A great motor home of yore
Back in my traveling days (late 60s to early 70s) when my ex and I basically spent years traveling all over the USA , Canada and parts of Mexico I was aware of these wonderful , air cooled , corvair powered motor homes . We would see one on the road from time to time . The living condintions were so much better then the VW camper we used and to top it off the damn thing got up to 18 miles to a gallon of gas ( i doubt the VW got camper got much more then 22) . I'll include a site for these things . Scroll down the page and take a look at the interior . Its pretty nice and even has a bathroom and a shower of some type . I'd love to find one of these things now but since only 370 were built from 59 to 70 my chances aren't good but its fun to look and who knows , maybe I'll find one . heres an Ultra Van site : UltraVan: Corvair Motorhome
posted by sparky at 7:08 AM
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I'm tracking one of these suckers down . I will likely subscribe to "Whales on Wheels" a speciality mag for and by people who own these things . 4 mags a year for 15 bucks, i got a sample mag , ( its not very exciting but there are 3 for sale ) They really aren't that much money . One is 4 grand and one is 15 grand ( the 15 grand is supposed to be minted out with a rebuilt engine ) and one has no price . I wrote to all three for more pictures . Between these and the red house if I ever get all the pictures it should be fun . If I buy the Red House i will need something to do and traveling around in one of these suckers all over the northeast would be great . Just another idea that may or may not come to fruition . Time will tell as they say . Funny about these damn Ultra vans . I always loved these things ( I hate most big motorhomes in general) and it would be pretty funny if I got one now . Surely a better idea then an old Triumph sports car . If these things got 7 MPG I would have no interest but 18 especially in todays gas climate makes them practical to travel around in . If i get a lead on any with pictures I'll post them here , allan
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