a few quick BB questions

[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Tom Warner
wrote:
>
> Jon sometime in the middle 1970's the GMC motorhome set the worlds
> land speed record for motorhome and it still stands for Class A
> motorhomes. My understanding is that the motorhome had to be fully
> equipped just like it did when it was sold. I believe someone was
> sitting on the toilet when it approached 99MPH. Could be that the
> Bluebird engineers in all of their genius and wanting a really safe
> motorhome wanted to communicate with the person in the "loo" when
> they tried to crack that barrier. Could that be possible?
>
> tom warner
> Vernon Center,NY
> 1982 FC35
> 1985 PT40 with a phone in the "loo"
>
> At 08:49 PM 4/2/2006, you wrote:
> >--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "George Witt"
> ><mrdonut12@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > Bruce,
> > > You just really don't understand overkill, do you? :o)
> > > I swear, some of the Blue Bird Engineers must have worked
on
> >the
> > > space shuttle, they have so many backup systems.
> > > If you have 3 and lose one, it's not a trip-interrupting
event.
> > > You also get to have separate temperature controls for
> >different
> > > areas.
> > > Mine has the motor driven generator, I took it out and put
in a
> > > Xantex invertor/charger. The motor driven unit was the best
> > > technology available at the time. Many owners update things
with
> >that
> > > in mind on the updates, going to the best available when the
update
> >is
> > > done.
> > > Blue Bird's engineering motto was: If some is good, more
is
> > > better. ;o)
> > > My '81 is still an engineering marvel 25 years later and
has
> >many
> > > features even new "other brands" don't have.
> > > We had a little get-together here and had 5 Birds show
up. We
> > > all gave tours of our coaches and wowed the group with the cool
> > > features each one had. It's just amazing to see what they put
in
> > > these things.
> > > The one thing that stands out to me from a design
standpoint is
> > > that it all makes sense and whoever designed these things must
have
> > > used them a lot to come up with the neat ideas they had.
> > > One of my favorites is the ladder to the roof. The top
bars go
> > > over 5 feet onto the roof. This lets you get horizontal safely
> >before
> > > you hang one leg down searching for that first step on the
ladder.
> > > Every other ladder I've seen makes you try to find that
step
> > > while precariously perched almost upright with little to hang
onto.
> > > The more Birds you look at, the more awed you'll be by the
> >design.
> > >
> > > George Witt
> > > 81 FC 35
> > > Lincoln, Nebraska
> > >
> > >
> > > > Why do the older FC's have a 12.5 KW generator? Our Bounder DP
> >has a
> > > > 7.5 and it sure seems adequate. Why do they use the powerline
> >gen. as
> > > > well? Did all the FC's use the motor driven gen. or was it an
> >option?
> > > > Why do many BB's have 3 A/C's? Most coaches use 2 and I have
> >never
> > > > needed more. I just know that BB had a good reason for more.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks: Bruce
> > > >
> >
> >Question? why did they install a telephone in the bathroom? Was it
in
> >case the door got jamed and you couldn't open it from the inside?
> >
> >
> >Jon Lechich
> >1978 Wanderlodge
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Oh yes and one thing the engineers did forget in that area of
relief was a Bidet for our french owners. Hay that's a great idea
for all those fokes that use that expensive toilet paper made for
motor homes. Why didn't the design engineers think of that? Maybe I
should contact them and ask them why? Jon