Phil,
As a reference, we paid $42K for our 1996, 9-year old build coach. This is a one off coach built by the guy we bought it from. He built it for himself and his wife and used it for 7-years (parked it for 2) before selling it due to an illness. These coaches are a little risky since you really have to look them over on build quality. After owning it for almost two years now I'd say it was worth it for us and hopefully we can get our money back out of it some day. We were primarily looking at motor homes at the time in this price range when we found this coach locally. It sounds like you have more money available and can go after a production unit but I wouldn't rule out a custom one if you can really look it over. Our rig was already registered as a motor home which also helped matters.
Rolling the Dice: We did have to put around $8K in our front axle assembly after the first trip out. It's a long story but things worked out and this is when I discovered we're not the only ones dealing with front axle weight.
Sorry I don't have many interior pictures. The only thing we don't like on the inside is the carpet.
bushpilot really seems to know his stuff and has good advice. His rig looks pretty good too.
Like you though I'm a little bit scared about total length. We're around 69' with our 24' trailer and although we haven't had a problem yet I really want a 28' stacker and am scared to buy one and go bigger. I guess that's another discussion for another thread.
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