Wanderlodge Trivia Question

[mbulriss]

Thanks Guys!

Greg, I have long been a fan of "Fractured Fairy Tales" and "Hysterical History" on a Saturday morning!

And Bruce's description of riding the Chicken bus brings to mind visuals of the scene of the bus ride to Cartegena in "Romancing the Stone".

LOL! A good way to start any morning....

Speaking of the BB goat rails, some of us noted at the last Lone Star Birds rally that there was a fairly new Country Coach in the RV park with what appeared to be an excellent copy of the goat rails surrounding it's roof line. Too bad the Wanderlodges lost that unique trademark during the last two ownership periods......

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" - with the official BB goat rails
San Antonio, TX


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor" wrote:
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> Mike,
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> One possibility is the BlueBird engineere Mr. Geote' Rajhl who was
> credited with the Wanderlodge style made the functional design
> feature a recognizable trade mark for the bus. At RV shows across
> the county the Wanderlodge owners would unvail the bus to a clicking
> clock and announce to the astonished crowd that the bus was an
> original Geote' Rajhl.
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> It was at a Texas RV show, "Houston Tractor and Campers 1964" that a
> newlywed local couple (Jack and Liz Something) coined the phrase we
> now have.
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> "I think he said it has an origional goat rail? put in an origional
> washer and dryer then I'll buy one."
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> GregoryO'Connor
> 94ptRomolandCa
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" mbulriss@
> wrote:
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> > Where did the phrase "goat rails" originate, to describe the roof
> rails?
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> > OBTW, I don't have an answer....... I'm wondering.
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> > Mike Bulriss
> > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> > San Antonio, TX
> >
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