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Confused
08-06-2006, 22:43
Post: #4
Confused
Actually air suspension was a mid-year change for the 1980 models.
By what I have been able to tell I believe that this change was
around March or so of 1980. I have one of the first if not the
prototype for air suspension and it was manufactured in March of
1980. Mine has a few differences in the system including a valve
that no other units have plus I have had several ex-BB employees
look at it who think that it may have been a working prototype for
the air suspension....

John Stiles
1980 33FC
"My Navion"



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> 1980 and later have air springs. See
<http://www.vintagebirds.com>
> and click on the link to history. You can get a rundown of the
basic
> specs for each year (some years are better documented than
others).
> There's always a possibility that an "early" 'bird in the model
year
> may not have all the same features... that is, a 1980 might have
leaf
> springs if it was a chassis that was late through the production
line
> from '79.
>
> It is unlikely that a "1981" has leaf springs... it's probably
a '79
> or early '80 instead of an '81.
>
> Pete Masterson
> aeonix1@...
> '95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 4203
> El Sobrante, CA
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 3, 2006, at 5:55 PM, Gardner Yeaw wrote:
>
> > I was looking at a 1981 FC35 on e-bay, but it has a 1980 paint
scheme
> > and leaf springs. I thought air suspension was standard on BB's
in
> > 1981 and the paint scheme was different.
> >
> > Gardner, hesitant wanabe
> >
>
>
>
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>
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Confused - Gardner Yeaw - 08-03-2006, 12:55
Confused - Gardner Yeaw - 08-03-2006, 14:07
Confused - Pete Masterson - 08-03-2006, 14:59
Confused - John Stiles - 08-06-2006 22:43



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