Non-affiliated buses for sale - thread

[PNW_Steve]

Originally Posted by Beachvbguy

https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?f...m_medium=email

Reserve is $4,500...

thoughts?

I am curious about the mileage. Listing says 181k. Odometer says 81k and the note under it says speedometer replaced at 31k. Does the bus have 112k or 181k?

Nice drive train.

[awilder]

A couple NE marketplace shortie finds:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...ssenger_banner

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...ssenger_banner

[skidfrog]

A nice medium sized bus in Ontario Canada :

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-rv-motorhome...ale/1485548464

[cowlitzcoach]

Originally Posted by skidfrog

A nice medium sized bus in Ontario Canada :

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-rv-motorhome...ale/1485548464

I would double check what engine it has because most of the Ford chassis buses of that vintage that were running diesel engines were running Brazilian Ford Diesels. IIRC, they came in 5.9L and 6.6L.



Also, if it has the Girling brakes I would pass on this bus. They are good brakes you just can't easily get parts and pieces to fix them anymore.

[appman55]

https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?f...4&acctid=16909
thoughts on this bus?

[appman55]

Any thoughts on this bus?

https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?f...4&acctid=16909

[Beachvbguy]

What about this shortie?
https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/au...ew?auc=2522246

[ACamper]

Free 1960s School bus with RV conversion NO TITLE

https://denver.craigslist.org/rvs/d/...069662569.html

[PNW_Steve]

Originally Posted by Beachvbguy

What about this shortie?
https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/au...ew?auc=2522246

The 6.6 Duramax has a pretty good reputation.. In the pickups they put the Allison 1000 behind it. I have heard that they put a lesser transmission in the van chassis. I have no first hand experience with the GM's just passing on something that I was told.

Regarding cutaways : I bought one a couple of years ago and really did not like the engine access. I griped about how hard it was to work on while talking with the service manager from a local utility company. He explained to me that they found it much easier to work on their cutaways if they lifted the cab off of the chassis.

Good luck.

[WIbluebird]

Originally Posted by PNW_Steve

The 6.6 Duramax has a pretty good reputation.. In the pickups they put the Allison 1000 behind it. I have heard that they put a lesser transmission in the van chassis. I have no first hand experience with the GM's just passing on something that I was told.

Regarding cutaways : I bought one a couple of years ago and really did not like the engine access. I griped about how hard it was to work on while talking with the service manager from a local utility company. He explained to me that they found it much easier to work on their cutaways if they lifted the cab off of the chassis.

Good luck.

On the cutaways you get decent access by removing the interior doghouse. A lot of the engine actually sits INSIDE the van cab but I agree, access compared to a convetional full size is pretty bad.

The Duramaxes in the vans are detuned, there is no intercooler and they are turned way down. I think they make something like 65% the power of the trucks.

[cowlitzcoach]

Originally Posted by Beachvbguy

What about this shortie?
https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/au...ew?auc=2522246

The basic problem with all Type 'A' buses is there is a lot more bus on top than there is truck underneath to support it.



With a GVWR of just over 12,000, I doubt you will have much more than 3,000 net payload available, it that much.



A Type 'C' of the same basic passenger capacity will have probably double the amount of net payload available.

[PNW_Steve]

Originally Posted by WIbluebird

On the cutaways you get decent access by removing the interior doghouse. A lot of the engine actually sits INSIDE the van cab but I agree, access compared to a convetional full size is pretty bad.

The Duramaxes in the vans are detuned, there is no intercooler and they are turned way down. I think they make something like 65% the power of the trucks.

Your idea of "decen" may be different than mine I don't have a lot of patience with machines that make me cuss and bleed.

Do you know what transmission they used on the cutaways?

Random bit: I saw a 1000hp (so they said) 6.6 Duramax in a '67 or '68 Chevelle. I want one

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by PNW_Steve

I am curious about the mileage. Listing says 181k. Odometer says 81k and the note under it says speedometer replaced at 31k. Does the bus have 112k or 181k?

Nice drive train.

Question and answer shows it has 181K.

[keithgugliotto]

Originally Posted by Beachvbguy

https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?f...m_medium=email

Reserve is $4,500...

thoughts?

Originally Posted by PNW_Steve

I am curious about the mileage. Listing says 181k. Odometer says 81k and the note under it says speedometer replaced at 31k. Does the bus have 112k or 181k?

Nice drive train.

Originally Posted by o1marc

Question and answer shows it has 181K.

I asked the seller that question hoping for a different answer. We're looking for something that'll go about 120K over ten years without needing a replacement, so 181K could work for us...but doesn't that note about the speedometer change make 181K feel a bit off, even with the official answer?

[WIbluebird]

https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/au...ew?auc=2526667

nice clean AZ bus, not sure what they mean by 5.29 Cummins though

I thought '99 was the first year for the A3 body style but this is an older All American. Possibly a <1998.

https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/au...ew?auc=2522968

Nice Utah bus with an exhaust brake. Can't tell if that's an MBE or a Cummins in the engine bay though.

[PNW_Steve]

Edit: Never mind. I misunderstood the reply.

[Truthseeker4449]

Originally Posted by WIbluebird

https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/au...ew?auc=2522968

Nice Utah bus with an exhaust brake. Can't tell if that's an MBE or a Cummins in the engine bay though.

I saw that listing, I'm pretty sure that it's a Cummins 5.9 24v. I wonder how it fairs in that large of a bus.


An MBE should have a very visible oil filter on the upper front left of the engine, just like this one in a 04 HDX.

[WIbluebird]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker4449

I saw that listing, I'm pretty sure that it's a Cummins 5.9 24v. I wonder how it fairs in that large of a bus.


An MBE should have a very visible oil filter on the upper front left of the engine, just like this one in a 04 HDX.

Wasn't 2007 the first year for 6.7? Also that does look a tad large to be a 6.7. Maybe it's an ISC?

[Truthseeker4449]

Originally Posted by WIbluebird

Wasn't 2007 the first year for 6.7? Also that does look a tad large to be a 6.7. Maybe it's an ISC?

They just updated the listing, it's a 8.3. I'll have to save some of these pictures for future reference, that would be awesome to find 8.3 in something. Sadly this one is already out of my price range and I'm more wanting to pickup a parts bus with 3126 with AC in it.

I can't speak for what year the 6.7 came out and they feel big enough in the Freightliners at work.

[WIbluebird]

The 6.7s are very nice for what they are. I expect them to become the preferred engine among skoolies in another decade when they become prevalent on the used market.

The 8.3 ISC is on a whole nother level though. My Bluebird will climb the big hills without even breaking a sweat at 55 mph whereas the buses at work will be screaming in 2nd and barely getting 30 mph on the same hill.