About to purchase 2000 International 8-window. Need sanity check please!

[CeramicHammer]

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

 

[bansil]

yes you are insane....welcome :greetings: to the insane asylum

 

[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.

 

[CeramicHammer]

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.

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.

 

[EastCoastCB]

Looks like a really sweet bus.
A little pricey to me, and I wouldn't want the factory air.

 

[nat_ster]

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

 

[WIbluebird]

Looks like a really sweet bus.
A little pricey to me, and I wouldn't want the factory air.

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.

 

[Crazy]

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.

 

[jazty]

I bet there are no wheel-wells in that thing either.. Sexy rig.

 

[gbstewart]

yes you are insane....welcome :greetings: to the insane asylum

I agree, and welcome
gbstewart

 

[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.

 

[nat_ster]

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.

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

 

[Better Tomorrows]

Run to it with money in hand and drive home as a member of the skoolie family, welcome.

 

[opus-SKO]

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.

 

[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

 

[cowlitzcoach]

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!

 

[opus-SKO]

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

Thats exactly right!

 

[dond]

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.

X2

Going down the road the dual air in our BB is the way to go!