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11-29-2017, 03:40 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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We Just Bought a Bus ... Let The Fun Begin :)
Cost a little more than I had hoped, but a good deal less than it might have:
https://www.purplewave.com/auction/171129/item/DA3235
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11-29-2017, 03:46 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Originally Posted by Twigg
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Looks like a REAL NICE bus you got there! 
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11-29-2017, 03:50 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Congrats. Nice score on a low mileage rig. I was wondering what had been keeping you busy.
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Robin
Nobody's Business
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11-29-2017, 04:04 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin97396
Congrats. Nice score on a low mileage rig. I was wondering what had been keeping you busy.
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24 hours of broken internet kept us busy.
I wanted that bus, and have been watching it for 3 weeks. I was a little disappointed it got so much discussion on this site before the auction closed. Nonetheless, we persisted.
With the current lack of decent buses on the auction sites, I suspected it would go too high for me. I fixed a maximum I was prepared to pay ($3750), dropped one bid with six minutes to go and no one responded. That was a nervous 6 minutes 
The previous high bidder had clearly set a max of $3500, because my bid pushed the price from $1500 to 3600, and that was it. I thought it would go over $4000. The other bus, almost the same but older and with significant rust fetched exactly the same price ... I'm happy I got the better one.
Auctions can be fun 
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11-29-2017, 04:23 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Careful, they're fun and ADDICTIVE!
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11-29-2017, 04:39 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
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Twigg,
If you're looking to scrap any of those seats, let me know. I can use a left hand side and right hand side for my dinette! The holes line up with the mounting holes in my Thomas as well.
Thanks!
M 
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Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. — George Washington
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11-29-2017, 05:07 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M1031A1
Twigg,
If you're looking to scrap any of those seats, let me know. I can use a left hand side and right hand side for my dinette! The holes line up with the mounting holes in my Thomas as well.
Thanks!
M |
Jodie and I both work for our local School District.
We are going to offer the seats to them should they want them for one of their activity buses. If they don't, you can have as many as you want.
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11-29-2017, 05:11 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Twigg
Jodie and I both work for our local School District.
We are going to offer the seats to them should they want them for one of their activity buses. If they don't, you can have as many as you want.
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Just beggin' for one from each side, nothing more I promise!
M
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Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. — George Washington
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11-29-2017, 06:05 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Rapid City, SD
Posts: 993
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: CS RE
Engine: ISC 8.3 L 260 hp
Rated Cap: 36
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Congrats on the nice bus! I thought about bidding on it but I decided to hold out for air suspension.
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11-29-2017, 07:00 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TJones
Congrats on the nice bus! I thought about bidding on it but I decided to hold out for air suspension.
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It's just so hard, esp right now, to find one with EVERYTHING you want at a decent price.
I thought about air suspension, but I figured that with the rear engine, the springs will probably be fine. I may even have to lighten the springing as the conversion will weigh less than a bus full of people.
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11-29-2017, 07:09 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Georgia
Posts: 2,264
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: IH
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Twigg
It's just so hard, esp right now, to find one with EVERYTHING you want at a decent price.
I thought about air suspension, but I figured that with the rear engine, the springs will probably be fine. I may even have to lighten the springing as the conversion will weigh less than a bus full of people.
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I wouldn't alter the factory springs unless you are *VERY* knowledgeable about springs and what you are doing (IE, you work in a spring/suspension shop and have a lot of experience with it). Otherwise you run the risk of broken springs because they weren't designed for what you are doing.
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11-29-2017, 08:41 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,830
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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wow!! great bus!!!!! congrats!!!
-Christopher
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11-30-2017, 10:05 AM
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Hey, Twigg- nice bus ! Welcome to The Club. 
Now you can make some real plans and get your hands dirty. Looking forward to a great build. 
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11-30-2017, 11:10 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty
Hey, Twigg- nice bus ! Welcome to The Club.
Now you can make some real plans and get your hands dirty. Looking forward to a great build. |
It seems to have all the right bits in all the right places, so I can only blame myself if I get it wrong
I'm very familiar with everything "RV", and very ignorant of most things "Bus", so it's a learning curve.
I've driven a few large vehicles, but never a bus. How hard can it be ... Go slow, stop at Stop signs, make wide right turns .... Don't over heat that low-mileage 8.3L Cummins
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11-30-2017, 03:39 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Wow! Nice find!
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11-30-2017, 04:39 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Picton,Ont, Can.
Posts: 1,956
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: GMC
Engine: Cat 3116
Rated Cap: 72
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Nice bus, bet you are glad that is now off the "to do" list. Now for the real work!
John
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Question everything!
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11-30-2017, 05:16 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackJohn
Nice bus, bet you are glad that is now off the "to do" list. Now for the real work!
John
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I looked at so many auctions, my head was spinning.
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11-30-2017, 11:16 PM
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Twigg
I looked at so many auctions, my head was spinning.
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Sorta hard to turn it off...You still have all those nice buses in your watch list... maybe find a *better* bus...longer....with a bigger motor...and more gears...
"Just one more, honey. I promise- I can quit"...pant...pant....pant....*click*.
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12-01-2017, 06:54 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty
Sorta hard to turn it off...You still have all those nice buses in your watch list... maybe find a *better* bus...longer....with a bigger motor...and more gears...
"Just one more, honey. I promise- I can quit"...pant...pant....pant....*click*.
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I'm helped by my very tight budget, and I just took a $4k chunk out of it
I only bid on two buses during this search. The first was similar to the one I bought but with a DT530 engine. I missed it by $150, it sold for $3000.
I won this one for $3600, again with one bid. You win some, you lose some but I was careful about this.
Pretty sure I could get my money back if I really needed it.
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12-01-2017, 07:49 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,830
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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you'll find driving a bus is easy.. when I was 16 and my school-bus driver let me drive her own bus.. she said "lets take it to the School parking lot".. it was marked like a little city to teach driver's ed.. so i went to her house and got in my normal bus seat behind her.. then she said "here you start it up".. well i started it, and she never moved out of her seat behind ME.. so I white knuckled it down the long driveway, out to the road. and made it to the school parking lot...
her response was along the lines of "now you can drive a bus..so lets practice backing".. but ultimately it was the hop in and go that made me start to feel comfortable with a bus.
get in and go and enjoy!!! practice backing and maneuvering with cones or boxes in a walmart parking lot, spend some real time adjusting your mirrors. it helps a lot..
-Christopher
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