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Hi y'all,
We're Roscoe & Geni Snoeberger,
We retired a little early (59) to find adventure on the road! I was a local Government water/wastewater, operator/inpector. My wife an NASA accounting specialist. We have been fulltiming now for 2 years and have really enjoyed it so far! You can check is out on our blog
http://wanderingwilburys.blogspot.com
We currently have a 2015 25' ultra lite travel trailer made by forest river, towed by a 2015 Chevy Silverado. We met Clarke and Elaine Hockwald
http://whatsnewell.blogspot.com working with them in 2017 at Yellowstone National park, they own a Classic Newell in fact a photo of theirs is on your header page. (Top right). That's where we were introduced to NEWELL, had never heard of it before then. Have been in many other so-called high end coaches but they never matched the quality of a Newell.
Well we are slowly looking for the right classic Newell coach. This web site is a wealth of information and history of NEWELL coaches. Thank you!
Roscoe Snoeberger
2015 Tracer ultra lite
2015 Chevy pu
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Welcome aboard!
There are TWO search engines on the forum. I find the Google custom search to help me better than the one embedded in the forum software in the black banner.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
95 Newell, 390 Ex caretaker
99 Newell, 512 Ex caretaker
07 Prevost Marathon, 1025
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home

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Glad to have you join us. So many potential RV owners have never heard of Newell that it is a blessing every time someone finds this site.
Hope you find the Newell of your dreams.
Michael Day
1992 Newell 43.5' #281
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Welcome Roscoe & Geni and good luck in your search for a classic! Michael Day (@Fulltiming) is our resident historian and knows all about when options became available through the years.
Jon & Chris Everton
1986 40' Dog House #86
450 hp ISM 5 spd ZF Ecomat 2
2004 Range Rover L322 Toad
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Hi Roscoe and welcome to the group! What kind of budget do you have in mind? What years are you considering? ‘Classic’ generally means 20 years old (right?)... wow, that means our 1998 is in there now...
BTW, if you want info on Wanderlodges (great coaches also) let me know via message or we can chat on the phone. You might consider Foretravel also as they have great build quality but I’m not a fiberglass fan any longer...
Karen & Adrian Abshire
1998 2 slide 45' Newell Coach 498
Prior: 1985 Foretravel ORED 35, 1988 38' Foretravel U280, 2000 Foretravel 42' U320, 1990 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40
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Newell Classics, like mine, are 1989 and back. My body style is the Classic. Yours may be considered 'vintage', but not 'Classic' in the Newell sense of the word.
Clarke and Elaine Hockwald
1982 Newell Classic, 36', 6V92 TA
2001 VW Beetle Turbo
Cannondale Tandem
Cannondale Bad Boy
Haibike SDURO MTB
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Newell Models
Pre 1990's are designated as Classic body style.
1990-early 2005: Model 2000
Late 2005-mid 2006: Model 2000i
Late 2006-2013: P2000i
2014-mid 2017: 2020P
Late 2017-Current: p50.
Michael Day
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I still think ours is a classic :-) ...
So basically if it has a bumper then it’s a classic?
Karen & Adrian Abshire
1998 2 slide 45' Newell Coach 498
Prior: 1985 Foretravel ORED 35, 1988 38' Foretravel U280, 2000 Foretravel 42' U320, 1990 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40
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Yes the chrome bumpers are the most obvious Classic charactistic. They feature aluminum body panels on the front and rear . 2000 models and newer went to fiberglass “end caps”
1993 Newell (316) 45' 8V92,towing an Imperial open trailer or RnR custom built enclosed trailer. FMCA#232958 '67 Airstream Overlander 27' '67GTO,'76TransAm,'52Chevy panel, 2000 Corvette "Lingenfelter"modified, '23 Grand Cherokee.