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Old 11-05-2019, 10:13 AM   #1
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Need help estimating ceiling height

Can anyone clue me in on the interior height of this Bluebird? (Standard or extended) I reached out to him but he hasn't gotten back to me. It's easy to tell on Thomas's but I don't know how to distinguish on a Bluebird. Thanks.
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Old 11-05-2019, 10:33 AM   #2
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Old 11-05-2019, 10:33 AM   #3
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I have not figured out how to tell by looking at passanger window and drivers window. I can tell you that it looks just like my A3RE and mine was 74" before I raised my roof.
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Can anyone clue me in on the interior height of this Bluebird? (Standard or extended) I reached out to him but he hasn't gotten back to me. It's easy to tell on Thomas's but I don't know how to distinguish on a Bluebird. Thanks.
I look at the relationship between the top of the driver's window, or the door, to the height for the windows of the bus body - if the body windows are higher, the bus has high ceilings, if the height is the same, it has a normal ceiling - in some buses the body windows are lower than the door or driver's window - I assume those buses were built for gnomes - lol
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I look at the relationship between the top of the driver's window, or the door, to the height for the windows of the bus body - if the body windows are higher, the bus has high ceilings, if the height is the same, it has a normal ceiling - in some buses the body windows are lower than the door or driver's window - I assume those buses were built for gnomes - lol
Huh, I was about to say that isn't true for my bus (which is 6'7" down the center) but I checked and indeed the top of the side windows is a good 4" higher than the top of the driver window. It's weird the things you do and do not notice about your own bus.
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So, this is high

This is the window orientation of a high vs. low ceiling in a bluebird?
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yes. that's the ticket.
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The 05 Thomas has a 77" headroom, my 99 Genesis with 1-1/2" rigid insuation and a vapor barrier and 5/16" flooring leaves me with 76"
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This is the window orientation of a high vs. low ceiling in a bluebird?
you'll notice that the tops of the windows in the body of the bus are higher than the driver's window
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