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05-07-2017, 02:28 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Knoxville,TN
Posts: 8
Year: 2000
Chassis: International/Amtran
Engine: DT466e/MD3060
Rated Cap: 78 Pax
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We bought a bus!
That's really all my wife and I could say for the 4 1/2 ride home. We are super excited to get her home in a couple weeks and get this party started!
The bodacious beauty is a 2000 Internation/Amtran RE. Beautiful bus actually, she has 135,000 miles on the clock, with a DT466e and a MD3060. No visible rust at all, and has some additional perks I wasn't expecting. (air seat, air ride suspension in the back, heated power mirrors, and luggage bins all around underneath) she'll need tires, but we already planned on that anyway so...
Another bright spot is the thing has all screws on the inside instead of rivets! Very happy about this!
Our plans for the bus are a full on roof raise conversion for full time living on the road. It's only the wife and I along with our 4 legged children so we can really just deck it out for convenience. I have worked in the cabinet industry for 30 years so the build out should be like old times. I also have done some boat building as well.
Next up is of course getting insurance and all that jazz so we can get her home to East TN.
Anywho, just stopping by to say hi and thanks to all those that are forging the path for those of us picking up the rear.
Happy Sunday everyone!
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05-07-2017, 02:41 PM
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#2
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Skoolie
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 112
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CrackedConch
That's really all my wife and I could say for the 4 1/2 ride home. We are super excited to get her home in a couple weeks and get this party started!
The bodacious beauty is a 2000 Internation/Amtran RE. Beautiful bus actually, she has 135,000 miles on the clock, with a DT466e and a MD3060. No visible rust at all, and has some additional perks I wasn't expecting. (air seat, air ride suspension in the back, heated power mirrors, and luggage bins all around underneath) she'll need tires, but we already planned on that anyway so...
Another bright spot is the thing has all screws on the inside instead of rivets! Very happy about this!
Our plans for the bus are a full on roof raise conversion for full time living on the road. It's only the wife and I along with our 4 legged children so we can really just deck it out for convenience. I have worked in the cabinet industry for 30 years so the build out should be like old times. I also have done some boat building as well.
Next up is of course getting insurance and all that jazz so we can get her home to East TN.
Anywho, just stopping by to say hi and thanks to all those that are forging the path for those of us picking up the rear.
Happy Sunday everyone!
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Awesome glad y'all got a bus. What it looks like
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05-07-2017, 02:41 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Welcome
You've got good skills for this. I hope we can see something special.
You won't be bringing up the rear because people are always joining.
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Robin
Nobody's Business
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05-07-2017, 02:52 PM
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#4
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New Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Knoxville,TN
Posts: 8
Year: 2000
Chassis: International/Amtran
Engine: DT466e/MD3060
Rated Cap: 78 Pax
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I'm working on getting the pics and all that uploaded now, so pics will come soon. As for the build, we certainly will do it proud!
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05-07-2017, 02:52 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 112
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CrackedConch
I'm working on getting the pics and all that uploaded now, so pics will come soon. As for the build, we certainly will do it proud!
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That's awesome. My bus will be the same
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05-07-2017, 02:59 PM
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#6
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New Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Knoxville,TN
Posts: 8
Year: 2000
Chassis: International/Amtran
Engine: DT466e/MD3060
Rated Cap: 78 Pax
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She drove like a big ole Caddy! I only killed two mailboxes and as it turns out, evreyone gets out of the way!
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05-07-2017, 03:08 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Knoxville,TN
Posts: 8
Year: 2000
Chassis: International/Amtran
Engine: DT466e/MD3060
Rated Cap: 78 Pax
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Here she is...
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05-07-2017, 03:20 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,060
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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thats a nice lookin rig!!!
-Christopher
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05-07-2017, 03:30 PM
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#9
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New Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Knoxville,TN
Posts: 8
Year: 2000
Chassis: International/Amtran
Engine: DT466e/MD3060
Rated Cap: 78 Pax
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Thank you sir, I am looking forward to learning from you and others some fine bus converting tricks. Disclaimer: many, many seemingly silly questions to follow.
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05-07-2017, 04:22 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: NY
Posts: 774
Year: 2002
Coachwork: International
Engine: dt466
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Welcome and wow!! It's beautiful!!
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05-07-2017, 05:13 PM
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#11
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Greenwood, Indiana
Posts: 672
Year: 1999
Coachwork: New Flyer
Chassis: D45HF "Viking"
Engine: 11.1L Detroit Diesel S60
Rated Cap: 51,600
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Congrats! Looking forward to what you come up with!
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05-07-2017, 06:25 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,404
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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What a SWEET bus!!
All the "right" gear in my book and storage bays to boot. I would say that you definitely scored.
We look forward to watching your conversion.
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05-07-2017, 07:58 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,497
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 24v
Rated Cap: 72 pax
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Great bus. I almost had it's twin. Good luck!
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05-07-2017, 08:52 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 112
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Nice bus
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05-07-2017, 09:18 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,060
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CrackedConch
Here she is...
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I see those rigs flyin up and down the highway almost every opne of my trips between columbus and st pete!
-Christopher
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05-08-2017, 07:55 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,830
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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That's a VERY fine choice of bus!
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05-08-2017, 08:25 AM
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New Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Knoxville,TN
Posts: 8
Year: 2000
Chassis: International/Amtran
Engine: DT466e/MD3060
Rated Cap: 78 Pax
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Thanks everyone! We are definitely excited about her. She just kind of appeared. I was doing the Craigslist thing and decided to search outward a little, and there she was in all her glory. I told myself no more than 250 miles away from the house. She was 249. The guy I grabbed her from just purchased it from the school system a day prior so we jumped on the phone and made plans to see her. She was purchased by the same school system new in July '00 according to the title.
I'm not going to lie, first time I walked up to it i definitely thought about committing myself. But once around her and I knew.
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05-08-2017, 12:30 PM
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#18
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Greenwood, Indiana
Posts: 672
Year: 1999
Coachwork: New Flyer
Chassis: D45HF "Viking"
Engine: 11.1L Detroit Diesel S60
Rated Cap: 51,600
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Heh, I completely understand about the "committed" part. We've had our bus two weeks today and I still think I need to be committed. Now I'm just committed.... ;) ;)
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05-08-2017, 12:53 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,060
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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ha! thats what people told me when I showed up to starbucks the first time in my bright red bus.... "wow who you driving for?" 'its mine!'.. and 'yep i just cruise it around'.. they threatened to commit me then I swear.. lol... now if I show up in my pickup truck they ask 'hey wheres the bus?'.. i think they still think about committing me when read all the little pretty colored letters and symbols on my computer screen..
-Christopher
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09-09-2017, 12:21 AM
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#20
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New Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 4
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 Exciting! I just got a 40' rear engine, too, two days ago. Watch for my thread when I put pics and specs up (and ask for experience and wisdom)!
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