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09-29-2012, 05:35 PM
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#161
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: The Brown Crown
Where will it pull coach air from?...I'm confused....I don't see the vent
Nice job on recycling
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09-29-2012, 07:11 PM
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#162
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: The Brown Crown
Bansil, it will pull the air from the vents on the right of the door in the lower picture
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09-29-2012, 07:23 PM
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#163
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Re: The Brown Crown
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Bansil, it will pull the air from the vents on the right of the door in the lower picture
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Lol. You mean the other right, don't you?
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09-30-2012, 07:39 PM
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#164
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: The Brown Crown
Finished the duct work today for my exhaust fan and added a switch on the dash...works good and helps to vent the bus air, puling the air conditioning air forward, which is good since it is still in the high 90's here in Bakersfield
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10-01-2012, 03:12 AM
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#165
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: The Brown Crown
Makes perfect since now!
Good job on moving air
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Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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10-14-2012, 02:53 PM
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#166
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: The Brown Crown
Getting ready for a trip to the Central California coast this next weekend so I steam cleaned the engine this week and gave the bus a bath. First time the engine had been cleaned in a few years so it needed it.
Usually I just climb up and down a ladder to wash the roof, but I got this idea just to pull it closer to the house and get up on the roof...dang that was so much better, especially for an old guy. Then went and put some diesel in her...ouch...$4.59 a gallon...I guess that is just part of having a skoolie. It's 260 mile round trip and over some mountains, so the Crown will only get about 8 1/2 mpg on this trip. So I only put in 32 gallons, just enough, so I would still have money for beer 
Clean solar panels for the batteries
Ready to roll
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10-14-2012, 05:48 PM
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#167
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Central Tennessee
Posts: 1,093
Year: 1973
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: CAT 1160 V-8 Diesel
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Brown Crown
That Crown is such a stylish bus.I love the color. I am so glad that you removed the bike rack from the front.
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10-14-2012, 09:04 PM
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#168
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,231
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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Re: The Brown Crown
Knowing you those are undoubtedly the before pics of the engine compartment! Your bus looks great! Jack
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10-14-2012, 10:08 PM
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#169
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: from: Prescott, AZ currently: Denver, CO
Posts: 469
Year: 1992
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: All American RE
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Brown Crown
It never gets old looking at pictures of your Crown. Thanks!
Have fun on your trip.
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Bluebird All American RE: Great White Buffalo (gone but not forgotten)
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10-16-2012, 06:24 AM
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#170
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Oil City, PA
Posts: 50
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH
Engine: 444E
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Brown Crown
Simply incredible! Thanks for sharing!
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10-19-2012, 12:13 AM
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#171
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Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Eastern Washington
Posts: 234
Year: 1986
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE
Engine: 3208TA Cat 250HP
Rated Cap: 84
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Re: The Brown Crown
EZ on the eyes she is... Well done!
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10-19-2012, 07:13 PM
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#172
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Alabama
Posts: 15
Year: 1993
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: Cummins 6BTA 5.9
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: The Brown Crown
That is a really great-looking bus. I am a fan of 2-cycle Detroits, especially 71 series. I used to want an old GMC bus with one in it; but after seeing your Crown I have changed my mind. That is a laydown 6-71, correct?
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10-19-2012, 08:37 PM
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#173
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: The Brown Crown
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That is a laydown 6-71, correct?
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It is Possum. 314,000 miles on it and still running fine.
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10-28-2012, 11:01 AM
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#174
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Brown Crown
Never saw a lay down 6-71, and I've seen everything! Easy to work on?
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10-30-2012, 01:47 PM
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#175
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: The Brown Crown
Standard equipment on the Crowns until the Supercoach II came along with the engine in the rear. Easy to work on?...you bet if you have a lift that will do 30,000lbs 
Thankfully no real problems to address so far, engine wise...good access from each side to do general maintenance
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10-30-2012, 02:04 PM
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#176
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Brown Crown
Couple mattresses, flop it on its side and pull the engine when needed. 
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10-30-2012, 02:16 PM
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#177
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Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Summit, Oregon
Posts: 125
Year: 1975
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: DD 6-71N
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Re: The Brown Crown
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Never saw a lay down 6-71, and I've seen everything! Easy to work on?
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Work on them? I didn't know you had to work on them.
Jerry
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01-14-2013, 02:28 PM
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#178
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New Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 4
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Re: The Brown Crown
I have just spent an hour enjoying your Crown, it is a mine of inspiration to me, thank you. I have lurked on this site often for a few years, and am within a couple of months of my first Skoolie, so am in the pre purchase design stage, your pictures have set an impossible high bar to attain - but the inspiration is awesome.
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01-15-2013, 12:18 AM
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#179
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Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Eastern Washington
Posts: 234
Year: 1986
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE
Engine: 3208TA Cat 250HP
Rated Cap: 84
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Re: The Brown Crown
"norwetbus"
Welcome aboard!
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01-20-2013, 02:55 PM
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#180
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: The Brown Crown
The bus is finished for the most part on the major construction, but I find it hard to just sit around...gotta do something to it or it gets lonely
Found some nice chrome stick-on letters at Auto Zone. Crown marketed their body style as "Supercoach" so that it what I went with on the back of the trunk and near the entrance door...just trying to doll it up a little.
I also added some more pin-stripe on the rear between the turn indicators and the Crown emblem. The starboard side and the front of the bus has been striped for awhile now, but I got sidetracked with other things to do on it and never did the back and port side. You can't see both sides at one time anyway, so no one noticed Hope to get the port side striped soon.
Here are a few pics of the work
BC
Front door lettering
Half finished pin striping
The rear end finished...for now anyway
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