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VIN: 1FDWE30S9WHB45302

Born Free Model 24 RSB. 25 ft long bumper to bumper.
This Class C Motorhome can be parked just about anywhere.
The Ford E350 chassis is a 1998 model.
The factory fiberglass Born Free Motorcoach body was installed on the chassis in 1999.

She's a solid fiberglass bodied coach. No roof caulking, roof tape or membrane concerns.
She was a top-of-the-line Motorcoach for her day, constructed with two integrated real roll bars.
See them when looking at the inside AC unit & MaxxFan unit.

She has the 6.8L Triton V10 engine, highly regarded for its longevity and towing power, often lasting well over 300,000 miles when properly maintained.
Ford used the Triton V10 for 24 years in all their heavy duty E Series, Super Duty trucks & SUV's as their gasoline alternative to diesel for heavy duty towing.
The Triton V10 in this Born Free is a well maintained sweet runner.
While mileage is higher, though not for a truck of this year, we wouldn't have invested our time and money in her if we weren't confident concerning the engine.

Long before we assumed ownership a newly widowed lady bought this motorcoach new and, with a friend, set out to travel every highway and byway they could.
There isn't much of the USA and Canada this motorcoach (as Born Free calls her) hasn't seen.
This motorcoach didn't sit unused month after month, year after year. It's been driven and worked as intended.

Eventually the original Lady owner gave up ownership of her Born Free.
We know of two other owners. The fella we bought her from down Manti, UT way took her fishing all the time.

After purchasing her we had all the Coach systems checked, refurbished, rebuilt or replaced as needed.
New: Truck Steering Linkage Assembly & commercial all axle alignment.
New: Tune-up with increased thread count iridium spark plugs torqued to 25 ft lbs.

We ordered a custom shaped $900+ Wilderness Hybrid innerspring thick mattress and set out on our first journey.
We headed to Montana from our home in Utah with the wind just a-howling. My wife is the main driver and she struggled mightily to keep our Born Free on the road.
Born Free coaches come factory equipped with air bags. They were non-functional.

Fixes:
New rear leaf springs, E-450 rated.
New: front coil springs 30% stronger.
New: Air bag system, with an onboard compressor & dash mounted gauge with controls at our fingertips.

The drivability difference: Miraculous! No matter how stiff or from which direction winds hit us we can adjust the air bag pressure side-to-side to compensate. using the gauge readings.

New: Truck engine thermal clutch fan and water Temperature sensor.
New: Truck engine water pump.

New: Coach lithium compatible converter.
New: Four Lion Energy Lithium Ion 105 AH batteries with in-coach digital monitoring, for a total of 420 useable battery AH.
420 AH of Lithium battery power takes a long time to run down if used wisely.
New 3000 watt Victron pure sine wave inverter, allowing use of the microwave and other 110 outlets.

The original gasoline on-board 1800 rpm Onan genset is fueled by the truck fuel tank.
It runs well, providing power & charging as designed should you need it.
Other than genset occasional usage for battery bank recharging, the AC unit is the only unit that needs the genset to operate if there's no available shore power.

All lights and fans run on battery power as well as shore power.
The furnace (refurbished with a new fan) and newer fridge are propane powered from the on-board 30 gallon propane tank.
Their fans run off the battery bank when not connected to shore power.
The water heater is propane only.

New: Coach water pump, toilet & Oxygenics shower head.
New: MaxxFan Deluxe 7500K motorized opening, remote controlled 10 speed coach exhaust fan, reversible for intake or exhaust.

We can no longer use our Born Free as is wanted. Life dictates that we are full time stay-at-home caregivers now.

The Born Free Motorcoach hasn't been used since our last trip in 2025.
I exercise the generator, truck engine and keep the coach and engine batteries charged.
We've kept up with servicing.