tires
big truck tires which is what you have usually have around an inch of depth when new, yours look wore out, if you can't bury a nickle in them then they are high mileage for sure. I expect to wear out my bus before the tires. this bus is just like mine, 427 gas, allison etc except my front windows are 4 piece, yours look like 2 piece which means special order and a little more money verses flat 4 piece like mine. If that is an All American like mine then it's galvanized steel sheet metal and should last a long time. The gas motor is a good one but like most buses you will go slower up hill, most buses are painfully slow. I like the gas motor because you can put a BRAND NEW 427 in their yourself for @ $3000 or 4000 (thats carb to oil pan) verses a valve job alone for a diesel would cost that (shop repair prices because of the special tools needed). Every little farm town mechanic knows how to fix your 427, they have been used in dump/grain trucks for 50 years and you can get parts at any auto parts store. You pay at the pump (gas) or you pay at the repair shop (diesel), you make the choice, neither is cheap to drive. Also you have "bud" wheels and you can pick up some 22.5 stud centered aluminum wheels pretty cheap, some with good tires too! The main reason the trucking industry runs those is they weigh @ #50 less than steel (18x50#=@1000#less tare) and of course look better too. You only need the pretty wheels on the outside, run the steel wheel on the inside rear if wanted. As far as price, that's pretty steep unless they can verify the mileage. Ya, SOMEBODY purchased those tires new, who the **** said they did? That's an old car salesman trick, a generalization they can't get caught in. Get your pointed stick out, ask them what happened to the 27,000 mile tires, those tires should last at least 60,000? If the mileage is so low then how come it has rust? Look at the steering wheel, seat, and pedals, if they look new it has 27,000 miles, if they look ragged, it has 127,000 miles on it. Is the chrome rubbed off the door opener, 127,000. Rock chips all over the front 127,000. A 27,000 bus should look practically new, make then prove it. Do all the seats match? How much gum, pencil, pen is in the interior? If you have exhausted you search and are tired of looking and it suits you taste then buy it. Ask them if they would take $2000 cash, they didn't give **** for it guaranteed. sportyrick