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How many Prevost out there?
Just read an article on the large volume of fiberglass class A’s sold each year (in the 5 digits). Just curious about how many Prevost’s are out there
2000 Featherlite H3-45
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Heres a few numbers
Marathon Coach sequence up to Coach 1307 but they had a injected numbering system in the late 80’s into early 90’s that was different
Country Coach main sequence of coach numbers Coach 60001-60491= 491
Country Coach L, 0 numbering in mid 2000’s starting in 2004
Legendary Coach-30 coaches
Beaver Coach XL-33 coaches
many other converters Angola, Bruce, Clements, Hickock, American Coach, American Carriage, Vision, Featherlite Vantare/Vogue, Liberty, Thompson, Hoffman, Royale, Millennium, Emerald/Outlaw Coach to name a few more. There are others but I don’t know quantities
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This is a good question. I think it would be worthwhile for prospective Prevost buyers to have a list showing as many of the Prevost converters as possible, the number they built, years in business, and split between X’s and H’s.
Liberty Coach is in the mid 800’s now if memory from our visit to North Chicago this summer is accurate.
Anyone have an idea how many coaches Newell has built?
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Even Prevost does no know how many were built, or how many are still in use.
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You’d think Prevost would have kept count of the shells sold to converters.
Still on the road today? That probably depends on how you define “still on the road”. Do you count a coach that has sad behind Grandpa’s house or in his bus barn and not moved for five years?
2000 Featherlite H3-45
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Leesburg, FL -
I am sure they know how many shells were sold for conversion and to whom. But no doubt they don’t know if they were built as motorhomes, entertainer coaches or corporate coaches which can range from “executive coaches” to mission specific coaches like emergency support vehicles to medical units.
They are never going to reveal sales numbers publicly. Not only does that information aid their competition, it also can aid or damage converters by revealing converter sales information.
A long time ago at a rally a Prevost executive revealed they do not always use sequential VIN because that can provide their competitors with their sales figures, and I do not doubt that some converters also may not use sequential build numbers for the same reason.
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Jim, How do you know all that stuff and why did you decide to research it? I know you well enough to know you have many interests and a little knowledge is your starting point to find the rest. Why the research on all that is Prevost Converters?
Harry
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many other converters Angola, Bruce, Clements, Hickock, American Coach, American Carriage, Vision, Featherlite Vantare/Vogue, Liberty, Thompson, Hoffman, Royale, Millennium, Emerald/Outlaw Coach to name a few more. There are others but I don’t know quantities
To Jim’s list above, add Pacific and Executive. I believe Pacific may have morphed into Vision. Some entertainer converters also create motorhomes such as Florida Coach, Russell Coach, Hemphill Brothers (who converted the Presidential Prevost).
And most of all, Prevost actually converted some coaches very early maybe late 70’s? I saw one and toured it, a privately owned original and the owner had and showed me the factory drawings of the coach.
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I would say if a Prevost coach is ‘registered’ it should be counted as active.
Mark
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That sounds right Mark!
Harry
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“Just read an article on the large volume of fiberglass class A’s sold each year (in the 5 digits). Just curious about how many Prevost’s are out there”
Very few by comparison. Look at the pricing difference and you will have a pretty quick understanding.
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Not questioning the price/quality difference, just curious how few/many motorhome conversion might be out there. Nothing keeping me awake at night. Just always been interested in history and numbers
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Another small converter in the early 90’s out of Wyoming, Cole Custom Coaches. Think They built around 5 or 6 and imagine there are several small converters like that. I still have the original built sheet for my 1991 XL Coach. Cole is still in business with there Cabinet shop in Wyoming. I bought mine off the Original Owner that had it built or from His Wife after he passed away. Beautiful Ash wood though out.
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Dick Newell is up to 1674 coaches built to date.
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It would be relatively easy to use Prevost registrations to quantify the number of active coaches, however not all conversions are registered as Prevost.
My first two coaches on the title and registration were “Prevost”. But my current coach is titled and registered as “Liberty”. I have no idea why but when I registered it and the clerk couldn’t get the word Prevost to be accepted by the TN motor vehicle system he tried Liberty and from that point everything worked. We found out that day that Liberty was recognized as the coach manufacturer.
So if we tried to do a search of national registrations we would also have to include the names of all converters and their product name code, which in my case is “LIB”.
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Tom: I had a very similar experience when I went to register our Liberty in Wisconsin. Wisconsin DMV considers it a “Liberty”.
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