Thought I'd introduce myself & Stubby here in the Vintage area since the old gal is getting on in years, but still has plenty left in her! The motorhome is cool, too
Stubby is a 22' 1991 Fleetwood Flair class A, Ford E33 chassis & 460 power plant that we picked up a couple weeks ago for a song. I'm a smallish 40-something childfree by choice athlete, car freak, and racer (& HS teacher by day) & my husband is a mechanic (luckily). Our 80 lb 14 year old pit bull rounds out the immediate family.
We wanted a cheap rig for race weekends & regional getaways & this is our 1st RV. My brother has a late-2000s Isata 26' class C that we borrowed for a while & we liked it but felt it had very poor natural ventilation & we didn't like the layout (or the price he paid for it). We adore Stubby's airy interior, with lots of windows that open wide, and the permanent bed in the back "bedroom" & dinette up front layout is great for us.
Much of it is original, 106k miles on it. Almost everything works, & the fridge is only a few years old. Furnace blower is busted (we may go with blue flame heater, anyway), dash a/c doesn't work, headlights are super dim, rear clearance lights stopped working, steering/front suspension is pretty bad, numerous areas on the roof leaked in the last big rainstorm, & the list of remodeling & upgrading is loooong. But that's part of the fun! And really, for the price we paid, we're very pleased.
Last weekend was the maiden voyage, a race weekend w/great weather. Stubby was great! Looking forward to this forum for info & camaraderie!