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07-26-2010, 10:53 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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I drank the Kool-Aid
1995 BB/All-American, 8.3 with a 643.
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07-26-2010, 01:50 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 227
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Super Coach II, 36 Ft. RE
Engine: Cat 3208T, MT643
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
Beautiful bus! I'm jealous even though I just picked up a Crown Supercoach II last week. (Bluebird would have been my choice if I hadn't found the Crown that I did.) Is that a 78 or 84 passenger configuration? How many miles are on it?
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07-26-2010, 03:08 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
72 passenger. 190k and 6100 hrs. Pretty nice shape. Just dug up the school district that owned it prior. I chatted with the service manager there and he wanted it back...lol. He said it was a great activities bus, very nice bus.
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07-26-2010, 03:38 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
that is a ton of mirrors and whats the extra lights for?
good omen to hear they didnt want to get rid of it lol
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07-26-2010, 03:45 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuff
that is a ton of mirrors and whats the extra lights for?
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Mountain country gets pretty dark at night.
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07-26-2010, 03:45 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 471
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Ward
Chassis: Ford B600
Engine: 6.6L Turbo Diesel
Rated Cap: 26
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
Sweeeeeet ride!!!!
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We few, we Band of Brothers. For he who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.
- William Shakespeare ("King Henry V")
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07-27-2010, 10:56 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
And a better view, just because I can.
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07-27-2010, 11:02 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Whidbey Island, WA.
Posts: 1,109
Year: 1984
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 3208 na boat anchor
Rated Cap: 2
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
She's a beauty, alrighty!
Do you think on your next vid you could pop open the engine hatch and start her up. Please.
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07-28-2010, 02:58 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 212
Year: 1978
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: ford
Engine: 406 Ford
Rated Cap: 25
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
Quote:
Originally Posted by bus-bro
Do you think on your next vid...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timmylc
next vid =...
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On your next vid- DESTRUCTION!!! Rip some stuff out... show us the bare canvas!
That's a sharp looking bus, btw. Good score. Belly bins on both sides. Doors on both sides. A cool set-up. How deep are the bins? Also, what did you end up giving for it, if I may so boldly inquire?
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07-28-2010, 06:50 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
I'm not sure I like this idea of a cut off grinder for these seats....hmmm. With all the space taken up below, I cant get to but 4 seats to put a wrench on. Who wants a weeks vacation in MT?
Anyways......they wanted $9500, I gave them $5500. Pricey, but as I stated before, no such thing as a cheap bus around here. I would rather spend the money here than have to fly to TN and then drive back. I am well pleased.
[Its available in HD too, if you swing that way]. I had to pull the right door piston off to get inside the heater box. That is why it is hanging there.
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07-28-2010, 07:49 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 212
Year: 1978
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: ford
Engine: 406 Ford
Rated Cap: 25
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
I wish I could come up there for a mini vacation- not happening, though.
So the belly bins are pass through- that's cool. That is a nice looking bus.
Are all of those tabs with holes through them, along the windows- are they for a stop cord to pass through, like some city buses use? If not, what are they for?
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07-28-2010, 08:13 PM
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#12
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Whidbey Island, WA.
Posts: 1,109
Year: 1984
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 3208 na boat anchor
Rated Cap: 2
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
Thanks. That's a nice sounding engine. I'll trade you a Cat 3208NA for it, won't even charge you extra.
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07-29-2010, 08:25 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
Quote:
Originally Posted by bus-ted
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Are all of those tabs with holes through them, along the windows- are they for a stop cord to pass through, like some city buses use? If not, what are they for?
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Those were for the overhead luggage racks that were SUPPOSED to come with it. I'm working on that though. I think I want some of them, not sure.
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07-29-2010, 09:02 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
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07-29-2010, 11:17 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
I did it by myself. 4 yesterday and the rest today. It took me about 5 hrs today. I Could only get 4 with a wrench, due to the center tank and all the bays. Windows are staying as is, they are tinted, I will 5% most of them. I am toying with pulling the sides off but there are a lot of rivets.  I think you could cut them off pretty quick with a cutting disk, one would think.
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07-29-2010, 11:33 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Whidbey Island, WA.
Posts: 1,109
Year: 1984
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 3208 na boat anchor
Rated Cap: 2
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
Drill them rivets.
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07-30-2010, 09:05 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
Air chisel BABY! What a pain that was! Took a sample of the floor, to see what it would be like to remove. [make mental note to self; refrain from cutting through steel floor next time].
I am unsure of what to do with the walls. We've had a good rain or two lately and there is only one or two leaks that I can find. Should I keep this insulation or replace it all with pink board? I am planning on a plywood wall with carpet or material on it. Should I leave it and place a 1/2" pink board over it in between furring strips? I do believe it is wool insulation?
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07-30-2010, 09:40 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Whidbey Island, WA.
Posts: 1,109
Year: 1984
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 3208 na boat anchor
Rated Cap: 2
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
It all depends on how much work you want to do. There are two predominate thoughts on this: 1) do a quick and simple conversion, then use it, abuse it, then get rid of it.; 2) make it a quality RV, gut it and then build using quality stuff--which costs a small fortune of which you will only recover a small portion of.
I persue the middle path (left the side walls in btw). I use what I got, modify it, or fabricate & take a huge amount of time and effort to make a little progress. By the time I get it ready to go they'll have taxed diesel so much (greenhouse gas thing) that my trips will be very, very short. Like--gotta move bus and mow the weeds under it.
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07-30-2010, 09:56 PM
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#19
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
I dont want to put a "lot of time and effort" into this. Reason being, its a vehicle. It could blow up, get totalled, etc....then I would be totally out. I do want it nice, I do want it clean. But I am not going to make love to the thing. I am thinking I might just seal the couple leaks and put the insulation back in then add 1/2" - 3/4" pink board and put the wood on it and call the walls good. The insulation is in very good shape.
I am glad I got the skins off because the curiosity would have been the end of me....lol.
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07-30-2010, 10:58 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Whidbey Island, WA.
Posts: 1,109
Year: 1984
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 3208 na boat anchor
Rated Cap: 2
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Re: I drank the Kool-Aid
You're at the point where you might as well frame for RV windows, and skin the existing widow area. I saw a bus from Idaho (in Anacortes, WA) that did this, and it looked very sharp. It was a bird, so it had the brows.
Don't put the batts back in, use some sort of foam. I left my walls alone because I am: 1) lazy, 2) I figured the factory metal made a good vapor barrier. Your vid proves that.
Birds rule!
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