Complete Coach Works acquires Blue Bird Coach - the "legendary Wanderlodge motorhome"
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Complete Coach Works acquires Blue Bird Coach

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Complete Coach Works announced on July 16, 2007 that they have entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire BLUE BIRD Coachworks and BLUE BIRD Wanderlodge of Fort Valley Georgia, from Blue Bird Corporation.

The purchase, which also includes the manufacturing facility located on 32 acres of land in Fort Valley Georgia, adds a forty and forty five foot seated coach , as well as the legendary Wanderlodge Motor Home to Complete Coach Works family of transportation specific products and services.

The  BLUE BIRD Wanderlodge group are preparing to roll out their 2008 Wanderlodge Motor Home, which they promise "will be the bench mark by which all other Motor Homes will be measured."  They are also making final preparation to greet over 300 current and prospective Wanderlodge owners at their annual “Rally in the Valley”, scheduled for October 28th through November 1st at the Fairgrounds in Perry Georgia just a few miles from their Fort Valley manufacturing facility.

Complete Coach Works is the nations largest supplier of remanufactured transportation vehicles, repowers, emission upgrades and wheelchair lift retrofits. 

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The 2008 Wanderlodge motorhome ... "will be the bench mark by which all other Motor Homes will be measured".  A good acquisition by Complete Coach?
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Readers comments:

yuri :   If you go back coaches that were built in the 90 es to the 2003 model you will make a good coach i have had a 93 and now have 1998,also----build a 40 it is still the best seller.

M. Conner :   You mean replacing the electroluminescent dash with fake wood, swapping the sleek aircraft style cabinetry and replacing it with the cabinetry found in the most posh Adirondack cabins and scraping off the luggage rack and ladder for a "almost as good as prevost" look wasn't a good idea? Let's hope Complete Coach gets Wanderlodge pointed in the "Ultimate" direction.

former employee :   over the last 5 years the previous management of bluebird wanderlodge drove the once proud coach company into the ground.ignoring owners and employees efforts to make improvements.as a former employee,i hope that complete coachworks will once again take the company to the heights it deserves

Bret Hughes :   I have a 1985 Blue Bird Wanderlodge and it is a wonderful coach. I only hope that Complete Coach don't in any way reduce the quality of these coaches.

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