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Title: What is all that hype about bus conversion?
Post by: wrench on January 24, 2010, 10:05:22 AM
 Being so much better then S&S?
I don"t see much difference!
http://www.copart.com/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=getLot&execution=e9s4&lotId=19021629&returnPage=SEARCH_RESULTS (http://www.copart.com/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=getLot&execution=e9s4&lotId=19021629&returnPage=SEARCH_RESULTS)

I know the difference, this one I have to cut the tubing to get it flush with the floor,
with S&S it's automatic!!
        wrench
Title: Re: What is all that hype about bus conversion?
Post by: John316 on January 24, 2010, 10:15:43 AM
You got that wrench? Neat...whatcha going to do with it?

God bless,

John
Title: Re: What is all that hype about bus conversion?
Post by: NeoplanAN440 on January 24, 2010, 11:25:38 AM
that looks to be near me!!
maybe i can salvage the rims (should be the rare ones for my neoplan)
betting the s60 has an b500 behind it

Title: Re: What is all that hype about bus conversion?
Post by: belfert on January 24, 2010, 11:41:02 AM
I would bet the B500 is destroyed if it is as bad as the engine looks.  It is probably a rebuildable core at best.  The rims could be questionable if the tires popped due to heat.

It looks like some of the bay doors are salvagable, but that is about it.  The rest appears to be scrap metal.  I like how the rebuild cost is listed as zero.  The only way to rebuild that bus would be a call to ABC Companies to order a new Van Hool.
Title: Re: What is all that hype about bus conversion?
Post by: compedgemarine on January 24, 2010, 12:17:44 PM
whats the difference? even after all that this still looks like a bus! the S&S would fit in the back of a pickup after a fire like that
Title: Re: What is all that hype about bus conversion?
Post by: Tenor on January 24, 2010, 02:05:19 PM
What an easy conversion!  The interior is already gutted, the skins are mostly removed for a roof raise, all the old air conditioning lines are gone, easy access to the engine... ;D

Glenn