1999 American Dream purchase

[Ro646a]

I just sold my 2005 Winnebago Journey and I came across a 1999 American Dream with 28000 miles, stored indoors all its life.
Can anyone offer any advice regarding quality, and/or the wisdom (or lack of it) in buying a coach this old?

[olfarmer]

Really nice, looks like new, enjoy!!!

[tropical36]

Ro646a wrote:
Well I went to look at the coach anyway and I'm glad I did. I bought it right on the spot. It is the most flawless, well maintained coach I have ever seen. Now I have to change my signature.

Congrats....
For beginners, check closely with the first rain storm and if it's always been stored inside, as you say.
As for the coach itself, I'd rather have a low mileage unit, regardless of some possible lot rot.
It's all about the money and not knowing the price, it's relative now.
It it's without any slides, then it's value, is considerably less and the single most thing affecting it's book value.
They're easy to buy right and hard to sell, usually, so again, it's all relative.
It's really to one's advantage, if they can do without the extra room and for buying a really nice coach for next to nothing.

[Ro646a]

Thanks!

[Mile_High]

Beautiful rig!

[Ro646a]

Thank you all for your comments and advice. Been on 4 trips now with this coach and we love it. I think I finally figured out how to add a photo. I hope it works.

Thanks again,
Roland

[Mile_High]

More pics when you can! I think I saw it's twin being pulled out of a garage at our storage area the other day. I was in awe how clean it was (made me want to get mine detailed). Unfortunately I think he had just sold it to someone (other than me :))

[D_E_Bishop]

Congratulations Roland, looks and seems like a great find. Thank you to all those of you who posted is such wonderful ways, especially "Thanks to Larry Cad", you really set the tone of the thread.

Happy Turkey Day wherever you may be this coming holiday.

[FormerBoater]

Congrats on your decision to make the purchase.

Our Eagle is older than your Dream and we just passed 100K on the clock after almost 10 years of ownership.

These vintage Americans are very solid in design, construction and quality of materials used.

Enjoy!!!!

[ourjeeps]

Ro646a congratulations on your new acquisition!

We previously has a nice late 90's Winnebago Vectra Grand Tour DP w/Freightliner chassis w/Cummins and Allison World Trans. We just made a pre-retirement/retirement transition to a high-line DP for some "real" RV trips.

We have always liked Winnebago from a value, product, and parts-support standpoint. The American Coach products do offer a premium decor and feature level beyond the Winnebago and Fleetwood product lines.

The GOOD news is if you shop/search hard, there are many great, low-mileage, inside-stored, well-cared-for, luxury rigs offered at decent prices...

... But the SAD news is many of the sales we came across were health-driven (either serious or worse, terminal), what we'd call unfortunate or premature sales.

So the lesson is, as uncertain as health and illness are - Don't wait too long to retire in decent health, or buy and travel in that "rig of your dreams!"

Wishing all forum members the best of health, and the safest of travels.

[Ro646a]

Ro646a wrote:

ferndaleflyer wrote:
I swear some of you people would find fault with anything.

I had already planned to replace the tires. The owner just had all the fluids changed and everything checked out, and a set of new batteries.

[Ro646a]

ferndaleflyer wrote:
I swear some of you people would find fault with anything.

I had already planned to replace the tires. The owner hust had small the fluids changed and everything checked out, and a set of new batteries.

[Ro646a]

time_to_go_now wrote:

Ro646a wrote:
Well I went to look at the coach anyway and I'm glad I did. I bought it right on the spot. It is the most flawless, well maintained coach I have ever seen. Now I have to change my signature.

Just curious. Why are you back in a rig so soon after selling the Journey? Why get rid of the Journey?

The Journey was a great coach, but we didn't like the floor plan after spending the entire winter in it in Florida. Otherwise, it was fine.

[Ro646a]

Here it is in my new signature pic. I don't know how to post a large picture here.

[mike_brez]

That's a awesome coach.