Anyone ever hear of a Vogue III Luxery motorhome?

[trikepilot]

I found this ad and went to our local "lemon lot" to look at the beast.
http://santafe.craigslist.org/cto/4787734873.html
From the write up it sounds like it has a lot of features for its age. I have never heard of this coach builder. Anyone have any experience with these?

[tankcj]

Peralko wrote:
The Vogue DPs were built on the Gillig chassis like ours. Gillig is still in business and quite helpful getting parts. We had the chassis renovated last year at Country Coach, and they had no problem getting things like bushings for the chassis.
BTW, the 3176b has 1350 ft-lbs of torque, not 1100!

One of the pictures shows that it has a Crown Chassis. I believe that is the Crown Bus Chassis company.

[J-Rooster]

fischer wrote:
remember no slides could mean hard to sell and make sure you and your wife like it that way.

JMHO, Luxury Coaches that I've seen without slides haven't had a hard time selling at all! There still very much in demand with lots of people! There's a theory the more moving parts you have, the more troubles you will eventually have. Myself, I like slides but wouldn't hesitate to buy a luxury D.P. without one especially a older Prevost!

[Pogoil]

Same with me, like my no slide MH. Many times I get comments on it and a few offers of people wanting to buy it. Size of RV. and ease of set up and use weigh heavily on a lot folks.

Some want the biggest they can get, even though they may not be capable of understanding or using such a complex RV. Some want as small as possible. We have met many full timers in class B RVs. And many just like middle of the road RVs.

Pogoil.

[MrWizard]

X2. ^

[rockhillmanor]

fischer wrote:
remember no slides could mean hard to sell and make sure you and your wife like it that way.

I full time without slides. I want to be able to use and get to everything in my MH while traveling without having to open slides to get to it! I think they are overrated! JMHO

I have never had any problems selling any of my MH's without slides.

[Acampingwewillg]

1350 on the torque, better yet! I had heard Gillig was the chassis manufacturer but wasn't sure even though I've been under, on top and in just about every nook and cranny there is in the MH.

[11B]

Great motor home in the day. I can remember being at Fishing Bridge early 80's and a dude pulled in with a brand new one. Put my fancy Pace Arrow in its place quick. No compairing my Fleetwood product or anything else built back then to a Vouge I thought. The new proud owner explained everything to me as he showed me through it.

We were outside of the Vogue talking when a brand new Wonderlodge came in and parked. All I can remember was how big the tires were on it. I had heard about them but never seen one up close.

It was a grand night for my little 28' PaceArrow parked in the middle of two of what I consider of the best coaches built and definetly to major foreerunners to all coaches built today.

Funny how you remember things, my Pace was a 79 and cost me a wopping 28,000 large, traded a boat car and custom van for it.

[fischer]

remember no slides could mean hard to sell and make sure you and your wife like it that way.

[Peralko]

The Vogue DPs were built on the Gillig chassis like ours. Gillig is still in business and quite helpful getting parts. We had the chassis renovated last year at Country Coach, and they had no problem getting things like bushings for the chassis.
BTW, the 3176b has 1350 ft-lbs of torque, not 1100!

[Acampingwewillg]

Hi..
Just some quick history about Vogue. The original Factory was, in fact, in Sun Valley, Ca on Tuxford St. In the 90'ies Vogue was purchased by Mitchell Motor Coach back east someplace. I have been told that the Mitchell Coaches are the sought after ones. After Mitchell, Featherlight Trailer purchased Vogue and they produced Vogue's for a few years eventually using a Prevost chassis in the later years.

I bought my '96 Vogue about 13 years ago....it had roughly 40,000 miles on it. Mechanically(knock on wood) its been solid. Now, I've had to replace the typical items(water heater, Refrig, airs) but its still going strong. I have the Cat powered 3176b engine, a 350hp/1100 lb torgue engine couple with a bullet prove Allison HD4060 Trans(look up that Trans number, you'll only find it on high end coaches). I've been extremely happy with our's. If you have any questions, just PM me....I'd be happy to answer anything I can. Good Luck!

[J-Rooster]

My boss owned a new 1976 Vogue D.P. back in 1976 he bought it new! It had a Detroit Diesel in it. That RV kick started my RV career in 1976!

[mike_brez]

I actually talked to the owner of This one a few years ago. I think he was asking 69k for it. Looks like it was sold six months or so ago for a asking price of 30k. I belonged to a prima vista forum and there were a fare amount for sale when I was looking. We wanted something low profile.

[vic46]

The add has two different prices, $24K and $19K! To me that indicates that the seller is cognizant of reality regarding the determination of fair market value. FMV is only determined by a capable buyer and a willing seller. The Cat needs a bath but the rig sure appears to be in pretty fair shape. Get a power train inspection done. Then progress to an RV inspection if the power train inspection is satisfactory. This will demonstrate serious intent and get you to the point where you may make an informed decision relative to the value of the unit to you. Then it is negotiation time. A comparable is likely not in the cards!

[Teacher_s_Pet]

Here is some more information on Vogue Motorhomes 1974-1998