BartFlaherty
New Member
So, to make this short and not bore any of you with the details, my wife and I have always wanted to retire to RV life. It's been a dream of ours to perhaps get an old Greyhound bus and convert it. While speaking to someone about it today they made us a great deal on an '87 Pace Arrow 34'.
The payments are well within our budget and the total asking price is $3,000. It has a new Generator (I think a 2000 Onno?), brand new tires that were only driven home from the Big-O and parked, new brakes and a new fuel pump. I've had many years working on cars and it seems to run fine but I admit I know little about RV's. The interior could use some work as the ceiling lining is falling down but the wood under it seems solid. So, a few cosmetic things here and there...but certainly a "fixer upper" to get it to really nice condition.
Outside the decals are cracked and a couple of the compartment doors are bent, but nothing major. Just a tad of surface rust on some of the undercarriage.
My question is if there is something we should look out for on it. Is there something in particular about RV's that we should have looked at prior to purchasing it? We're still far from retiring so this wouldn't be our final choice but it seems to be such a good deal (mostly the payments) that I'd hate to pass it up as something I could treat as a weekend project.
Who knows, maybe parts for these are incredibly expensive or they may be prone to suspension or transmission problems. That's the kind of thing that has me hesitant.
Thank you so much for your time!
- Bart
The payments are well within our budget and the total asking price is $3,000. It has a new Generator (I think a 2000 Onno?), brand new tires that were only driven home from the Big-O and parked, new brakes and a new fuel pump. I've had many years working on cars and it seems to run fine but I admit I know little about RV's. The interior could use some work as the ceiling lining is falling down but the wood under it seems solid. So, a few cosmetic things here and there...but certainly a "fixer upper" to get it to really nice condition.
Outside the decals are cracked and a couple of the compartment doors are bent, but nothing major. Just a tad of surface rust on some of the undercarriage.
My question is if there is something we should look out for on it. Is there something in particular about RV's that we should have looked at prior to purchasing it? We're still far from retiring so this wouldn't be our final choice but it seems to be such a good deal (mostly the payments) that I'd hate to pass it up as something I could treat as a weekend project.
Who knows, maybe parts for these are incredibly expensive or they may be prone to suspension or transmission problems. That's the kind of thing that has me hesitant.
Thank you so much for your time!
- Bart