This 1993 Ford F-350 Trailblazer Revcon Is a Modern Motorhome in Vintage Disguise

This is a Revcon Trailblazer, or a Ford F-350 Trailblazer Revcon by its full name, a motorhome conversion that was in production between 1992 and the early 2000s. The Revcon company shuttered in 2009 but stopped making these beasts years before that, sometime in 2004.

Only 67 of these motorhomes were ever made, and all of them found an owner right away. The initial marketing for the Trailblazer claimed this was "the greatest thing to happen to the automotive industry since the Model T" that offered the "wow factor" as a standard feature. It also claimed that the world had finally been offered an off-road motorhome that "anyone" could afford.

It's safe to say that two of these statements required a grain of salt, but one was accurate: the Trailblazer did come with in-built wow factor, from the six wheels to the residential and luxurious interior that was packed with amenities and offered sleeping for as many as four people. This and the off-road touted capabilities made the Trailblazer into a standout motorhome worthy of the name.

One of these Trailblazers is now for sale, which is a rare opportunity in itself. Unit number 13, which has had only two owners since delivery, has emerged for sale out of Chicago, IL, asking a hair under $125,000. That's a lot of money to pay for a 1993 motorhome, but as it turns out, this one has been rigged to hide a modern, smart, ultra-efficient home with extended autonomy under that vintage appearance.

Indeed, it seems that the unit listed for sale is the same one that's been featured on one of the most popular tiny living-focused video platforms last year. At the time, J.P. Smith, the second owner, was only one year into the ownership and had already made significant changes to rig. He was planning to make even more to further render it into a most comfortable home on wheels.

The listing doesn't mention a reason for selling, nor does it need to. It notes that the "unique" 6-wheel 4x4 comes with 30,000 miles (48,280 km) on the odometer because the original owner didn't do as much traveling with it as he'd probably have liked and kept it in the garage for more than two decades.

Power comes from a 460 cu. in. (7.5-liter) Ford big block V8 engine, and the unit has the original 30-gallon (113.5-liter) black water tank and a 45-gallon (170-liter) one for fresh. The layout is unchanged, with the exception of the former dinette at the rear, which has been converted into the main bedroom slash lounge room.

Smith also converted the cabover bed into a storage area and removed the rear seats in the cabin to make room for more storage. By the side of the former cabover bed, he extended the kitchen with a nook that holds "more important" appliances like a coffee maker and an ice maker.

He also put in new floors and added appliances in the kitchen, integrating them into the old cabinets, to keep the vintage vibe. For that same reason, he kept the original upholstery on the second dinette but added a large monitor on a swivel arm so that the space doubles as his office.

Other changes include modernizing the kitchen with a new countertop and replacing the gas stove with a removable induction top, and putting solar cells on the roof, on a custom metal decking. The 2,300W of solar panels and a 3,000W inverter allow him to run everything inside on solar, including a mini-split that does double duty as AC and heater.

Smith also turned the motorhome smart for extra efficiency and convenience, so he can shut off everything at night or when he steps out for a hike, pull down the blinds with a single command, or start the water heater. When he allowed cameras inside his rig in 2023, he said he could go completely off-grid for up to two weeks by himself, and that included taking showers almost daily.

At the time, Smith lived in his Trailblazer full-time, but clearly, something has changed about his circumstances. Whether he's able to sell his rig or not for the amount he's asking, he's not lying when he says that whoever buys it will own "a piece of history."

Revcon's roots actually go back to the late '60s and Airstream, as the company was founded by John Hall, who was the stepson of Airstream founder Wally Byam. Dissatisfied with how motorhomes handled rougher usage or the test of time, Hall created his own but drew heavily on Airstreams for inspiration. After all, he'd worked there for close to two decades.

The first Revcon came out in 1968, and the name stood for "Revolutionary Concept." Revcons were in production until 1990. At the time the company shut down, it had been in talks with Ray Novelli of Off-Road Motorcoach Inc. for a motorhome called Goliath. In 1992, Novelli bought Revcon and, allegedly using engineers that had worked with the first iteration of the company, created the Revcon All-Terrain Motorcoach, which was later renamed Trailblazer Revcon.

Initially advertised as an off-highway motorhome, Novelli's ambitions later saw him describe the Trailblazer as an extreme offroader that could go where any offroader went – except more slowly. That's not surprising since the Trailblazer was 30 feet (9.1 meters) long, 10.6 feet (3.2 meters) high, and 8 feet (2.4 feet) wide, weighing more than 12,000 lbs (5,443 kg) empty.

The "world's only all-terrain motorcoach," which is another way in which the Trailblazer was advertised, started at $180,000 upon its introduction in 1992. That's almost $403,000 in today's money, so hardly the definition of "affordable." By comparison, unit number 13's asking is "affordable."

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