buyer beware

[Gardner Yeaw]

JEH,
I bought a '78FC33 for a low price and it will never be a
pristine perfect coach, but it runs great. I am fixing things as I
find them at my leasure. If you are handy you can do most things by
yourself and not incur big expenses. If you want to hire others to
do the work, get out your checkbook.

There are many good vintage Birds on the market, and new ones
show up pretty regular. You might ask why? Often it is because the
owners have aged out, or they just want to upgrade. If they remain
on the market for a very long time they are probably overpriced, or
in much worse shape than the advertisement states.

Keep looking. There are bargens out there for the well informed.
Complete service records are a good indicator of a well maintained
coach. There are, however, no garuntees.

Gardner
78FC33


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "bluebirdsp36"
wrote:
>
> JEH,
>
> Don't give up yet! Several years ago, I bought a nice 79 FC-33
from
> Bleakley in Atlanta for $20k. It had 120k miles and was in
beautiful
> shape. We took many trips with no problems over two years. We
spent
> about $10k on improvements and sold it for $32k. Bleakley was
asking
> $35k but I offered $20k and he took it. Offen times a dealer will
> wholesale one out if it sits too long on the lot. They usually
have
> very little invested in a trade-in that old.
>
> Paul Cunningham
> '90 SP-36
> Virginia
>
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "bubblerboy64"
> wrote:
> >
> > Mike, That's the kind of information I need to hear. I was
looking at
> > some older NA coaches and it seemed to me that $30k might do it.
> > Apparently not? I am just trying to gather together an idea of
what
> > is involved. I was thinking that perhaps paying $20 or about
that and
> > figuring another $10k might do it. I am not going to be able to
> > invest $60K. I just would not get my moneys worth for what I
would
> > be using the coach for. I am not looking for a 10 out of 10. But
I
> > was thinking that for $30K a guy could have a very presentable
BB
> > which was solid. If you are telling me you bought the best
you've
> > seen and still needed to spend another $45k doing the labor
yourself
> > I pretty well better forget it. JEH
>