You might occasionally come across a Foretravel diesel motorhome built on a Hendrickson or Capacity chassis but those are very few and far between. They used these chassis from model years 1982 through 1992 in both Foretravel FTX type (old orange and white) and Grand Villas which were introduced in the middle of the 1986 model year. There were however some of these Grand Villa motorhomes manufactured with a 300 hp 3208 and an MT647 Allison 4 speed. As for airbag type chassis in the 1980s and 1990s, Foretravel manufactured most of the known-Unihome type diesel motorhomes on an Oshkosh V-917 Frame rail type chassis which consisted of air suspension, air brakes, Caterpillar 3208-T V-8 diesel engine coupled with an Allison MT-643 four-speed transmission. Also, by October of 1978, the FTX became the first conventional motorhome to be powered by a rear engine diesel.įoretravel purchased the manufacturing rights to Travcoįoretravel continued to manufacture motorhomes on many types of chassis. The FTX was truly “the way to travel in style.” FTX was built from 1977to 1986. TVs, VCRs, dual roof air conditioners, icemakers, central vacuums, and more. The FTX offered features not common in the RV industry at the time. In 1977 Foretravel celebrated ten years in business with the introduction of the FTX (Foretravel Ten). In 1974, they had pioneered the first use of a diesel engine in a conventional motorhome. The body design remained such that it would work for either configuration – all the way up to 1994. Then they shifted to rear-engine models (ORED, OREG). The earliest ones were front-engine models (OFED, OFEG).
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When they shifted to diesel power, they shifted to Oshkosh chassis as they were the most readily available heavy-duty truck chassis. Originally, Foretravels were built on Dodge van chassis, some were built on Chevy chassis and then truck chassis, mostly Dodge.