Orphan Coaches

[lewpopp]

Danss,

contrary to what you know, Vantare bought the rights to Vogue from Mitchell and screwed Mitchell to the wall as they do everyone. Mitchell took it back through some further negotiations.

Consider yourself informed, I rest my case.

[Danss]

Amen, brother

[jelmore]

There was once a transition time between the Vogue brand and the Vantare brand. We had looked at a Vantare that was made in Pryor, Oklahoma at the Vogue factory. Featherlite has just bought out Vogue and this particular coach's owner had the choice of a Vogue or Vantare badge and he chose Vantare. That's the story I heard. I've talked to people that worked at Vogue and they confirmed stories like that around the 2000 model year. I would guess there is very little difference between the brands in that era.

[rbeecher]

I can't confirm this but my understanding is all the Mitchell built Vogues have cabinets installed tight up against the ceiling whereas the Featherlite Vantare Vogues have a space between the cabinets and the ceiling. Why the difference I have no idea.

Richard Beecher
02 Marathon XLII 45
96 Vogue XL 40 for sale

[rbeecher]

Lew,

I asked what was happening to the Vogue name when Amadas bought Vantare, I think there was a big shrug of the shoulders. I had also heard Parliament looked into the Vogue name quite sometime after the Featherlite purchase but it didn't happen at that time. When did you hear the information Mitchell had the rights to the name again?

Richard

[GDeen]

Gordon, Ed and I drove this bus in Angola last summer. Very nice but we had one cost factor that detoured us. The windows will need to be replaced through out. And the windows may not be available for awhile due to some manufacture problem. The price has come down but the owner at the time we saw it wasn't willing to negotiate down at all. It has been on the market for awhile. Drove nicely. Prevost indicated to us that this particular bus was one of the first or second XLII buses they had built. My personal reason that I didn't want it was a woman's view---the bus had been used alot by the owners children(for partying) and I don't think that they ever cleaned any of the wood in the interior. Of course, these are things that could have been replaced. But, I have a saying, if you can see clearly that cleaning wasn't done much, what about the things you CAN'T see???????
Sandy

Gordon, I was referring to the XLII Royale with the bunks.

Thanks for the info Sandy - I figured out you were referring to the XLII bunk coach. No thanks on the window replacement, etc. Marathon Dallas has a nicer looking 2 slide XLII Royale that is probably worth looking into.

Jenny and I looked at a beautiful 04 CC yesterday. What a beauty it is. Flying to LA in the morning and going to drop by California Coach and check out Steve's inventory on our way to visit our son at Cal-Poly SLO. Should be a fun week.

[Alek&Lucia]

Gordon,

Sandy answered your questions for me, about the XLII Royale with bunk beds.
Check also the XLII Country at Ebay right now. It is for sale by Chad that is working for Marathon in Texas. Good person,

Alek

[GDeen]

Gordon,

Sandy answered your questions for me, about the XLII Royale with bunk beds.
Check also the XLII Country at Ebay right now. It is for sale by Chad that is working for Marathon in Texas. Good person,

Alek

That is actually the one I looked at Alek....

[lewpopp]

Beech,

I either mis-spoke or didn't write the facts. Either way, I guess I don't know the final outcome but I heard that it was finally either worked out or grounded. Sorry.

[mikedee]

I have had very good luck with my 2001 Royale. Built well without frills. Monaco dealers have most small parts. Today I needed a door latch and went to Monaco Las Vegas and got one and three spares for $15.00.

Good luck, you will love a Prevost