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09-30-2013, 03:35 PM
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#201
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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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09-30-2013, 05:09 PM
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#202
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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
I like the light, at the last CG we stayed at almost all the new coaches/5-R's had motion detected lights....everymorning at 5am when I went to the bathhouse the "street" and yards where lit up like Vegas or Times SQ ...and I actually slept in an extra 1/2 hr....old habits are hard to break....
Oh do you have an extension to go up with the exhaust?
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Side exit can actually "poison" the neighbors , we had several die last couple years at BMS....all the contractor gennies behindrv's and trailers.
Be safe in Cali'
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09-30-2013, 05:20 PM
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#203
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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
Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
Oh do you have an extension to go up with the exhaust?
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Side exit can actually "poison" the neighbors , we had several die last couple years at BMS....all the contractor gennies behindrv's and trailers.
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Bansil, this is my project for the rest of the week...just cogitating on a way to secure it to the side without having to put up permanent brackets and drill holes in the side and roof of the bus. There is a rain channel that runs along the top, and the lower rub rail is hollow on the bottom, so I'm thinking I can design brackets similar to those kind that were on the old style trailer mirrors that you could put on a car.
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09-30-2013, 05:22 PM
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#204
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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
Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
everymorning at 5am when I went to the bathhouse the "street" and yards where lit up like Vegas or Times SQ
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They are bright!
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09-30-2013, 05:25 PM
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#205
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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
Or the drip rail 2in mirrors that clamped on....a couple small set screws,two pcs of alum....its a well thought plan,if ya need help....holla'
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Look at roof rack attachments to drip rails....."painters vans" and land rovers hadclamp mounts.....hell you know this.......
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George S. Patton
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09-30-2013, 08:03 PM
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#206
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 832
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 3126
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: The Brown Crown
Gen-turi Generator Exhaust System works really well and is attached by bungee cords.
http://www.amazon.com/Camco-44461-Ge.../dp/B000BUU5XG
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12-15-2013, 09:35 AM
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#207
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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
Today is the Brown Crown's Birthday 12-15-76 37 years young and still going down the road just fine
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12-15-2013, 09:45 AM
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#208
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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
HB BC
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12-16-2013, 10:08 AM
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#209
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Southeast raleigh
Posts: 221
Year: 1974
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit Diesel 6-71
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Re: The Brown Crown
Happy Builtday Brown Crown!
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12-16-2013, 11:49 AM
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#210
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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
Happy Birthday you sexy brown bus
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Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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12-16-2013, 10:19 PM
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#211
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Danville, California
Posts: 345
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: DD6-71T
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: The Brown Crown
The Brown Crown is finally at middle age. Instead of 15 to 20 years of life like a Blue Bird, Thomas, etc., the Crowns will last 50 to 60 years or more. Happy Birthday Brown Crown.
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12-16-2013, 11:48 PM
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#212
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Olympia, Washington
Posts: 557
Year: 87
Coachwork: Wayne
Chassis: International s1700
Engine: 6.9 internatiional
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: The Brown Crown
happy birthday to the Brown Crown
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12-17-2013, 11:02 AM
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#213
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Re: The Brown Crown
Happy Birthday Brown Crown, We should get all the California Crown owners togeather & start a gang, We could put The Crown Rollers on the back of our leather jackets unless someone has a better name
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12-17-2013, 11:10 AM
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#214
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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
Quote:
Originally Posted by allwthrrider
Happy Birthday Brown Crown, We should get all the California Crown owners togeather & start a gang, We could put The Crown Rollers on the back of our leather jackets unless someone has a better name
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I like that Idea Never been in a gang before, but you gotta start somewhere
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12-20-2013, 12:13 AM
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#215
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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
Quote:
Originally Posted by gmarvel
The Brown Crown is finally at middle age. Instead of 15 to 20 years of life like a Blue Bird, Thomas, etc., the Crowns will last 50 to 60 years or more. Happy Birthday Brown Crown.
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First, Brown Crown, happy birthday to your beautiful (one of my favorite builds) bus! But on another note, (above quote) my Blue Bird, at almost 28 years young, is still going strong... just sayin.
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12-20-2013, 01:44 AM
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#216
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Danville, California
Posts: 345
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: DD6-71T
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: The Brown Crown
My experience with our many clients is that the other transit style school busses simply don't have the life span in daily active school service like the older Crowns. Blue Birds and other brands used as conversions are not getting the daily stress and wear they did when being used as school busses. As RV's, I suspect they will last for many, many years.
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12-20-2013, 06:34 AM
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#217
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Moodus, Ct.
Posts: 1,062
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Champion
Chassis: Ford e-450
Engine: 7.3 Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 14
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Re: The Brown Crown
Two retired Crowns are sitting on the lot. One says to the other-"aahh-its going to be great-I'm getting bought as RV-no more kids kicking the back of my seats." "Ummmm-you know what the first thing they are going to do with your seats?" "THEY ARE GOING TO WHAT TO MY SEATS?!?!"
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12-24-2013, 12:36 AM
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#218
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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
Quote:
Originally Posted by gmarvel
My experience ... As RV's, I suspect they will last for many, many years.
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We can only hope... and keep the wheels moving', or as my grandson says, "go round and round".
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02-03-2014, 09:42 PM
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#219
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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
Began a major renovation to BC today. Spent my mid-day doing demo work on the bus. I had a nice dinette I had built which became nothing more than a catch-all. I never used it. So the dinette came out this morning. The couch will be moved into its space from the starboard side of the bus to the port side. The swivel chair will be placed over the starboard front wheel well where the couch was, along with another swivel chair I will put in after I can buy it. A fold up table will be between the two chairs for eating and the computer. The space between the present couch and TV/Bathroom wall will become a Wet Bar with a second refrigerator with small sink and cabinet space. I will also do an upgrade on the electrical, and insulation which I also stripped out.
As it looks now
Demo work
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02-04-2014, 10:18 PM
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#220
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Ocala, FL
Posts: 635
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Bookmobile body by Farber
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: Navistar DT466/Alison MT643
Rated Cap: 1
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Re: The Brown Crown
Thank you! This is why I didn’t even plan for a dinette in my conversion—I knew I wouldn’t use it and I certainly knew I would never have to seat four people for a meal. I have two perfectly good seats right up front with great views through a giant windshield. It doesn’t get better than that.
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