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Fleetwood became a public company in 1965, reporting annual sales of $18.5 million. [2] The company became part of the Fortune 500 in 1973, remaining there for nearly three decades. [ 3 ] By 1989, Fleetwood RVs sales reached the one billion dollar milestone; five years later, it hit the same milestone in its sales of manufactured homes.
REV Recreation Group is a subsidiary of REV Group. [2] Allied Recreation Group was established in 2013 following the acquisition of Monaco and Holiday Rambler. Allied Recreation Group is one of the manufacturers of Class A gas, Class A diesel, and Class C gas products for Fleetwood RV, American Coach, Holiday Rambler, Monaco, and Trek. [3]
A fully restored example is in the RV museum in Elkhart, Indiana. There is a watercolor painting of it by artist Paige Bridges. [8] Holiday Rambler Corporation and its subsidiaries ("Holiday Rambler") was acquired by the Harley-Davidson, Inc. in December 1986. Holiday Rambler's Recreational Vehicle division competed primarily in the mid to ...
In April 2016, REV Group acquired fire truck manufacturer Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. [15] Later that year, REV Group acquired Ferrara Fire Apparatus [16] [17] and Class C motorhome manufacturer [18] Renegade RV. [19] In April 2017, the company acquired sprinter van manufacturer Midwest Automotive Designs. [20]
An especially notable feature of 1995 model Sunlines was the addition of power slide rooms [20] to two fifth wheel models. The slide room concept had been around in the RV industry since the 1970s and power slide outs since 1990, [21] but this was Sunline's first application of them. 50,000th Sunline, a 2000 T-2370. 8/26/99.
The company was founded by Forest City, Iowa businessman John K. Hanson in February 1958. At the time, the town, located in Winnebago County, Iowa, was undergoing an economic downturn, so Hanson and a group of community leaders convinced a California firm, Modernistic Industries, to open a travel trailer factory in a bid to revive the local economy.
The RV-7 incorporated many changes resulting from the lessons learned in producing over 2,000 RV-6 kits. The RV-7 airframe will accept larger engines, including the Lycoming IO-390, up to 215 hp (160 kW). [8] The RV-7 also has increased wingspan and wing area over the RV-6, as well as more headroom, legroom and an increased useful load.
It has a revised oil sump, aluminum induction pipes, oil pump and accessory case that saves 10 lb (5 kg) of weight. With this powerplant the RV-14 is 11 mph (18 km/h) faster in cruise speed and climbs 250 ft/min (1.27 m/s) faster. [5] The manufacturer offers aircraft type transition training and has built an RV-14 for this purpose. [4]