On Wed, 21 Jun 1995, David Schwarze wrote:

> Mike White writes:
> > 
> > Well, I was flipping through the channels last eveing, and as the 
> > station hit TNN (ACK) I saw the coolest ad for a motorhome.  
> > 
> > It looks like Winnebago has created a really slick motorhome with the 
> > Eurovan's front end on it.
> > 
> > Has anyone seen or heard about this unit.  If it runs the stock EV 
> > engine it has got to be >>WAY<< underpowered!
> > 
> > Pretty cool though!
> 
> Yup.  It's called the Rialta, and it's a pig.  Stock engine, horrible
> ground clearance, unacceptably little interior space.  But, it's
> relatively cheap (not much more than the Westy) and has a really trick
> slide-out bathroom thingie.  Stop by your local RV dealer for a peek, I
> did.  :)
> 
> -David
> 
> David Schwarze                     '73 VW Safare Custom Camper  (Da Boat)
> 
 Someone who drives a '73 bus thinks something ELSE is underpowered?  has 
little interior space?  I checked one out.  I'm probably gonna buy one in 
a year or so.  Okay so I might wait until the V6 engine is in it.  BUT 
according to a guy who works at a VW dealer in Penn.  the Rialta IS NOT 
stock VW.  THe VW dealers can't work on them because Winnebago fiddles 
with them a bunch.  They even supposedly have a turbo version.  As happy 
as I am with the Eurovan and it PLENTY powerful engine I'm not too 
worried about the power.  The EV power is pretty good at the low end but 
for a vehicle its size it is almost AMAZING at the high end - its the 
transmission not the engine that could lead one to think there is a lack 
of power.

Drove many years in a '72 bus - pretty close in 'power' to a '73 I'd imagine.
Did they put a 1800 in the '73? not much more than a 1700...

bill killian
'93 EV MV
'73 Orange Thing
'73 Yellow Thing