Maybe a bargain, maybe a nightmare, but it's FREE!

[Handbasket]

Saw this on another board https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/4382764413.html. The price is right if it's still there. Ad is 3 days old now. (And if you end up with it, don't blame me! ;))

Jim, "Strong, like a bull. Smart, like a fence post."

[Handbasket]

Its_Hondo wrote:
Have the seller send you the VIN & run it past the local Sheriff to see if it is stolen.

Excellent thought. No point in spending $$ & time getting it running or having it towed home if you're going to have to surrender it.

Jim, "Mo' coffee!"

[Its_Hondo]

Have the seller send you the VIN & run it past the local Sheriff to see if it is stolen.

[Tom_M1]

The front is a window. Born Free stopped putting the window in several years ago because of problems with leaks.

[j-d]

Biggest problem I see is "no title." The CL ad says "title clean" but the text indicates "abandoned on property."

Without the help of a "fixer" it could be difficult-to-impossible to Title/Register/Tag this thing.

[mockturtle]

It's a Born Free.

[Gale_Hawkins]

If you could come up with a title as suggested I could jump on that if local. That is a perfect size RV for a lot of things. It was no el cheapo either for its looks.

[Bumpyroad]

Handbasket wrote:
Yep, the guy who posted it where I found it thought it was a Born Free, as well.

Does anybody know if that black on the overcab is a tinted plastic window, or just black paint? If it's plastic / plexiglass, I wonder if BF has replacements still available and at what $$ if it cracks.

That would be the first obstacle I could see to a low-bucks DIY fix-up. I've seen a couple of old Sunraders Toyotas here in the SE mountains with really f'ugly rough DIY fiberglass replacing smaller curved but no-longer-available plexi cabover windows.

Jim, "Life: The whim of several billion cells getting together and deciding to be 'you' for a while."

born free started painting the front window at some time. that was sort of their logo or id thingy. don't know the year.
bumpy

[Handbasket]

Yep, the guy who posted it where I found it thought it was a Born Free, as well.

Does anybody know if that black on the overcab is a tinted plastic window, or just black paint? If it's plastic / plexiglass, I wonder if BF has replacements still available and at what $$ if it cracks.

That would be the first obstacle I could see to a low-bucks DIY fix-up. I've seen a couple of old Sunraders Toyotas here in the SE mountains with really f'ugly rough DIY fiberglass replacing smaller curved but no-longer-available plexi cabover windows.

Jim, "Life: The whim of several billion cells getting together and deciding to be 'you' for a while."

[Tom_M1]

Looks like a Born Free coach

[gbopp]

poncho62 wrote:
Great for parts.

Or, a restoration project.

[poncho62]

Great for parts.

[DaHose]

No, my 1983 Jamboree has round lights. That definitely looks like an 83 nose.

I agree on the shell. That looks like a great starting point. The huge glass piece on the nose is cool looking, but would definitely need some serious attention. It's a huge, potential water leak.

The 460 drive train is rock solid. I would jump on that if I didn't have mine already.

Jose

[carringb]

That actually looks like a nice fiberglass shell, instead of the typical sticks and foil construction back then.

Pretty sure the chassis is older though. I think '79 was the last year for round headlights.