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Bus Discussion => Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) => Topic started by: Tenor on November 07, 2010, 02:38:10 PM
This is an incredible start! I would have loved to see it finished and an article in BCM!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-Neo-Plan-Tour-Bus-renovation-process-/370453309835?pt=Buses&hash=item5640bce98b (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-Neo-Plan-Tour-Bus-renovation-process-/370453309835?pt=Buses&hash=item5640bce98b)
Glenn
It must be a repower since it has a Series 60. I wonder if it was cut down to 45 feet since the standard length on the NASA buses was 48 feet? A 60KW generator? Are they turning the entire bus into a freezer? Isn't 13'7" one inch higher than normal?
The back deck is pretty cool. I have no idea if the structural integrity has been compromised as I'm not a Neoplan expert. It would appear to have little or no cargo bay space considering there is a slide on the lower level.
That bus has been discussed on here before, after a previous attempt to sell it on Ebay. If you look on the page on the Walker website below it shows it being constructed:
http://www.walkercustomer.com/Next_Level_Coachs.htm#Neoplan_Skyliner,with_Roof_Sky_Deck,Six_Slide_Outs.... (http://www.walkercustomer.com/Next_Level_Coachs.htm#Neoplan_Skyliner,with_Roof_Sky_Deck,Six_Slide_Outs....)
I think the ambition in taking on such a mammoth project is wonderful, although you can't help but think that the end result could only ever be a complete white elephant.
Jeremy
I saw that thing in person a couple years ago while picking up a NASA Megaliner for a friend. That thing is huge. I got the ten cent tour and all. I have to admit there are some neat ideas there. I liked the refrigerator that was on a platform. It could move to first, second, or roof floors.
I also saw who was involved............................
Not everyday you see a bus with an elevator that stops on three levels!