jeff miller in MI?

[John Stiles]

March 1980 was the cut-over to airbags......


John Stiles
1980 33FC
"My Navion"

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> Precisely. That is _exactly_ what I was saying. The 1980 model
year
> was when BB introduced air bag suspension. Coaches built early in
> that model year (i.e. December 79) do not have air bags. So, the
> change was a "mid-year" implementation. Someone checking the
Vintage
> Birds web site would see that the 1980 model coaches
have "Ridewell
> Air Suspension" but that doesn't apply to coaches built early in
the
> model year. (Keep in mind, in the automotive business, "model
years"
> tend to run from September through August.)
>
> Pete Masterson
> aeonix1@...
> '95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
> El Sobrante, CA
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Henry Jay Hannigan wrote:
>
> > ---PETE:
> >
> > My 1980 fc31 was built in DEC79 and does NOT have air bags like u
> > said.
> >
> > lol
> > Hank
> > 90SP36\80FC31
> >
> >
> > In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
> > wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >> BB has introduced many major changes in mid-model-year
revisions,
> > so
> >> (for example) when the suspension was changed to air bags in
> > 1980,
> >> some "early" 1980 coaches might have been built with spring
> > suspension.
> >>
> >> Pete Masterson
> >> aeonix1@
> >> '95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
> >> El Sobrante, CA
> >>
>
>
>
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