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Bobbo
Explorer III
Mar 20, 2014

For those who like photos of old RV's

My parents owned this RV 20 years ago. It was 20 years old when they bought it. I started RV'ing by borrowing this one for trips. My kids and I have a lot of good memories of it. With 5 kids, it wouldn't sleep all of us, so we carried a tent. DW and the 4 girls slept in the RV, I slept in the tent with my son.

It caught fire once, but I put it out with a fire extinguisher and repaired the damage. (Split copper propane line to the water heater.) It just died on the interstate once. (I forget which electrical part on the engine failed.) The air conditioner would freeze up regularly, but it was FUN!

ON EDIT:

Dad died 4 years ago, and Mother died 6 months ago. I have been going through all of their papers. Dad was an inveterate record keeper. I found his records on this RV.

It was a 1977 Concord, made by Champion, on a Chevy chassis with a 354 cubic inch engine. He bought it on July 11, 1990 at the age of 69. It had 31,124 miles on the odometer, and 58 hours on the generator (which still worked).

They drove it all over the United States, and let me borrow it whenever it was at home. It almost never sat still.

He sold it in July 1997. At that time it had 54,438 miles on the odometer and 636 hours on the generator.

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  • Recently saw one headed north on I-5 in CA. It looked very nice and was obviously well cared for.
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    Bobbo
    Explorer III
    OP here. The first post was a Concorde on a Chevy chassis, I think around 1973 vintage. My folks bought it somewhere around 91, when Dad was 70 years old. They toured the country in it. Took several trips from TN to the Rocky Mountains.

    We borrowed it whenever it was in town. It never sat still. Dad sold it in about 2000 for almost as much as he paid for it.
  • Back when RV`s had style!

    Thanks for the story. was it a Dodge chassis? virtually any RV from the era was Dodge based.
  • Neat. I haven't seen one of those in years. That was made by Sunlite. In my view, that was an early hybrid trailer.
  • My very first RV. I called her Sunshine.

    Never did know what it really was.
    A TT?
    A PU?
    A hi-low?
    ....or a TC with wheels underneath it?! :B

    I think it WAS a conglomeration of all of a TT, PU, TC by a designer that just had a few to many when he drew the plans for it.



    It was a REAL slick RV though. Bunk beds, couch, fridge heater all the modern convenience of just about any RV today. And surprisingly a ton of room inside.

    I sold it to a lady with a couple of kids and she'd take off without the DH camping. The DH stopped by to complain to me that he never sees his DW anymore! She used it for about 8 years.

    Last month I was searching for a small inexpensive TT for a friend of mine and low and behold up popped this picture of my Sunshine for sale at a dealers lot! :C
  • Thanks for sharing. I like the old RV's, they have class.
  • Great story thanks for sharing. Love that ole guy...(the rv that is)