Odd 1979
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01-28-2007, 05:13
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Odd 1979
I think the tense is the "Odd" part.
"I AM SELLING IT FOR A FRIEND OF MINE" "WE KNOW WE HAVE MISSED SOME THINGS" "SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WHILE TRAVELING" "JUST GIVE US A CALL" Maybe owned by a Siamese Twin?? bob janes, greenville, SC --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, ebirder2000@... wrote: > > > I guess you can call this coach an oddity, but the design was intentional. I > do not believe this is a pusher chassis. Remembering that 1979 was pre > pusher, what Blue Bird did was stack a second FC frame on top of the original. > There are a number of advantages to this design the major one is that the wheel > "humps" are eliminated which makes for a nice flat floor throughout the coach. > BB did not take too much advantage of the flat floor though as the floor > plans remained pretty much the same as other FC's. Another nicety is that the > outside accessible storage compartments have a lot more room. Since the 1979 > the coaches had leaf spring suspension there must be a huge amount of room, > almost standing room, to work under the coach. Even my "Normal" 79 has far more > room under it than air suspension 80s models. There must be at least one more > entrance step added. > > The bumpers for the XV's are huge. They are also double stacked. Most seem > to be painted. having had three bumpers chromed in the last four years at over > a thousand $ plus per bumper, I think I understand why. Just finding a > chromer with a large enough tank could be a problem. > > These coaches are certainly somewhat rare but there are several on the > market, reasonably priced at this time. It has been my observation that about half > of these coaches have been upgraded with the 250 hp engines as has mine. I > believe that BB made a number of after market turbo engine upgrades. I would be > somewhat leary of a replaced/upgraded dash. In 79 BB did not perform the > finest of electrical work under dash. It would be something to look at anyway. > > Steve Anderson > 79 FC 35 (not an XV) > Poulsbo, Wa. > > > > > > In a message dated 1/27/2007 9:17:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, > kerry.edwards@... writes: > > > > > _http://cgi.ebay.http://cgi.ebayhttp://cg...i.http://_ > (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1979-Wand...rd-Bus-RV-) > MotorHome_W0QQcmdZVMotorHome_W0QQcmMotorHome_W0QQcmMotorHome_W0QQcmMot orH > Z1QQsspagenameZWDVW > > Can anyone explain this oddity? How many FC's did Wanderlodge make on > 'pusher chassis'? > > Kerry > 82 Fc 35 > Denver > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > |
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Odd 1979 - davidkerryedwards - 01-27-2007, 17:16
Odd 1979 - ebirder2000@... - 01-27-2007, 22:13
Odd 1979 - Stephen Birtles - 01-28-2007, 00:09
Odd 1979 - one_dusty_hoot - 01-28-2007 05:13
Odd 1979 - Lawrence Thornell - 01-28-2007, 06:06
Odd 1979 - Mike Hohnstein - 01-28-2007, 06:15
Odd 1979 - ebirder2000@... - 01-28-2007, 07:31
Odd 1979 - Lawrence Thornell - 01-28-2007, 08:40
Odd 1979 - one_dusty_hoot - 01-28-2007, 13:12
Odd 1979 - Lawrence Thornell - 01-28-2007, 14:55
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