(car engine roaring)
(upbeat music)
- I don't know what it is about every CB radio
but I have to do,
one Adam 12,
that doesn't work.
Very willing, 57.
It's an old bear cat.
Hey, good morning everybody.
Welcome to Marathon Mondays with Mal.
How about a 1998?
Let's get into it.
Marathon coach, 0440.
Good morning, everyone.
Welcome to coach 0440 or 440, if you will.
A 1998 non-slide.
How about that?
Let's take a look at the exterior paint.
A lot of people have been commenting online
about this paint job.
This is a cool coach.
We got a lot to show you inside,
some really neat features.
But this is one of those coaches,
if you're looking to get into a Marathon,
if you're looking to get into a Prevost,
157,000 miles, this is a fantastic coach.
And it kind of looks cool, if you're into
that whole Miami vice bit, let's go take a look.
All right, had it started this morning and aired it up.
I'm gonna actually turn it off, John.
Love playing with an old CB radio.
That's the original to this, to this dash.
But look at that dash.
How fun is that?
It's got the large wheel that everybody knows from this era.
Lots of natural light in this coach.
Opened up all the shades before we went on.
And this is a cool coach.
It's got an upgraded LG above the head,
as you can see there.
But this is a cool floorplan everybody,
keep in mind, no slides in this coach.
So space utilization has always been important
when engineering a Prevost chassis
from this era or before with no slides.
A long sofa with that dog leg on the driver's side.
Two recliners, I say two, because you've got one here
and this guy swivels around
and then you've got the occasional table right here,
that's got storage.
Lots of storage throughout.
Another thing I like to point out,
it's 22 years old and all the glassware,
which doesn't even look used, is here,
in the curio cabinet above the galley.
Very, very cool.
Marathon branded specific.
Oh, it's up here too, John, look at this.
That's what I'm talking about.
Rocks glasses, wine glasses over here.
Very, very cool.
So keep in mind 157,000 miles,
a 1998, non slide, large galley.
You're gonna have everything
in the galley that you have in a modern coach.
Everything from a residential refrigerator,
that's obviously not original, as you can see there.
This sharp carousel convection microwave oven
is probably not original either,
it doesn't look original.
Definitely not original.
Okay.
Two burner tops, a good double side sink
with insta-hot over here, I like that.
I'm a big fan of the double sink.
I think some of you guys know that.
Countertops look like they've been well taken care of,
but we've talked about this before on Marathon Mondays.
That's why Corian is such an amazing product.
It can be serviced.
It can be repaired.
It can be polished.
And it, this coach really looks
like it's been well taken care of
or if it had some scratches it was probably serviced.
Also with the dinette table,
it's got the lit glass inserts around the Corian
or in the inside of the Corian.
And it's a good size L shape.
You can easily fit four people in there.
Dishwasher right there.
I think you can see the ceiling from this stand.
There is some accent lighting on that mirrored ceiling,
but the good thing about this is the colors.
You know what?
Let me grab something I wanted to,
I can't remember the name of it.
I rarely do this, but I love the name of this,
"Desert Erosion."
This cabinet color is Desert Erosion.
I don't know who came up with that name,
but I liked it and I, when I saw it there
on the original build sheet.
All right, curio cabinet over here over all this,
this is a ton of storage.
Oh, the storage was taken out, that's right.
There is a washer-dryer combo in this cabinet,
actual washer-dryer combo in there.
As we move into the S-curve of the coach,
you're going to see the entire water closet scenario.
Keep in mind, it can be completely closed off.
Where John is with the camera, there's a door.
You can close off that area right there to the bedroom.
Where I am here, you can close off this,
with this door right here.
Also the water closet, has a door.
It can close too.
Coach 440 has a lot of options for you.
And as you can see, it's been very well taken care of.
157,000 miles.
Well maintained.
This coach is ready to go and is Marathon owned.
So, if you're interested in looking to get into a Marathon,
if you're looking to upgrade from a, like a fiberglass RV,
this would be a good first Marathon for anybody out there.
In the bedroom, I wanna show how large this
is with the good storage on the side, John.
Take a look at all of this area over here
with this occasional sink,
so that someone can get ready here
and someone can get ready out here
in the actual water closet area.
Large closet.
As you walk in, that's a full closet.
I mean, I could stand up in there.
I'm gonna switch spots with you, John.
So the bed is definitely not a king,
but as you see with no slides, you have to walk around it.
Now, once you're over here, there is a nightstand
that's about this big,
at least from a width standpoint,
it's about two feet long,
but it also has a couple of drawers,
very similar to what's on the front side
of the bed in the bedroom.
