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12-22-2017, 04:59 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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South East month-long and central florida
Hello all , been looking at doing one for awhile , so yesterday I bought one . Will be setting it up for just me to live in full-time. I am from southeast mo but bus will be parked in wildwood fl while I change it over . Hopefully I won't loose to much more hair in the process .DONT LOOK GOOD BALD .
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12-22-2017, 06:34 PM
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#2
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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Forgot to add pic
1998 35 foot
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12-22-2017, 06:41 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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You headed to central FL?-
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12-22-2017, 06:52 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Littlewolf
1998 35 foot
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Nice looking rig!!! congrats on your purchase and welcome to the jungle!!!
EC - looks to be in tampa area now, BGA sign in the background.
-Christopher
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12-22-2017, 06:55 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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Wildwood isn't very far from me, if you'd like to get coffee or something sometime.
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12-22-2017, 07:22 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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Drive over the road. , will be building it in wildwood then moving to fl when done . Getting tired of living in a semi , been doing it for 28 years .
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12-22-2017, 07:24 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Wildwood isn't very far from me, if you'd like to get coffee or something sometime.
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Will do . When I get down time.
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12-22-2017, 07:26 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
Nice looking rig!!! congrats on your purchase and welcome to the jungle!!!
EC - looks to be in tampa area now, BGA sign in the background.
-Christopher
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That's were I got it from , hard to find a mechanical one without the electronics on em .
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12-22-2017, 08:16 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Littlewolf
That's were I got it from , hard to find a mechanical one without the electronics on em .
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I had a 92 Ward with a mechanical DT466. That was a great engine.
My 2004 has the DT466E and its efficient and powerful, but not nearly as simple.
Buddy of mine just got a 99 Bluebird RE with a mechanical 8.3 in it. Bout the last of them was 98 and 99.
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12-22-2017, 08:21 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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yeah esp since the 466E was intorduced in 95, but still see some hold-out 98/99 mechanicals out there.. so thats got to be what a DT-466 with a 643 trans?
-Christopher
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12-22-2017, 08:21 PM
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#11
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
I had a 92 Ward with a mechanical DT466. That was a great engine.
My 2004 has the DT466E and its efficient and powerful, but not nearly as simple.
Buddy of mine just got a 99 Bluebird RE with a mechanical 8.3 in it. Bout the last of them was 98 and 99.
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Yea pretty much by 2000 they were all electrical .
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12-22-2017, 08:23 PM
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#12
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
yeah esp since the 466E was intorduced in 95, but still see some hold-out 98/99 mechanicals out there.. so thats got to be what a DT-466 with a 643 trans?
-Christopher
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Dt 466 and 545
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12-22-2017, 08:26 PM
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#13
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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 cadillackid
yeah esp since the 466E was intorduced in 95, but still see some hold-out 98/99 mechanicals out there.. so thats got to be what a DT-466 with a 643 trans?
-Christopher
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Cummins switched from 6C8.3 to ISC between March and August 1998
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12-22-2017, 08:31 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Montana
Posts: 581
Year: 2000
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Welcome! Nice looking bus.
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12-27-2017, 08:21 PM
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#15
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Littlewolf
Hello all , been looking at doing one for awhile , so yesterday I bought one . Will be setting it up for just me to live in full-time. I am from southeast mo but bus will be parked in wildwood fl while I change it over . Hopefully I won't loose to much more hair in the process .DONT LOOK GOOD BALD .
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I guess I should of gave some more back ground info as to why a bus . In September of 2016 I lost my wife of 30 years due to cancer , at that point I had to come off the road because of the animals , we had 5 dogs and 3 birds .
In December 2016 I had a heart attack and needed a stint , no damage to heart , cause was stress and crown royal had to sober up .
In February 2017 I lost my house and all my animals to a house fire , after trying to figure out what to do I went back out over the road again .
Which brings me to my current position, I don't want to rebuild where I was living , to many memories and to much heart ache, so I decided a bus and moving to Florida would do the trick .
So the name of my bus is going to be .
MOVING FORWARD .
So there it is my reasons .
Ernest
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12-27-2017, 08:24 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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Will be in Wildwood the 7,8,9 Jan we can grab some coffee then if you would like .
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12-28-2017, 04:35 AM
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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 Littlewolf
Will be in Wildwood the 7,8,9 Jan we can grab some coffee then if you would like .
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I'll buy the coffee.
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12-28-2017, 06:33 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mo but moving to Fl
Posts: 22
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International amtran
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
I'll buy the coffee.
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Ok will get in touch then , let me what a good will be .
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