Blue Bird Wanderlodge · Class A · Model-year overview
1980 Blue Bird Wanderlodge FC
Air suspension became standard equipment, though early 1980 coaches still had leaf springs. This is from the Vintage Birds owners’ club page for this year.
Fact-checked. An independent reviewer checked this page against its cited sources.
- Price when new
- Not documented
- Length
- Not documented
- Chassis
- Blue Bird All American
- Engine
- Caterpillar 3208 (naturally aspirated) · 210 hp
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
- 1980
- Variant
- Model-year overview
- Chassis maker
- Blue Bird
- Chassis
- All American
- Engine maker
- Caterpillar
- Engine
- 3208 (naturally aspirated)
- Displacement (L)
- Not documented
- Horsepower
- 210
- Torque (lb-ft)
- Not documented
- Transmission
- Allison MT-643 4-speed automatic
- Length (ft)
- Not documented
- Height (ft)
- Not documented
- Width (in)
- Not documented
- Slides
- Not documented
- Floorplan
- Not documented
- Generator maker
- Kohler
- Generator
- Not documented
- Generator (kW)
- Not documented
- Fuel (gal)
- 150
- Fresh water (gal)
- 98
- Gray water (gal)
- 60
- Black water (gal)
- 42
- Luxury systems
- Not documented
- Intended use
- Not documented
Floorplans offered in 1980
31-foot33-foot35-foot
Other 1980 records
What changed this year
Air suspension added to standard equipment. The club’s 1980 page names it Ridewell air suspension.
Notes
Vintage Birds’ standard specifications for 1980 also list: Blue Bird All American chassis, full air brakes, a 45-gallon LP tank, and a Kohler generator of 12.5 kW (diesel) on the 35-foot or 7.5 kW (gasoline) on the 31- and 33-foot. The page’s “waste water” figure is recorded here as black water. Apart from the suspension line, the block matches the club’s 1977–1979 pages, so it may be generic rather than year-exact. The specifications are an owner-club summary from the Vintage Birds page for this year, not a factory scan. Lengths are the nominal model lengths used by Vintage Birds, not measured figures.
Brochures and sources
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