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I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby opus » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:53 am

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1995 BB/All-American, 8.3 with a 643.
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby Locutus » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:50 am

Beautiful bus! I'm jealous even though I just picked up a Crown Supercoach II last week. (Bluebird would have been my choice if I hadn't found the Crown that I did.) Is that a 78 or 84 passenger configuration? How many miles are on it?
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby opus » Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:08 pm

72 passenger. 190k and 6100 hrs. Pretty nice shape. Just dug up the school district that owned it prior. I chatted with the service manager there and he wanted it back...lol. He said it was a great activities bus, very nice bus.
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Postby Stuff » Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:38 pm

that is a ton of mirrors and whats the extra lights for?


good omen to hear they didnt want to get rid of it lol
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby opus » Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:45 pm

Stuff wrote:that is a ton of mirrors and whats the extra lights for?


Mountain country gets pretty dark at night.
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby M1031 » Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:45 pm

Sweeeeeet ride!!!!Image
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby Smitty » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:59 pm

Congrats! Nice lookin' bus.....time to get to work :lol:

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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby opus » Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:56 pm

And a better view, just because I can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG8yakRFXd4
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby bus-bro » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:02 pm

She's a beauty, alrighty!

Do you think on your next vid you could pop open the engine hatch and start her up. Please.
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby timmylc » Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:22 pm

Watch out the cool aid can tern you into a JERK :P j/k :P
next vid = running, hatch open/view of gauges :D :D
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby bus-ted » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:58 am

bus-bro wrote:Do you think on your next vid...

timmylc wrote:next vid =...


On your next vid- DESTRUCTION!!! Rip some stuff out... show us the bare canvas!
That's a sharp looking bus, btw. Good score. Belly bins on both sides. Doors on both sides. A cool set-up. How deep are the bins? Also, what did you end up giving for it, if I may so boldly inquire?
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby opus » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:50 pm

I'm not sure I like this idea of a cut off grinder for these seats....hmmm. With all the space taken up below, I cant get to but 4 seats to put a wrench on. Who wants a weeks vacation in MT? :)

Anyways......they wanted $9500, I gave them $5500. Pricey, but as I stated before, no such thing as a cheap bus around here. I would rather spend the money here than have to fly to TN and then drive back. I am well pleased.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7lVSeJJLtU [Its available in HD too, if you swing that way]. I had to pull the right door piston off to get inside the heater box. That is why it is hanging there.
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby bus-ted » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:49 pm

I wish I could come up there for a mini vacation- not happening, though.
So the belly bins are pass through- that's cool. That is a nice looking bus.
Are all of those tabs with holes through them, along the windows- are they for a stop cord to pass through, like some city buses use? If not, what are they for?
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby bus-bro » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:13 pm

Thanks. That's a nice sounding engine. I'll trade you a Cat 3208NA for it, won't even charge you extra. :lol:
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid

Postby timmylc » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:18 pm

opus wrote:Who wants a weeks vacation in MT? :)

*raises hand* 8) :lol: :)
thanks for the requested vid!! :D
thats about an average price ive seen for a bus like that... you didn't get ripped off "undercarriage/Webasto" would make up for any thoughts of paying to much for me :)
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