1991 40' WLWB

[mbulriss]

Dave,

In a word: Yes. My term "garden bath" = "pass through" bath.
Specifically, that's when you can see all the way through the bathroom
area from the front of the coach and see the bed. (I'm not even sure
garden bath was an official BB term, but it was a 'marketing' term I
picked up from BB salesmen.)

I believe you have the rest correct also. The "side aisle" is when
you have to go along one outer wall of the coach after passing through
the kitchen area and you then go along that outer wall to reach the
bathroom and then the bedroom. There will be only one outer wall
aisle, but it can be on either side of the coach. (Note: I have never
seen or heard of one with two full side aisles as it would have been a
tremendous waste of space for the bathroom.)

The "Y" bath (for want of better term) is when you look down the
center of the coach from the front and see the bathroom sink/vanity.
Then as you go through the bath area and pass the vanity/sink, you can
go either to the right *and/or* to the left through separate entrance
aisles to the bedroom. Each of those aisles has a pocket door to
close off bedroom access. That's the model layout with a total build
population (*ever*) of no more than 4, per factory sources.

Check the pictures of my coach again if this is not clear. I added
them to the forum Photo Albumns in an albumn named "Mike & Sue Bulriss
- Texas Minivan" with descriptions on the pictures.

Feel free to call me with any other questions.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "fanfor35"
wrote:
>
> Thanks Mike. Is what you refer to as the "garden bath" what I see in
> many ads referred to as a "pass through" bath? Assuming that's the
> case, the side aisle bath was the only other option except in what
> seems like a few very rare Birds that had baths in the center and an
> aisle to the bedroom on either side of the vanity/sink area. Is that
> right?
>
> I guess what I'm asking is there's no way I could confuse the
> garden/pass-through bath with the y bath? I know what I'm looking at
> is not a side aisle, and I know it has entrance aisles on either side
> into the bedroom.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave George
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > I responded to you offline with my phone number. For the benefit of
> > the forum members, I will repeat some of what I mentioned to you in
> my
> > offline email, as well as other information.
> >
> > If I understand your description properly, you are looking at a very
> > rare Bird layout. What I refer to as a "Y" shaped bathroom with two
> > entrances into the bedroom from either side of the vanity and sink
> > area, apparently exists in no more than four Birds ever built. I
> have
> > one of those layouts and we love it. Bennie Collier, former
> Customer
> > Service Guru from the factory, told me he did not think that BB ever
> > made more than 2. In fact, he was able to describe mine back to me
> > from memory! The prior owner of my coach claims to have identified
> > four. No one from the factory has been able to verify that for me.
> >
> > We like the fact that there is total privacy in the bedroom area,
> even
> > without the need to close the pocket doors on those two side
> aisles.
> > We had a 1983 PT prior to our 91 and we had the private street side
> > bathroom. With the advent of the wide-body Bird, I never really
> cared
> > for the pass-thru 'garden bath' that had to be totally closed off to
> > use it if other people were on-board. The "Y" bathroom gives you a
> > private water closet (toilet), which you don't have in the pass-thru
> > bath. If you have guests, you don't have to worry about them
> needing
> > the bathroom in the middle of the night and disturbing you. The
> > additional closets behind the vanity area further muffle noise from
> > the front, provide lots of storage and are easier to access than the
> > rear hanging closet behind the bed.
> >
> > If we had not found ours, a side aisle would have been a good second
> > choice for us.
> >
> > Mike Bulriss
> > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> > San Antonio, TX
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "George, David"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Newbie looking at a 1991 WLWB with 75,000 miles. It has the split
> > > bathroom, where there are small aisles on either side leading to
> the
> > > bedroom. I think I like the side aisle configuration better, but
> don't
> > > know enough about it to know why.
> > >
> > > I'm looking for advice/opinions/input on the advantages and
> > > disadvantages of each configuration.
> > >
> > > Which configuration came standard with the 1991??
> > >
> > > Thank you all.
> > >
> > > Dave George
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>