Revcon 250 - first time purchase: good idea?
I'm looking at buying a 1972 Revcon 250 and am trying to read everything I can about its reliability or what to look for with the mechanics. Ideally, the Revcon will take me across country and back to...
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I didn't see a price. If the price is low enough, and you have a good budget for maintenance, can do a lot of the mechanical stuff yourself, I would see this as something you could use for a cross country round trip, with schedule flexibility for service along the way. I remember long distance travel in the 60s and 70s, changing oil, changing spark plugs, adjusting valve lash, cleaning and resetting points, readjusting timing before each trip and sometimes enroute. Didn't leave home for a trip more than 200 miles without toolbox, spare points and plugs, grease gun.
From the description, some of the things in the suspension and drivetrain that used to wear out on early GM front drives at the 20-40,000 mile range have recently been taken care of. This one is not a complete restoration but is described as pretty good.
Personally, I would rather have something from the late 1990s or newer, for modern engine systems (electronic ignition and fuel injection, 50,000 mile or longer spark plug life), transmissions with 30,000 mile service interval rather than 3000-5000, and "lubed for life" suspension parts rather than 1000-3000 mile service.
I see something like an old Revcon, FMC, or GMC motorhome as something neat to collect, if I wanted to be collecting in that category. For a cross country trip I would be looking for as new as my budget could handle.
This 25 foot size in more modern times would more likely be a type C motorhome, although Winnebago, Fleetwood (Fiesta and Terra) were still making 26-28 foot type A motorhomes at the turn of the 21st century. 24-25 foot size has recently come back on the Sprinter chassis from Daimler, and a few offerings recently on Ford's E-series bare chassis or light models of the F-53, with 100,000 mile tuneups, 5000-7500 mile oil changes, 30,000-50,000 mile transmission service interval.
Just don't know whether budget or novelty would lead to this choice, and if it is budget, add in the price again for maintenance and emergency repairs.
From the description, some of the things in the suspension and drivetrain that used to wear out on early GM front drives at the 20-40,000 mile range have recently been taken care of. This one is not a complete restoration but is described as pretty good.
Personally, I would rather have something from the late 1990s or newer, for modern engine systems (electronic ignition and fuel injection, 50,000 mile or longer spark plug life), transmissions with 30,000 mile service interval rather than 3000-5000, and "lubed for life" suspension parts rather than 1000-3000 mile service.
I see something like an old Revcon, FMC, or GMC motorhome as something neat to collect, if I wanted to be collecting in that category. For a cross country trip I would be looking for as new as my budget could handle.
This 25 foot size in more modern times would more likely be a type C motorhome, although Winnebago, Fleetwood (Fiesta and Terra) were still making 26-28 foot type A motorhomes at the turn of the 21st century. 24-25 foot size has recently come back on the Sprinter chassis from Daimler, and a few offerings recently on Ford's E-series bare chassis or light models of the F-53, with 100,000 mile tuneups, 5000-7500 mile oil changes, 30,000-50,000 mile transmission service interval.
Just don't know whether budget or novelty would lead to this choice, and if it is budget, add in the price again for maintenance and emergency repairs.
