Need some air ride seats

[bubblerboy64]

Chris, When you mentioned the number of $6000 in your first post I
think we all had similar thoughts. Hoping against hope that you in
fact would be finding something different then what you did. Be
philosophical about it and move forward. If you check the Bill Board
you can get a sense of what these BB's are selling for. You'll either
get one already pretty well fixed up or buy one that needs work. In
the end I believe most of the fellows would agree that its going to
take about $25K to have a "nice" FC. If you want show room perfect
more and less for a diamond in the ruff but you get the picture. You
might "luck in" to something nice under $20K but if you do you better
be ready to move quickly. There are a couple pretty nice looking
coaches listed on the Bill Board so you might do some talking to the
owners and perhaps feel and touch to get some idea or what is out
there. I've had travel trailers and 5th wheels and they each have
their advantages. Never owned a Class C so can't ditto Greg's
suggestion but he seems to know what he is talking about so I'd
consider that as well.

John Heckman
central Pa
1973 FC




>
> Hi Gregory,
> Thanks for this advice. I will have to use it. I had an unfortunate
> experience with trying to buy the old bluebird. The Used car sales
> man at Big Bobs RV said some repairs are needed. Well this was the
> understatement. It was a trash heap with a good engine. I will go
> into more details in a later posting. Even the sales man admitted
> they put it up for auction because those bidding on it could not
tell
> the real problem. It was like a cabin in the woods that someone
left
> the windows open for the last 15 years.
>
> I will still get an RV but this time I will be more cautious :-)
> Hope you have a Wonderful day,
> Chris
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
> wrote:
> >
> > Chris, on many bigrigs the seat is a seat. the pedistal is
> > stationary or airride. used airride pedistals are about $50. at
Big
> > truck wrecking yards. You will notice that Bigrig airride seats
or
> > pedistals have a forward and back float (adjustable)to hold the
> > driver stationary when the rig jerks through the gears. You
then
> > need to find air to run the seat. The cat compressor builds air
> for
> > front brakes, rearbrakes and auxillary purpose. the three are
> > isolated so failure with one will not render the other useless.
be
> > shure to hookup to the correct port. Remember that when the air
> > bleeds down the seat loses height and bounce. There are some
> > spring loaded pedistals out there with adjustable spring
tensioners
> > on juice brake (hydrolic) trucks that may work well to make her
> > comfortable.
> >
> > There is more to repowering (replacing the engine with faster)
then
> > you think. I look at the $ variable first when making a upgrade
> > decision. A good used diesel engine worthy to pull a FC cost
about
> > $10,000.00 then you need a new trans and driveline. The guy you
> > bought the bus from just completed the most cost effective first
> > step in making the bus go faster. Save the sign.
> >
> > GregoryO'Connor
> > 94ptRomolandCa
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Cris Wiedaman"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > My wife is ill with a muscular/nerve dissorder and 6 hurniated
> > disks.
> > > We want to ba able to go on vacation with our dog and 2 year
old.
> > So, I
> > > found an RV that I could afford which happens to be a '78
> > Bluebird. I
> > > do not know the shape of everything in it but am convinced that
I
> > can
> > > make it work for us.
> > >
> > > I am looking for atleast 2 AirRide seats to replace the ones in
> > the
> > > front and possibly 2 additional ones in back where there is a
> > bench at
> > > this time. I'm located in Cincinnati OH and I believe there to
be
> > a
> > > junk yard somewhere north of me that would have such seats but
> > have no
> > > clue how to contact them. Does anyone have any ideas?
> > > Thanks and have a grate day,
> > > Chris Wiedamann
> > > '78 Bluebird
> > >
> > > PS. Any other suggestions for me would be most apriciated
> > >
> >
>