I've got the windows popped open
and if you don't see how those open in a 1998 coach,
take a look at this.
Just like that.
And to open them, you bring this bar like that,
then you push it through the hole.
And then you clip that in like that.
Good natural light and natural crosswind
or cross air going on in here,
in the bedroom and up in the, up in the salon.
So that's, I really appreciate that.
Also there's blinds.
I raised all the blinds when we first came in this morning,
storage on both sides of the bed.
That's nice.
Now this, upgraded TV, by the way.
Big time storage down here, these drawers are massive.
This is a double drawer.
Looks like a, it looks like a double drawer,
but it opens to a very large single drawer here.
And then there's another one below it.
But I want to show you this, this is something
that a lot of people want in this era.
In this era, a lot, by this time
a lot of people have pulled this out.
This is the clothing carousel.
As you can see this apparatus above here
is designed for you to store a ton of clothing.
If you're looking to go full time in a coach,
this might be a good option because,
you hang something on here and you can just
go through all your clothing as that rotates through.
Now, it doesn't take up a lot of space on your ceiling
and the reason I'm gonna show you that,
is that this is a huge area.
So Abigail brought up a point this morning
that this could be almost like a whole another seating area.
This area in here is almost as large as the bed out there.
And it's longer.
I mean, literally, you guys know I'm about 5'11", 6 foot.
And if I lay in here, there's a ton of room in here.
There's a ton of room in here.
I mean, there's a whole another foot going that way.
So as far as storage is concerned, this is a big area.
Whether you use it for another sleeping area
for kids or grandkids, or you continue to use it
for the clothing storage and shoes
and whatever else you wanna put down on this platform.
I really love seeing the fact
that this carousel is still in here, still working,
and how much room is truly in here.
It's just amazing.
All right.
Enough of that.
John let's slowly walk back through the coach
so everybody can get a good shot.
If anyone has any other comments or questions, feel free.
Sorry I was banging around back there guys,
it probably gave you a little bit of noise.
Yeah, combo washer-dryer in here, that's very cool.
And John, I'll let you go all the way back to the,
to the cockpit and I'll stand here
and you guys can kind of see just how much room is in here.
Good storage above and below.
And of course there's storage in the bays.
1998 Marathon Coach #0440,
or just you can call it Coach 440, if you prefer.
What a nice coach.
Oh yeah, I want to show this.
Look at this new color we have
in the boutique of this polo shirt.
Isn't that great?
I like that gray.
Anyway, I don't know if there's any comments
or questions, Abigail's probably listening in.
Thank you so much for watching you guys.
If you're interested in this coach,
feel free to reach out to me.
M A L W, that's malw@marathoncoach.com.
This would be a fantastic coach
for somebody to get into.
Fires right up, drives.
So yeah, reach out to me and let's talk about price
and let's talk about availability,
cause this one's not gonna last long.
Abigail, are there any comments
or questions before we get outta here?
- [Abigail] Yes.
- Awesome. What do you got?
- [Abigail] Our friend Jim Torrence says,
"Could service install a new tilting,"
says "B in the bedroom."
I don't really know, I think they meant the bed.
- What he is referring to as the bed, yeah.
I understand what he's saying.
Yes, service could install a different scenario bed.
It would probably be a little evasive,
you know, with this era of coach,
you might not want to do that.
You might want to just walk around the bed.
But yes, anything is possible as you know.
this coach was built in this building.
So it definitely can be altered
or re-imagined in this building.
- [Abigail] Another one from Greg O Myra.
I'm so sorry if I did not say your name correctly.
- All right, Greg. - [Abigail] Says, "ballpark,
what would it cost to re-figure
that clothing era to a large master?"
- Yeah, so I understand what Greg is saying.
He's basically saying that if we took out
that entire back area, we could achieve
a whole lot more room in there.
And that's definitely possible,
cause you take out the doors, you take out the cabinetry
and you've got a lot of room.
It all depends on how much of the engine cab,
the engine compartment, is underneath
where I was sitting on top or laying on top.
So, it could be configured to some extent,
but for the most part, just know that Marathon engineering,
back in '97, '98, when this coach was built and designed,
probably considered that also.
And so what they try to do, as you guys well know,
from an engineering standpoint
is they try to maximize the space for the customer,
for the family to enjoy the room inside the coach.
So that was probably already considered.
And I think one of the best things they came up with
was that massive closet in the back.
So good question, Greg.
I really appreciate that.
If you have more questions on this,
reach out to me malw@marathoncoach.com.
