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03-19-2012, 04:35 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
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Check this out!-- bus conversion
On another forum they were talking about someone thinking about converting an articulated bus and gave a page where they were selling them. I clicked on another link and got this 1939 bus conversion: http://www.bargainbusnews.com/Buses/...orsFuturliner/ and it can be yours for only 3/4 of a Mil  give or take $50,000. 
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2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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03-19-2012, 09:27 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Murrieta
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Wow, DQ, you found a good one!
...powered by a 145 horsepower, 302 cubic inch GMC gasoline engine...Compression ration is 7.3 to 1. Bore and stroke are each 4 inches... produced 262 foot pounds of torque at 1,400 revolutions per minute.
This would be a huge financial step up from a VW bus, but at least it does have duallies in the rear as well as duallies in the front! This should be plenty for holding up the weight and maneuvering, but you wouldn't be moving very fast with this power plant especially up and down hills.
Other oddities... the driver is centered at the front and you sit up real high!!!
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03-20-2012, 01:01 AM
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Montana Master
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03-20-2012, 02:47 AM
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Wow, and some of my friends tell me a lot of RV parks won't accept motorhomes over 10 years old. LOL.
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03-20-2012, 03:11 AM
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Montana Master
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Interesting concept for 1939.
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03-20-2012, 03:51 AM
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Montana Master
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Yeah, but does it have a central vacuum?
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03-20-2012, 04:06 AM
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Site Team
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by 1retired06
Yeah, but does it have a central vacuum?
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You bet, it's just hard to source the bags. Especially on a 1939 model intervac
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Dick, Joyce, Diego, Picatso and Gustav
2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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03-20-2012, 04:36 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
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Well I would not give anything for it.It is ugly.. Will take a shiny new one.
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03-20-2012, 07:29 AM
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Montana Fan
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Location: Silverton
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M.O.C. #11144
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The Kirby is centrally located inside the coach....
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03-20-2012, 08:23 AM
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Montana Fan
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M.O.C. #11268
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Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. Some rich dude will buy it...
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03-20-2012, 09:18 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: silver creek
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they have auctioned one or two of these at Barrett-jackson last year. went close to a mil.!!!
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03-20-2012, 09:46 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Land O Lakes
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W.C. Fields had something to say about buying things like this....
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03-20-2012, 11:21 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary
Posts: 162
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That "thing" is a glorified Limo or Party Bus. Locally we have Company (Bust Loose http://www.bustloose.com/ ) that has coverted school buses which the interiors are modified similar albeit not as extravagant as that monstrosity. They mostly use their buses for saturday night and Halloween etc "Pub Crawls."
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