potential owner information

[Jana Ewart]

we have a 40' 89 widebody -- we will be at Alamo Lake (about 70 mi
from Quartzite) until the end of April. You are more than welcome to
come see our Bird. We full-time and are volunteering at the lake for
the winter.
Jana and Mike Ewart

On 1/5/10, Peter/Beth Sanderson wrote:
> Rob Robinson...thank you for the kind invitation regarding Quartzite.
> unfortunately we won't be through there until the 2nd Feb or so. we have
> grandchildren birthday parties to get past this next two weeks before we can
> leave. will you still be there?
>
> Peter Sanderson
> Comox Valley, BC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Robinson
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 3:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: potential owner information
>
>
>
> Peter and Beth come to Quartzsite and see all the birds you want. Don
> Bradner gave you the link in his post that will provide you with all the
> info. You won't be disappointed. We've owned a bird for over five years now
> and fulltime. My wife Sue and I are from Victoria BC. Come over to Q and
> we'll introduce you to some very nice folks
>
>
>
> 2010/1/4 xz3kg7
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>
> Hi Peter and Beth,
>
> i bought an 87fc35 3-4 years ago. it is the 300hp 3208 turbo. i read
> about every post on here i could find before i bought it. i've put about
> 30,000 miles on mine since i bought it... so it gets pretty good use and
> reliability has been good too (although you need to be mechanically minded
> for an older bird like these).
>
> i have been very happy. i get around 8mpg at 65-70. for my use, i was
> also very happy i got the turbo. i often pull a boat, and travel in
> mountains. the turbo makes a big difference. based on what i've read also,
> the cat gets a lot better gas mileage than the two stroke detroit diesels.
> the DDs do have more hp, but they appear to get maybe 60% of the fuel
> mileage that the cats do.
>
> i'm a little over 6' and don't have a problem with headroom. my 6'4"
> friends can't quite stand straight up.
>
> the people on here are GREAT. read as many of the posts as you can about
> different questions you have. that helped me greatly when i made the
> decision to buy.
>
> if you haven't had a diesel like one of these you will need some time
> orienting. they have A LOT of switches and dials. i was very fortunate to
> have another bird owner (Jay Darst), that gave up two long days to help me
> get acclimated with mine when i flew to Illinois to pick it up. but now i
> can't imagine going to one of the "simpleton" (forgive me) motorhomes that
> have 4 dials and a few switches.
>
> feel free to email me any questions you have about my experiences with
> my 87FC35.
>
> Alan Johnson
> alan.johnson@...
>
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "sandersonpb"
> wrote:
> >
> > We are new to the wanderlodge family, looking for a used 35 ft coach
> from the 80's and trying to find basic information. I have looked through
> the sites I think but cannot find information about headroom. I am 6ft and
> my son is 6ft 2.
> >
> > At a cruising speed of 55/60 mph will these 3208s make 8-9 mpg?
> >
> > What are resources I am not finding that would be good for
> information?
> >
> > We will be in Yuma for month of Feb and in California for month of
> March so can visit around if we know where to go. We will be using our Class
> C motorhome so you can see that we are in a major upgrade mode.
> >
> > Peter and Beth Sanderson
> > Comox Valley BC
> >
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> --
> Rob, Sue and Joey Robinson
> 94 WLWB
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