I'm available at any time.
Give me an email and then we can talk over the phone.
Other than that, I love showing you guys Coach 440.
You got one more?
Yeah, yeah. - [Abigail] There's more.
Okay, let's go.
- [Abigail] Yeah, sorry, - Let's go.
- [Abigail] Our regular watcher, Ron DiMauro.
- Ronnie D.
- [Abigail] Says, "Mal, any plans in the,"
I don't know why I made him sound like that,
"Mal any plans in the future of you going
to the Prevost headquarters in Quebec
to make a video of the buses being built?"
- You know, that's a good question.
I have been out to the Prevost facility
in Quebec and what a great tour.
I was out there with a good amount of our staff.
Mike Labrasseur was with us,
he's our head of sales or our national sales director.
Pete Sutton, our head of marketing.
He was with us.
Randy and Dawn who are in sales down in Florida.
Kasey Hess, who's actually here
at the headquarters this week taking care of a client.
He was with us on that trip.
And of course Dennis McBride,
our awesome sales guy down in our Texas facility.
He was with us on that trip to Quebec.
It was a really good trip.
We were out there for four days,
but we weren't doing video on that trip.
So I think you are absolutely right on for bringing that up.
I think we should touch base with Prevost,
go out there with our marketing team
and do kind of a look at it from a Marathon perspective,
because you know you have to understand,
the Prevost chassis is built
for commercial reasons all over the world,
and from New York City municipal to Los Angeles municipal
to all of these entertainer coaches,
throughout the United States and North America.
Those coaches are all over,
Marathon and the luxury RV category
is such a small part of what Prevost does,
but it's also a big part,
is an integral part of their business.
So it would be really beneficial to go out there,
see it from a Marathon standpoint,
with the Marathon Monday crew and get a good look at it,
so we can show you guys just what's going on in Quebec.
And we got one more? Excellent.
- [Abigail] Yes. Brian Zincam.
Again, I hope you said your name right.
He just wants to know if this is a certified pre-owned
and I also wondered if we could go back out,
this is just for me. - Sure.
- [Abigail] If we could look at the paint one last time,
it's nice to get a full view.
- Abigail brings a good point.
We're gonna, we'll walk around it.
We'll take a look.
And Brian brings up a good point.
Brian's a very experienced RVer.
This is not a certified pre-owned,
because of its age, it's very difficult to certify it.
Because when you certify pre-owned a coach,
you wanna bring everything back up to,
I mean, you're pretty much reconditioning everything
for the next owner when it's pre-owned
and reconditioned certified.
Because this coach is 22 years old, it's very difficult.
Can you imagine having to go through this coach
and having to bring everything up
so that we could put a warranty on it and stand by it?
We would have to change so many different things
that it would be virtually a new coach
in a 24 year old chassis.
So anyway, not a certified pre-owned,
but yet a well-maintained Marathon coach.
Yeah, let's go outside and take a look.
- [Abigail] I like this paint.
- [Mal] Yeah, I like this paint too.
And as you can see, it's been well maintained.
One of the things that stands out
about a riveted coach for me,
is how the rivets responded to the paint.
And I'm gonna get a closer look here
and I see there's not a lot of popping.
I see that the paint is still good.
John, get a good close up of this row right here.
This will show you.
Those rivets and that paint,
24 years later have held quite well.
Not to say this, not to say this coach is not without flaws.
- [Abigail] Someone wants to know what kind
of motor this is Mal?
- It's a Detroit Diesel.
Absolutely.
So it's got the Detroit Series 60, I believe.
Anyway, if you need more details,
feel free to email me, but it does have the Detroit in it.
- [Abigail] That old school look.
- Yeah, it's just a really cool coach and it's a good value.
Priced right and if you're interested
in getting into it, like I said, email me.
Anyway, as we're out here on I-5,
gosh, look at this trailer John,
let's swing around and look at the trailer.
Also, look at all of the coaches that are out there.
And that's just a portion of Camp Marathon.
It's very cool.
We've got a lot of deliveries going on,
not just this week, but next.
So it's a good time to be here at the headquarters,
like I mentioned, our good friend, Kasey Hess,
one of our sales guys down in Florida
is here for one of his deliveries.
So yeah, be yourself and do good things.
Thank you so much for watching Marathon Mondays
and supporting the show.
We're coming into the summer.
Kids are getting outta school.
Everyone's starting to travel.
If you're looking to get into a Marathon,
maybe Coach 440 is for you.
So reach out to me and let's talk about it.
Take care, everybody.