New member looking for Bluebird

[jerry_94110]

Thanks Leroy for the lead.

Jerry Kocher
> San Francisco, CA
> 30' Airstream Travel Trailer
> Bluebird wanabe

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
wrote:
>
> There is a PT-40, blue and silver listed on Wanderlodge Owners
Online. It is located in WA. I ran into it while surfing
http://www.vintagebirds.com forum/other forum links then classifieds.
> Sorry, I do not know the web site for WOO.
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jerry_94110
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:22 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] New member looking for Bluebird
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am new to the group. I joined about a week ago and have
enjoyed
> reading all the messages. It is nice to see such an active group.
>
> I am currently in the market for PT36, 38 or 40. I think I am
> leaning more to the 36. With the blue and silver color scheme.
>
> I have been RV'ing since 1999 starting with an Airstream
trailer,
> then Airstream motorhome, then Beaver Motorhome, and then
Prevost
> H340 conversion and now back to an Airstream Trailer. Full
circle
> and burned a lot of $$$ doing it. I don't want much; I just want
a
> motorhome that will not fall apart. One that if I do go off road
> (Not 4x4'ing), the kitchen cabinets won't fall off the wall. So
this
> brings me to a Bluebird.
>
> I'm leaning towards the PT 36 due to its size, I know its only 4
> feet difference between the 36 and 40, but I had a 40' Prevost
and
> with the height and length, I felt like a bull in a china
cabinet.
>
> My question is if anyone knows the history (I know this is a far
> cry, but the "Blue Thunder" thread told me this is a small
> community) of the PT36 that Snyder RV in Virginia has for sale?
And
> is the 6V92 a good engine with enough power to push the PT36?
>
> I was burned when I purchased the Prevost. Ending up having to
spend
> close to $15k in the first year, because I was (lack of a better
> word) stupid and I don't want to make that mistake again.
>
> I am currently on the West cost and the coach is on the East
cost.
> Does anyone know of a service that will do a survey on a coach
> before you buy it? Sort of like the boating industries, there
are
> marine surveyors that check the entire boat out, are there RV
> surveyors?
>
> Apologies for being so long winded.
>
> Looking forward to being an active group member
>
> Jerry Kocher
> San Francisco, CA
> 30' Airstream Travel Trailer
> Bluebird wanabe
>
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