1991 Sidney Clark Wanderlodge

[mbulriss]

David,

The Royale conversions have always been described to me as a
"handfull" of coaches in the 90-91 era? As I understand it, it was
kind of an experiment to see if there was a market for BB shell
conversions where quality convertors built out the interiors (like
Prevost conversions). I would gladly defer to a BB historian like
Jeff Miller or Harvey Lwarence for input here.

I have no knowledge of Royale doing any conversions in the '02
timeframe, so I would think your interior was ordered by someone that
liked that particular style. Remember, Wanderlodges were usually made
to order in that timeframe. As an example, the interior in my 1991 is
one of only 3 to 4 (or less) ever made by BB according to Bennie. The
only bedroom/bath arrangement I have ever seen like it was in a Newell
(which I generally don't care for overall, but I do like the features
incorporated in the Bird). The bath has the sink and vanity in the
center of the isle facing forward, a large shower on the passenger
side, a private wc/john room on the driver side, and you can enter the
bedroom from either side of the vanity. Makes for a very private
bedroom, which we like. The woodwork in my coach is very much like
the rich looking woodwork in Sid's Royale conversion. I have the
original build sheets on our 91 and there were lots of owner changes.
You could get virtually whatever you wanted in them back then.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" - a unique one!
San Antonio, TX

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, David Brady wrote:
>
> Mike, this is interesting news to me. Do you know how many
> BB's Royale converted and when the last was done. I ask
> because the interior of my '02 LXi is an exact duplicate of
> a Royale interior I once saw inside a Royale Prevost. Could it
> be possible that Royale did my interior?
>
> David Brady
> '02 LXi, Smokey, Va
>
> mbulriss wrote:
>
> >Michael,
> >
> >Welcome to the forum. Sid's coach is one of the relatively rare
> >Royale conversions of a Wanderlodge from the early 90s. It is a side
> >isle bath model which makes for a very private 'master' bedroom. The
> >interior was very elegant with rich hardwoods. It is a really nice
> >coach. Like most coaches, it had a few things that needed fixing, but
> >nothing major that I know of. Ralph Fullenwider did a PDI for another
> >member, so he may have more particulars to add, but this is a nice
> >coach. Sid was a miantanence tech for the USPS and he was always
> >
>
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date:
2/17/2006
>