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07-18-2020, 02:50 PM
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#5601
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Spring Branch, TX
Posts: 64
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: MVP-ER
Engine: Cummins 5.9L tan block, MD 3060
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Auction on GovDeal in Round Rock, TX
Does anyone know anything about this auction in particular, or the advisability of buying at auction? 22 items. I am close and can go look at them on Monday. Does anyone know of a good checklist for a novice?
https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?f...timingWithin=1
Thank You, Stephanie
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07-19-2020, 07:04 PM
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#5602
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Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 192
Year: 2002
Chassis: Ford e450
Engine: 7.3 Powerstroke
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07-19-2020, 07:21 PM
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#5603
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by awilder
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I doubt it has an allison 2000 on a 1999 AmTran.
I think what's been goin on lately is sellers saying its anything but a 545 to sell for top dollar.
Sweet lil bus, but if its 10 grand I better list mine asap.
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07-19-2020, 07:56 PM
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#5604
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,000
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
I doubt it has an allison 2000 on a 1999 AmTran.
I think what's been goin on lately is sellers saying its anything but a 545 to sell for top dollar.
Sweet lil bus, but if its 10 grand I better list mine asap.
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WANT TO TRADE FOR SAILBOAT. 25-3o+ pocket cruiser. Will consider vessel in Mexico. May consider “trawler” type diesel boat.
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This is a unique take on the asking-way-too-much theme.
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07-19-2020, 11:29 PM
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#5605
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Northern Wisconsin
Posts: 38
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
I doubt it has an allison 2000 on a 1999 AmTran.
I think what's been goin on lately is sellers saying its anything but a 545 to sell for top dollar.
Sweet lil bus, but if its 10 grand I better list mine asap.
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Originally Posted by musigenesis
This is a unique take on the asking-way-too-much theme.
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Yeah but... imagine if it HAS the Allison 2k and the guy legitimately only wants $10 for it... maybe dreams DO come true...
Also... I'm looking for a pre-2003 International with a DT466 and an MT643 ... in case you like... know a guy or something.
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07-19-2020, 11:38 PM
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#5606
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,000
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WillGotMarried
Yeah but... imagine if it HAS the Allison 2k and the guy legitimately only wants $10 for it... maybe dreams DO come true...
Also... I'm looking for a pre-2003 International with a DT466 and an MT643 ... in case you like... know a guy or something.
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Somebody on reddit just found exactly that bus for $2500, apparently sold by a firefighting company from California. Most likely because of CARB they had to either sell the bus or put a newer engine in it - saving Cali from smog and giving the skoolie community some sweet buses out of the deal!
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07-19-2020, 11:54 PM
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#5607
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,259
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 8.3 Cummins ISC
Rated Cap: 75
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Nice shorty Freightliner with a high roof Bluebird body in Iowa. Has air brakes and a 5.9 Cummins but also an AT545. Miles kinda high but otherwise it looks great.
https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/au...ew?auc=2602212
Also the first of the D3 All American's are starting to show up at the auctions. Kinda weird since I drove the FE variants of these buses a lot when they were brand new. The engine looks very similiar to the 8.3 ISC in my bus which suggests they didn't change a lot during the emissions era? I know Cummins only had EGR up until 2013.
https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/au...ew?auc=2597252
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07-20-2020, 07:14 PM
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#5608
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Skoolie
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: So Cal high desert
Posts: 159
Year: 63&5
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: HPO
Engine: Cummins 220
Rated Cap: 1
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97 Thomas for sale WA
97 Thomas ~13 window (long bus) for auction in Washington state. Listed in the wrong category for a running bus so no bids in almost a week. Look for motor pool/school bus parts.
This looks to be a mythical activity bus. High roof and underbelly storage. No more info besides "runs" so if interested you can contact the seller. Most buyers probably won't even check this thread so buyer pool is probably small on this one!
https://m.publicsurplus.com/sms/all,wa/auction/view?auc=2601077
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07-22-2020, 02:34 AM
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#5609
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: California, Bay Area
Posts: 896
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07-24-2020, 10:10 PM
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#5610
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 36
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07-24-2020, 11:16 PM
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#5611
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Smyrna, TN
Posts: 64
Year: 1986
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Engine: Chevrolet 427
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Originally Posted by dzl_
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This thing is just great in every imaginable way.
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07-25-2020, 04:38 AM
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#5612
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by dzl_
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Condition is great.
But its literally just a van.
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07-25-2020, 09:55 AM
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#5613
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Condition is great.
But its literally just a van.
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But really cool van with windows that probably leak. 
Ted
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07-25-2020, 09:59 AM
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#5614
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by TJones
But really cool van with windows that probably leak.
Ted |
Ah,,, lol 
It is a pretty cool van. I love those G series.
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07-26-2020, 02:56 PM
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#5615
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 103
Year: 2004
Coachwork: Freightliner
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 77
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1947 suburban school bus
Sweet old 1947 suburban school bus. Engine ran great... 12 years ago... Still pretty cool!!
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/cto/d/saint-paul-1947-chevrolet-panel-3800/7165877927.html
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07-26-2020, 05:00 PM
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#5616
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,000
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MNbusboy
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That's Minnesota for you, winters so bad a bus won't even last 73 years. SMDH
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07-28-2020, 04:18 PM
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#5617
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Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Georgia
Posts: 169
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Tc2000
Engine: 5.9 24v
Rated Cap: 27
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Good full size bus in Utah.
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/60274888
Cummins ISC 8.3, MD3060. 245k miles.
Looks clean.
Morgan school district has some mountain grades, looks like the bus was speced for that.
I live 30 miles away and could go over and take more pictures, check for rust, give my non-professional opinion, etc.
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07-28-2020, 04:25 PM
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#5618
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jsneeb
Good full size bus in Utah.
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/60274888
Cummins ISC 8.3, MD3060. 245k miles.
Looks clean.
Morgan school district has some mountain grades, looks like the bus was speced for that.
I live 30 miles away and could go over and take more pictures, check for rust, give my non-professional opinion, etc. |
That's a good one! 
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07-28-2020, 04:44 PM
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#5619
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,259
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 8.3 Cummins ISC
Rated Cap: 75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jsneeb
Good full size bus in Utah.
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/60274888
Cummins ISC 8.3, MD3060. 245k miles.
Looks clean.
Morgan school district has some mountain grades, looks like the bus was speced for that.
I live 30 miles away and could go over and take more pictures, check for rust, give my non-professional opinion, etc. |
That's a great price for one. Only thing that would make it better would be factory 78" high roof. Miles are kinda high but it isn't priced out of the stratosphere like other AAREs.
If it's a mountain bus hopefully it has a transmission retarder and/or(!) exhaust brake.
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07-28-2020, 05:14 PM
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#5620
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Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Georgia
Posts: 169
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Tc2000
Engine: 5.9 24v
Rated Cap: 27
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I called him and will go take it for a test drive tomorrow.
Mostly just to compare how my 3/4 length with the 5.9 compares to the 8.3 in a full size.
But I have some friends interested and I could comment on it better if I have already looked at it in person.
A retarder or exhaust brake would be a desirable bonus for sure!
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