Odd 1979

[Lawrence Thornell]

I was in this coach approximately 10 years ago. Joe was particularly proud
of the dash change. As a whole the coach was quite nice. I certainly can't
vouch for condition of the coach but at the time Joe was a strong advocate
of the merits of the XV. AT the time I had a 78 XV, we thank the first XV
and the only 33'. If you want an older FC look at an XV, among other things
no need to raise the generator, more storage, and you don't have to close
your curtains since no one could look in anywhere but the windshield.
LT 90 SP in Eclectic, AL
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Steve Anderson
> 79 FC 35 (not an XV)
> Poulsbo, Wa.
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> In a message dated 1/27/2007 9:17:13 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> kerry.edwards@... writes:
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> Can anyone explain this oddity? How many FC's did Wanderlodge make on
> 'pusher chassis'?
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> Kerry
> 82 Fc 35
> Denver
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