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Old 02-27-2009, 01:23 PM   #4
Richard and Rhonda
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Just to add to Tuga's comments, a bit of explanantion may help. Unlike other manufacturers, Newell did not make different levels of coach, so the term models is not applicable in the same sense that it would be with Monaco or Newmar for example.

Newell did change "model" designations when they underwent body style changes over the years as Tuga did a nice job of explaining.

The Newells were all custom built, and vary from serial number to serial number in their mix of features depending on the options and layout that the owner wanted.

You will find many similarities between Newell and BB in the use of robust and redundant systems. Most of the systems used are fairly straight forward to work on. Many of us looked hard at BB's.

If you want to narrow your search, I would suggest using the following criteria to help.

Decide what your budget is. That will put you in the year range.

If you want the four stroke Detroit Diesel, you will have to start with model year 1995. If you want slides then start with 97 or 98.

Look at the classified section on this site. Look at the used ones for sale at the Newell site. That will give you a good idea. You will see that the change from year to year is more evolutionary than revolutionary. In one way that's good, because Newell didn't have to debug a new design every other year, and in another way it's a bad business model cause it doesn't give the hots to trade up every other year either. :-)

All of the Newell coaches are built on similar chassis. Over the years Newell changed vendors of suspension and what not, but the construction technique is very similar across the years.
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