450 LXi and A Little History

[Blair]

Ok, a great test! something the Flintstones would do....
let's see, when did Studebaker go bankrupt?

Blair who loves a good laugh




At 05:59 PM 5/10/2005, you wrote:
>that happened in 1990,or just before...i saw the steel on the roof,and
>asked about it.ray horne told me the story! randydupree93wb
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> Sounds like the mindset of Studebaker.......
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> Blair
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> At 03:44 PM 5/10/2005, you wrote:
> >the construction material has nothing to do with having slides or not.the
> >real problem was safety(not a problem with BB's) the powers at BB
> resisted
> >slides because in there minds they are not safe.when BB started to use
> the
> >bigger windows in the salon area of BB's this is how they tested the
> >body,with all the sheet metal in place and the window holes cut out they
> >place 3000 lbs of steel on the roof of the bird.they measured the opening
> >before and after placing the weight.just placing the weight on the roof
> >was not enough,they left it there for a week before they were sure that
> >there would be no problems. and that was just for a window! there was no
> >way that they would ever put a slide in a coach! randydupree93wb
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> > Maybe Blue Bird should have change from steel body constuction to
> > aluminum just like Newell then they could have had a slidout years ago
> > and all the rest of the goodies that the motor home market demands.Even
> > bus conversion dont have a 300 gal. fuel tank or tank like
> > constuction.Had Blue Bird cut back on the heavy duty constuction back in
> > the early 90s all kinds of hell would have broke out.
> > Bob Loomas 1985 PT 36
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