Wannabes, Gonnabes - Birds for Sale

[Scott]

Mike, just want to say thanks for including RUBY in your comments.

As you and I have discussed in the past many of the coaches sitting
on used car lots, "some" dealers lots etc have potential issues that
either the previous owner did not know, certainly the car lot does
not know (he prolly bought it wholesale) and folks buying them
quickly come to realization Birds can be expensive. But they got a
great "deal" and now are an owner.

For the folks looking for a BlueBird, candidly, there is some merit
to buying from the individual who has PROPERLY maintained their
coach. These owners generally would not hesitate to take their coach
on a trip at a moments notice because they know things are in order.
Also I would think forum members will point out short commings (aka
fixes, blemishes) because they are a member of this communtity. Also,
each coach has a personality that only the previous owner can
describe. I wish I had that on mine..I would not have spent two days
finding the check valve in the water inlet was backwards! :>)..

Big KUDOS for the owners and moderators for keeping up with this
forum and being the classy guys they are (heck I know most of em) and
helping out perfect strangers cause we all have something in common.
So folks looking should find an internet rally close by and go to
look and ask tons of questions. I know Tom came to Maxton..I bet he
learned volumes about FC's SP's and PT's Lxi's they were all there.

All of this said BlueBird is a fine machine. Generally get ohhhs and
ahhhs whether new or early 80's...and YES some of the older girls can
still dance!

Scott B
86FC35
SC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@...>
wrote:
>
> I hope this does not sound like an ad, because I have no personal
> vested interest in anything that I am about to say, but I see a lot
of
> our new and welcome "wannabes" and "gonnabes" posting lately about
> looking at unknown (to our membership) or dubious quality Birds.
>
> I want to remind potential buyers that there are several members
with
> Birds for sale right now that are known to be very well cared for
> Birds. I believe that buying a well cared for Bird from a
> knowledgeable forum member may keep your hidden start-up costs
> *substantially* down. There are some great buys on Birds out there
> right now from:
> - Hank Hannigan 90sp36 *and* 80fc31
> - Scott Bishop 86FC35
> - Tom Meservey 81FC33
> - Mike Hohnstein 74FC31
> - Harvey Lawrence 84PT40
>
> These are just the ones I remember off the top of my head, but I
know
> there are others recently listed by our members, as well as some in
> the For Sale database on the WanderlodgeForum site
> (http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wand.../database?
method=reportRows&tbl=8).
> Some of these Birds listed above seem very attractively priced to
me.
>
> The common denominator is that if you search the forum archives you
> will find that the Birds I noted are all owned by people that are
> knowledgeable and picky about having everything "just right".
Buying
> the right starter Bird will long outlast the immediate victory of
> having bought the cheapest Bird available.
>
> Just a thought....... off soapbox, FWIW, YMMV, etc., etc.
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX
>