Special request for a Bird wannabe

[Don Bradner]

Guess I'll speak for myself on this one - thanks to Bruce for the intro.

I'm concentrating on the 90-94 years. I've been watching the market carefully
since around August 1, and I have a personal database built up from the various
sites showing 30 PT40s between 1988 and 1996. Since that point on a US swing we
visited Holland in Michigan, Snyder's in Virginia, Bleakley in Georgia, and
Motor Home Specialists in Texas, where we got to see a goodly number of Birds in
person.

Preference would be for mid-entry which would mean 1994 or later, unless they
did some custom prior to that. Since August 1, I'm only aware of one mid-entry
PT40 for sale, in Missouri. Listed at least since early July. On Friday, when I
became financially able to negotiate in earnest (a few months earlier than
expected, some things fell into place) I called the guy, and he sold it
Thursday.

The wife says "NO LAMINATE INTERIORS, WOOD ONLY" and that cuts the list exactly
in half. Budget removes 5 from my list - price too high to consider making an
insulting offer. $184K for a '94? $150K for a '90? I don't think so.

We are in California, so I give some preference to Birds in the west. There is a
'90 at Desert West in Phoenix that interests us, but I need some eyes-on with
it. I'm leaning towards using a professional inspection service, but I would
also love to get a PT40-savvy person to look at it. If there's someone who
combines both, I'd like to talk to them.

On 12/12/2006 at 3:26 AM Jay Darst wrote:

>Bruce,
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>I have been contacted by several owners interested in moving PT40's.
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>What years would he consider?
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>Jay Darst
>85PT40
>Springfield, IL
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>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
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>> Don Bradner has been posting in this forum. He is looking for a Bird.
>I
>> dont know if anyone else is familiar with Don but he owns the
>Datastorm
>> users forum and has written a lot of specialized software for RV
>> satellite internet owners. Don posts on a lot of RV forums about
>> satellite internet and is extermely knowledgeable. He has helped
>> thousands of RV owners. I am posting all of the above as I would love
>> to see him get some help from PT40 owners in this forum. Don would be
>a
>> natural BB owner. Perhaps one of us knows of a good PT 40 that is for
>> sale.
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>> Bruce 1988 FC35
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Don Bradner
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