenty of 120 V AC and 12 V DC receptacles in the coach
- Winnebago's built-in Onan generator installation design provides for fairly quiet operation inside and out ... and can be tolerated running for hours when inside the coach
- Microwave, oven, three burner cooktop with vent fan, and foldout counter extension in the galley
- Six(6) cubic foot refrigerator
- Digital controller for the furnace and the air conditioner
- Full size dinette so four(4) people can comfortably eat, talk, or play board games there
- Each dinette seat has it's full underneath volume for storage ... no furnace or water heater under the seats
- The rear bed and cabover bed have privacy curtains
- The cab has a curtain that can be drawn to separate it from the coach for better maintenance of coach temperature in cold or hot weather
- The weather band/CD cab radio has a switch on the dash for it to be powered from either the engine battery or coach batteries
- The coach battery storage area is right under the step so as to not take up storage cabinet space and so that the batteries can be checked from inside the coach
- The coach battery storage area is large enough for up to two(2) Group 31 deep cycle batteries or one(1) 8D deep cycle battery
- In addition to speakers in the cab, the weather ban/CD cab radio has coach speakers above the dinette and above the cooktop in the galley
- The flooring in the coach is a combination of vinyl and carpeting ... for both easy cleaning in the galley and comfort/ambiance in the dinnette and lounge chair feet areas
- The lounge chair swivels to face the galley or dinette or forward ... and slides forward/back to permit using a dinette seat as a foot stool
- The forward facing dinette seat and lounge chair have seat belts ... for a total of five(5) belted seats for travel in the motorhome
- Some of them may have the important options of heated tanks, a powered coach step, and pre-wiring for dual batteries ... in addition to other options
- The rear coach walls start angling immediately from the rear tires back up to the rear coach wall/rear bumper ... providing for a good rear approach angle for going up sloped driveways
