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06-24-2015, 04:05 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: AZ
Posts: 21
Year: 1996
Chassis: International Genesis
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: This guy
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About to purchase 2000 International 8-window. Need sanity check please!
About to purchase 2000 International 8-window. Need sanity check please!
I've been hunting for months on surplus auctions and craigslist across the country and I believe I found my dream vehicle. And it's local! That never happens.
Would any of you kindly sanity check the price and any potential issues I might have glossed over in my excitement?
$4,500
200k miles
DT466
Rear air ride
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06-24-2015, 04:51 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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yes you are insane....welcome  to the insane asylum
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06-24-2015, 06:02 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Moodus, Ct.
Posts: 1,062
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Champion
Chassis: Ford e-450
Engine: 7.3 Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 14
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It would be better if it was cheaper--but MAYBE if you waited--and traveled -you could find something good for less-but it could turn out spending 2k to get a $2500 bus.
If the rubber is good-the body solid and its been maintained well, it might be a better deal in the long run. And its in front of you.
And you came to the wrong place to get talked OUT if buying a bus.
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06-24-2015, 06:47 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: AZ
Posts: 21
Year: 1996
Chassis: International Genesis
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: This guy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sdwarf36
It would be better if it was cheaper--but MAYBE if you waited--and traveled -you could find something good for less-but it could turn out spending 2k to get a $2500 bus.
If the rubber is good-the body solid and its been maintained well, it might be a better deal in the long run. And its in front of you.
And you came to the wrong place to get talked OUT if buying a bus.
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I have a similar feeling. My first post got chewed up into the ether but what I was trying to mention was I'd found a comparable bus on Public Surplus that went for $3200 but I know it would have cost me >$1000 and a huge headache to get it home.
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06-24-2015, 10:56 PM
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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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Looks like a really sweet bus.
A little pricey to me, and I wouldn't want the factory air.
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06-25-2015, 01:18 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Great bus.
Got everything I would want in a short bus.
Air ride
Great brakes
DT 466
It looks rust free making it worth every penny.
What is the transmission?
Nat
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06-25-2015, 02:50 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,259
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 8.3 Cummins ISC
Rated Cap: 75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Looks like a really sweet bus.
A little pricey to me, and I wouldn't want the factory air.
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I would just rip out the factory air along with the seats and stop arm, it's not useful from a skoolie perspective. Takes up space in the interior and requires the bus to be running for it to work.
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06-25-2015, 02:58 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Finding a bus in your backyard is worth at least $1000-2000. By the time you take time off of work, airfare, getting to bus from airport, food, fuel, any work required on the bus, you've dropped at least a grand. Plus that bus a high roof. Show up with cash and grind.
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06-25-2015, 05:42 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Posts: 1,796
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: B3800 Short bus
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 36
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I bet there are no wheel-wells in that thing either.. Sexy rig.
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06-25-2015, 06:28 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,208
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: 3800 International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
yes you are insane....welcome  to the insane asylum 
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I agree, and welcome
gbstewart
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06-25-2015, 07:01 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,259
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American
Engine: 8.3 Cummins ISC
Rated Cap: 75
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How well do those wheelchair buses with the small tires do on the highway? Is the axle ratio/transmission gearing set up to compensate for the small tires?
I like the idea of getting one of these shorter wheelchair buses especially because there's no fenders to work around.
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06-28-2015, 02:05 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WIbluebird
How well do those wheelchair buses with the small tires do on the highway? Is the axle ratio/transmission gearing set up to compensate for the small tires?
I like the idea of getting one of these shorter wheelchair buses especially because there's no fenders to work around.
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The ones here do fine on the highway.
Yes, most have the right gears in the rear axle to compensate for the smaller tires. They have a 3.?? gear ratio.
Most full size will have a 4.?? or a 5.?? rear axle ratio.
Nat
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06-28-2015, 01:49 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 164
Year: 1993
Coachwork: blue bird
Chassis: International, 3000, Blue Bird
Engine: Dt360
Rated Cap: 25000
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Run to it with money in hand and drive home as a member of the skoolie family, welcome.
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06-29-2015, 11:10 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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You get what you pay for. Grab it!
And if you rip out the factory air, I wont ever talk to you again.  I'd take bus air 10x over a roof mount.
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06-30-2015, 01:42 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Factory air could be converted to run the compressor from a smaller gas or diesel engine, VS running the bus engine for AC use.
Nat
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06-30-2015, 01:46 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Winlcok, WA
Posts: 2,233
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That looks like a really nice looking bus for a very reasonable price.
If the wheels are standard 10-hole Budd wheels you can go up to some taller tires on standard 22.5" wheels as long as you still have clearance in the wheel wells. The clearance can be compensated by putting blocks under the air bags.
I have given my opinion on coach A/C systems--expensive to maintain, hard to work on, and most were barely adequate to cool the space.
Good luck and happy trails!
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06-30-2015, 10:17 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by nat_ster
Factory air could be converted to run the compressor from a smaller gas or diesel engine, VS running the bus engine for AC use.
Nat
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Thats exactly right!
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06-30-2015, 01:07 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 546
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Quote:
Originally Posted by opus
You get what you pay for. Grab it!
And if you rip out the factory air, I wont ever talk to you again.  I'd take bus air 10x over a roof mount.
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X2 
Going down the road the dual air in our BB is the way to go!
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