eBay PT 40 - Anyone familiar?

[Henry Jay Hannigan]

I agree with Mike.....5-20K add to any bird u buy...unless u buy one
from a guy thats been thru it all and then sells.. I just put new
rear brakes and seals on my "new" 80 fc31 and am heading to
florida..in Kentucky now.
regards,
Hank Hannigan
90SP36
80FC31









In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hohnstein"
<MHOHNSTEIN@...> wrote:
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> Very major. Keep the cruise airs. Don't over look the rule of
thumb, ad $15/20k to any used BB for things that will need
attention. Most reliable shops will charge around $100 an hour to
work on a bird.
> MH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ryan Wright
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] eBay PT 40 - Anyone familiar?
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> Interesting - I was wondering about the A/C units, as the
description said 3
> but I couldn't see 3 on the roof. Now I know why.
>
> Would it be possible to convert to roof mount units without
extraordinary
> effort - is it likely the bus came pre-wired for that? Or would
this be a
> major undertaking?
>
> -Ryan
>
> On 8/31/06, Pete Masterson wrote:
> >
> > It looks fairly clean in the photos. The actual mechanical
condition
> > would be the most important aspect. Of course, with a 21-22
year old
> > coach, you can expect several maintenance items to be an issue
so
> > don't blow your budget buying the coach...
> >
> > An observation about the cruise air AC units ... they leave
the roof
> > 'clean' ... but take up a fair amount of basement storage
space. I
> > note that this coach has a roof pod for storage ... so it's
trading a
> > "clean" roof (no ACs) for a roof-pod storage ... not much gain
there
> > -- and the roof pod is far less convenient to access than is
basement
> > storage (IMHO). I've heard others criticize the cruise airs on
> > operational grounds, but I have no personal experience on that
point.
> >
> > Pete Masterson
> > aeonix1@...
> > '95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 4203
> > El Sobrante, CA
> >
> >
> > On Aug 31, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Ryan Wright wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have insight into this coach located in Tampa,
FL?
> > >
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
> > > ViewItem&item=190024521209&indexURL=3
> > >
> > > I have a dialog going with the seller (owner's agent).
Curious if
> > > anyone is familiar with this one, or can offer any advice.
(I've
> > > bought multiple vehicles over the Internet before and am
familiar with
> > > common sense practices regarding money transfers, etc).
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > -Ryan
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