{"id":10,"date":"2005-03-11T12:30:01","date_gmt":"2005-03-11T20:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raynovelli.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=10"},"modified":"2005-03-15T23:47:49","modified_gmt":"2005-03-16T07:47:49","slug":"la-times-august-1993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/?p=10","title":{"rendered":"LA Times, August 1993"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revcon Trailblazer takes passengers to the wild country; Los Angeles Times; August 7, 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Revcon Trailblazer, a 4×4 all-terrain motor coach recently introduced by Revcon Motorcoach Inc. of Irvine, will sell for under $75,000, according to Ray Novelli, founder of the off-road company.<\/p>\n

Novelli, an all-terrain vehicle and off-road fan, said the first 10 Trailblazers sold almost immediately.<\/p>\n

“Four years ago, a 31-foot-long Class A motor home called the Goliath was introduced to the four-wheel-drive market, but it carried a price tag of $200,000, and it never went very far sales-wise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“It was just too expensive for the average off-roader, although its purpose was highly praised. From the Goliath concept, however, we now have the Revcon Trailblazer, built on a stretched and reinforced Ford XLT 4×4 Crew Cab chassis, and it’s powered with the Ford V-8 460-cubic-inch engine.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Novelli said the Revcon 4×4 all terrain motor coach will go anywhere the Broncos, Jeeps and Blazers go.<\/p>\n

\n“We can climb sand dunes, cross streams, roll over rocks on mountain back road and conquer any high roadbed which would call for a four-by-four vehicle,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Construction of the Revcon Trailblazer begins with the removal of the bed of the Ford XLT 4×4 Crew Cab truck. Work then starts to beef up the frame and extend it to accommodate the “coach” part of the motor coach, beginning with the super-structure steel floor system, monocoque aircraft aluminum sidewalls and fiberglass front and rear caps.<\/p>\n

The original wheels are removed and replaced with eight-stud-sold-cast aluminum wheels with chrome nuts and caps rated at 3,300 pounds each. The Revcon features leaf spring suspension and air tag-axle and six all-terrain 35-by-16 1\/2 inch tires. <\/p>\n

The Revcon 4×4 all-terrain motor coach features a 214-inch wheel base and a supplemental Dexter Brake boost.
\nUp front, the driver and passenger sit on swivel-recline seats, and there are two identical seats behind them for a total of four.<\/p>\n

The Trailblazer will offer two floor plans, one with a full walk-around bed in the rear and one with a dining-entertainment area convertible to a full bed. And there’s a cabover full-sized bed with access ladder.
\nThe interior also includes a shower; toilet; two queen-size beds; an oven, range and convection microwave oven in the galley, and a color TV and VCR.<\/p>\n

The Revcon has a 36,000-mile\/36 month bumper-to-bumper Ford warranty and other warranties on the appliances and fixtures.<\/p>\n

Revcon Motorcoach Inc. is located at 17422 Pullman St. in Irvine. For more information, call (714) 955-5340.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Revcon Trailblazer takes passengers to the wild country; Los Angeles Times; August 7, 1993 The Revcon Trailblazer, a 4×4 all-terrain motor coach recently introduced by Revcon Motorcoach Inc. of Irvine, will sell for under $75,000, according to Ray Novelli, founder of the off-road company. Novelli, an all-terrain vehicle and off-road fan, said the first 10 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/raynovelli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}