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01-25-2008, 01:43

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From: "billgaramella@yahoo.com"

To: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"

Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:27 AM

Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re:1997 PT 40 Runs on Waste Vegetable Oil

That is a BMC look how small the bay doors are and the

engine radiator opening.

Bob Loomas 1985 PT 36

Are you sure?

Looks like a Wanderlodge PT 40 to me. See the photos and read the description.

http://tinyurl.com/2o9qpt

Bill and Lisa
BILLISA Adventures LLC
1983 WL FC-35 SB "Coach

--- In "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com", "Michael Brody" <mibrody@...<WBR>> wrote:
>
> That's a BMC 40'. The trip was chronicled a little over a year ago. Apparently the
coach was damaged a bit getting around the tight areas to pick up oil when bringing it
home from the northwest..
>
> Looks good now.
>
> Mike
> '97 BMC 40'
>
> Michael Brody
> P.O. Box 281
> Dresher, PA 19025
> (V) 215-572-0663
> (F) 215-572-6992
>

01-25-2008, 01:50

Oppps -- I guess you would know, It looks like you own a 1997 BMC.

Sorry about that.

Bill

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Brody" <mibrody@...> wrote:
>
> That's a BMC 40'. The trip was chronicled a little over a year ago.
Apparently the
coach was damaged a bit getting around the tight areas to pick up oil when
bringing it
home from the northwest..
>
> Looks good now.
>
> Mike
> '97 BMC 40'
>
> Michael Brody
> P.O. Box 281
> Dresher, PA 19025
> (V) 215-572-0663
> (F) 215-572-6992
>

01-25-2008, 02:09

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Garamella"
wrote:

I am grateful for these forums. Every day I learn something new about the Birds.

Its a little confusing. I did not know that the BMCs also used the Wanderlodge
name.

> Oppps -- I guess you would know, It looks like you own a 1997 BMC.

> Sorry about that.
>
> Bill
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Brody" <mibrody@> wrote:
> >
> > That's a BMC 40'. The trip was chronicled a little over a year ago.
Apparently the
> coach was damaged a bit getting around the tight areas to pick up oil when
bringing it
> home from the northwest..
> >
> > Looks good now.
> >
> > Mike
> > '97 BMC 40'
> >
> > Michael Brody
> > P.O. Box 281
> > Dresher, PA 19025
> > (V) 215-572-0663
> > (F) 215-572-6992
> >
>

01-25-2008, 07:42

When Stevie Adler picked up the coach in the Northwest, he was on the forum asking all kinds of questions. When he returned to Providence, he posted pix of the damage, looking for a place top get it repaired.

It is a BMC 40'.

Mike

'97 BMC 40'

Michael Brody
P.O. Box 281
Dresher, PA 19025
(V) 215-572-0663
(F) 215-572-6992

01-25-2008, 09:27

I saw a photo of the owner "dumpster diving" for his waste oil---I'll pass

Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Weatherford, Tx

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01-25-2008, 12:01

On Jan 24, 2008 7:45 PM, Leroy Eckert wrote:
>
> I did not read the Q and A's. When I got to the part that stated something
> like they took up a collection of money from the children to get home I got
> hot. That goes to the cheap movement for sure.

No, it goes to the idiot movement. Honestly, who buys a six figure
coach and goes on a trip without enough money to see it through, has
to max out their credit cards, and then borrow money from their 6 year
old - and all that with no fuel costs?! While I suspect the last part
was a joke, I'm fairly certain the first isn't. To me, that's just
asinine. Unexpected events happen but the whole story reeks of a lack
of preparation and common sense.

It's hard to have compassion for a guy with a self described "luxury
motor coach" who complains about money.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92

01-25-2008, 14:02

Take a close look at the front (photo 11 of 23, I think -- short term
memory is shot) and the rear -- looks more like the BMC. Also, the
"PT-40" was gone in 1997, only 41 and 43' models with DD series 60
were offered. I note that this one claims to have a Cummins engine --
and that's the engine used in a BMC.

However, the BB family resemblance is unmistakable.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
aeonix1@...

On Jan 25, 2008, at 6:27 AM, Bill Garamella wrote:

> Are you sure?
>
> Looks like a Wanderlodge PT 40 to me. See the photos and read the
> description.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2o9qpt
>
> Bill and Lisa
> BILLISA Adventures LLC
> 1983 WL FC-35 SB "Coach
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Brody"
> <mibrody@...> wrote:
>>
>> That's a BMC 40'. The trip was chronicled a little over a year
>> ago. Apparently the
> coach was damaged a bit getting around the tight areas to pick up
> oil when bringing it
> home from the northwest..
>>
>> Looks good now.
>>
>> Mike
>> '97 BMC 40'
>>
>> Michael Brody
>> P.O. Box 281
>> Dresher, PA 19025
>> (V) 215-572-0663
>> (F) 215-572-6992
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

01-25-2008, 14:03

And, you have to scrounge for waste cooking oil, too!

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
aeonix1@...

On Jan 25, 2008, at 6:34 AM, erniecarpet@... wrote:

> BMC---scroll down the pictures to the front of the coach. At 500
> bucks a day, plus 15 bucks an hour for generator use, this seems
> kinda pricey to me. just my opinionated opinion, of course
>

01-25-2008, 14:10

The BMC (Bluebird Motor Coach) -is- a Wanderlodge. The body is a Blue
Bird Coachworks body. The chassis, however, was not a Blue Bird bus
chassis, but was from one of the other chassis manufacturers.
(Spartan, I think, but someone else probably knows for sure.) The
Vintage Birds site shows the BMC introduced in 1995 (as a "lower
priced" Wanderlodge) and gone from the line-up in 1998.

History questions are often answered on the Vintage Birds web site
<http://www.vintagebirds.com> Click on the link to History. There's a
chart showing the model changes through the years.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
aeonix1@...

On Jan 25, 2008, at 7:09 AM, Bill Garamella wrote:

> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Garamella"
> wrote:
>
> I am grateful for these forums. Every day I learn something new
> about the Birds.
>
> Its a little confusing. I did not know that the BMCs also used the
> Wanderlodge name.

01-25-2008, 15:07

There is a movie of him sucking WVO from several different containers. Its not
very
appealing... Imagine a giant giant Lipo sucker!

Even he is grossed out when a small amount of it spills in one of the basement
bays!

Check it out. http://www.liquidsolarpower.com/