Blue Bird Wanderlodge · Class A · Model-year overview
1963 Blue Bird Wanderlodge FC
The first coach, a prototype that owners later nicknamed Ol’ Number 1, was built in 1963 and shown that October as the Blue Bird Transit Home.
Fact-checked. An independent reviewer checked this page against its cited sources.
- Price when new
- $12,000
- Length
- Not documented
- Chassis
- Not documented
- Engine
- Not documented
About the price: Introductory price reported by Coachbuilt.com and by the International Directory of Company Histories. Neither says what the price included, and no factory price list was found.
These values describe this model year and configuration. An individual coach can differ, so check it against the coach’s own records. “Not documented” means the encyclopedia does not have that fact yet.
Full specifications
- Model year
- 1963
- Variant
- Model-year overview
- Chassis maker
- Not documented
- Chassis
- Not documented
- Engine maker
- Not documented
- Engine
- Not documented
- Displacement (L)
- Not documented
- Horsepower
- Not documented
- Torque (lb-ft)
- Not documented
- Transmission
- Not documented
- Length (ft)
- Not documented
- Height (ft)
- Not documented
- Width (in)
- Not documented
- Slides
- Not documented
- Floorplan
- Not documented
- Generator maker
- Not documented
- Generator
- Not documented
- Generator (kW)
- Not documented
- Fuel (gal)
- Not documented
- Fresh water (gal)
- Not documented
- Gray water (gal)
- Not documented
- Black water (gal)
- Not documented
- Luxury systems
- Not documented
- Intended use
- Not documented
Floorplans offered in 1963
Prototype
Notes
Vintage Birds lists 1963 as the year the first unit was made and shows the prototype on display at the Wanderlodge factory in Fort Valley. Coachbuilt.com says the coach was based on the All American bus and built by a new subsidiary, Cardinal Manufacturing Co. No specifications for the prototype were found.
Brochures and sources
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