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Old 02-07-2006, 01:19 AM   #1
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Help Please..

Hi Everyone, My partner and I are looking at converting a bus.
We have came accross a 1986 PMC Elwood, 4 Stroke Detroit Engine for $20K (Aus).
Can anyone advise whether this is a good buy, or have any suggestions as to what bus would make a good conversion.

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Old 02-07-2006, 09:58 AM   #2
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I checked XE.com and see that $20,000 aus = $14,820 us

Most of us on this site paid less than $4,000 us for our busses (I think) so to us that may seem like a lot (it does to me)

I also did a serch and found a picture of a bus that looks more like a transit bus, which is a diffrent style from a school bus & generaly costs more. I dont know if this was a PMC Elwood - I didnt find much info on that kind of bus & I've never heard of a PMC Elwood so I dont know much about them sorry.
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Old 02-07-2006, 09:27 PM   #3
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If it looks something like this, I think that price is a bit steep too, but I don't know how inflation is in Australia. Down Under, that may be cheap!
http://www.geocities.com/busaust/pic4/
(The yellow & green one, third picture down.)
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Old 02-08-2006, 12:09 AM   #4
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Thankyou everyone for your help.. I think we will keep looking
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