Iam not new to RV's as I owned a couple of them but I am new to bus conversions so one day I come across what I thought was a good deal and I jumped on it. I found a 40 foot 1999 BlueBird CRSE which was a RED CROSS BLOODMOBILE!!! Yikes!
All is well as the inside is being completely stripped. The down side is I bought it with no instrument panel so miles is a guessing game until I pull the carfax. The bus was sitting in a some bushes behind a local business. I asked the owner about it and he explained its been sitting for 2 years and that he won it at an auction, so I asked if hed sell it and he said hed be glad to get it off his property.
Took a about a week to find the keys. He gave me a duffle bag which I thought was a bunch of coins but they were all keys. He said he do know the key looks funny. Long story short I found a set of keys that had the initials BB on them which stood for "blood bus" but I changed it to "Big Burtha".
Anyways couldnt open the door because a tree had grown up in front of it so I climbed on top and dropped down into the air condition hole on top.(first I connected the original 130lb commercial battery) anyways while praying it starts I turned the key and waited 10 secs...... Then crank and it fired right up! Sound smooth and silent. Iam filled with excitement at this point. I put it in gear and realize it was trying to move but it just wouldnt budge!
After a bunch of attempts had to call a tow truck. Tow truck said he couldnt tow it because of the way it was sitting and his truck was to big to fit in and grab it. He decided to go rambo and opened up the door where one of the generators was and climbed up under the bus into the mud and brushes and used the bolts to release the brakes. He climbed out and drove it out with no brakes to the front of the business where I could work on it. So now here we are! I just bought a class 7 bus with a gvwr of 33,324 pounds. It has leveling jacks and two areas where there were 2 generators. Iam excited but if this seem to be to much I will sell it to someone who can handle big burtha! I will try to upload pics as I go. Let me know what you guys think and opinions and advice is much appriciated! So far I can see the frame is solid with just surface rust but I think the air brakes are shot.
The guy who sold it to me explained that he drove it home and everything worked like it was suppose to. He even said the dash was still intact when he parked it.
Anyways I will post some pics to get you guys ideals and advice. I have an Ideal what I want to do but would like to hear from the pros and vets what should be done first.
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