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Title: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: OneLapper on April 22, 2013, 02:20:35 PM
Picked this off of MSN.com today.....

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Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie digs his original 1954 Mercedes-Benz 220 Cabriolet, complete with the original owner's manual, but he'd sell it to get the money to restore his beloved 1969 Checker Marathon. He likes holding onto things; he's still got many of his tour buses. A 1972 Eagle motor coach he calls "Hanuman" was his home on the road for 15 years. It currently sits with weeds growing up over the wheels, keeping company with a rare 1954 GMC Scenicruiser he calls "Blunder Bus." "I'm not a real motor person," he admits, "but I understand how they work. At least I can add enough duct tape to get it going again."


Ill bet both of those coaches are for sale!!!  Sounds like he could use the money...

Mark
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: luvrbus on April 22, 2013, 02:49:05 PM
Must not need the cash he came through here riding in a late model red Prevost
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: OneLapper on April 22, 2013, 04:23:47 PM
Quote from: luvrbus on April 22, 2013, 02:49:05 PM
Must not need the cash he came through here riding in a late model red Prevost

Hahahaa!  Scratch that!  He must be like me... Hates getting rid of his 'mechanical stuff'.
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: Dave5Cs on April 22, 2013, 08:31:57 PM

Arlo Guthrie, Needs the Money? No offense but that's funny. Not only does he still create music for himself and others but gets Royalties off his Dads Music, You may have heard of him "Woody". Ah but that was the old days and many buses ago. :( ;D

Dave5Cs
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: pd4501-771 on April 22, 2013, 08:55:55 PM
I have a photo of both his Eagle and Scenic sitting together near wooded area. I think hew may have a "farm" in New England somewhere. I can post pix end of this week, or maybe search Google images. Both painted blue, I think.

Tom
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: Ed Hackenbruch on April 23, 2013, 03:55:19 AM
I think that the farm is just down the road a little ways from Alice's restaurant.  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: Dave5Cs on April 23, 2013, 06:32:55 AM
Where you can get anything you want and then call it Mellow Yellow:-D

Dave5Cs from Galaxy S III
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: luvrbus on April 23, 2013, 06:44:03 AM
He is headed your way Dave look for a shinny red Prevost with a crazy yellow mural on the side lol
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: saddleup on April 23, 2013, 07:18:43 AM
Heres the Arlo buses
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: luvrbus on April 23, 2013, 07:27:54 AM
Looks like the 05 Eagle is still original with the 05 windows and front now the scenic looks to have job done on it
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: Boomer on April 23, 2013, 08:06:01 AM
And two more rot to the ground.
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: bkelly1011 on April 23, 2013, 12:16:51 PM
Gentlemen - I say we invade.  We can stay at OneLapper's, and use his bus - Arlo will never catch us with those 0-60 times.
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: pd4501-771 on April 23, 2013, 02:33:45 PM
James Brown's former Scenic was in Blytheville (PD4501-431) Belongs to Mike Lewis of Springdale, AR. (now painted grey with murals)

Either of Alro's buses would be cool to own. ( I love the Alice's reference !) I can't remember if I know the s/n on Arlo's 4501 or not. Anybody got his email? LOL
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: OneLapper on April 24, 2013, 07:10:24 AM
[quote Either of Alro's buses would be cool to own. ( I love the Alice's reference !) I can't remember if I know the s/n on Arlo's 4501 or not. Anybody got his email? LOL
[/quote]

I emailed Arlo's record label yesterday!   He's on tour until the end of May.  Maybe I'll get a reply.  I found the two buses on Google maps so they clearly haven't gone anywhere lately. At the very least I'll try to get the serial number.  I offered to try to get it running for him, as well as explained the importance of his bus since it was used as his tour bus for years.   

Would the Prevost have a white roof?   Looks like a red coach parked behind his recording studio but it has a white roof.

BTW Tom, I got the book in the mail last week!   Book is great but the post office darn near ruined it.  I have the book between two plates of steel with a car parked on top.  So much for "DO NOT BEND".   Hopefully this weekend it'll lay flat again!!
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: luvrbus on April 24, 2013, 07:26:09 AM
I don't know about the roof color but the mural with him and woman with no clothes says Lost World Tours real interesting mural

Fwiw we have a small Mexican meat market here I guess the entertainers like his marinated flavors of the Fajita meat he sells you see the entertainers stopping from Vegas and Laughlin  loading up on the meat Travis Tritt was there yesterday 

good luck
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: CrabbyMilton on April 24, 2013, 09:18:31 AM
Doesn't look like they are ready for the scrap heap yet but probably needs a complete rebuild with new engines and transmissions. I missed it but what are the coordinates to view on GOOGLE map?
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: saddleup on April 24, 2013, 09:28:07 AM
Clifford, you get one of them grandaughters to show you how to work that camera phone we could all be seeing pictures of Arlo's red bus, and mural...lol
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: OneLapper on April 24, 2013, 10:59:53 AM
Quote from: CrabbyMilton on April 24, 2013, 09:18:31 AM
Doesn't look like they are ready for the scrap heap yet but probably needs a complete rebuild with new engines and transmissions. I missed it but what are the coordinates to view on GOOGLE map?

42.387439,-73.130744
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: CrabbyMilton on April 24, 2013, 12:57:53 PM
I'm sorry but do you have a better location? I entered those an I ended up in Kazakhstan. No buses and not much of anything to see.
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: John316 on April 24, 2013, 01:10:57 PM
Worked for me. http://goo.gl/maps/Yu6IV (http://goo.gl/maps/Yu6IV)
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: CrabbyMilton on April 24, 2013, 01:12:34 PM
Thanks John. I don't know why it didn't work for me. One of those weeks I guess.
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: Jeremy on April 24, 2013, 02:20:22 PM
(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.staticflickr.com%2F4055%2F4471720335_17014983ec_z.jpg&hash=ed9fa4712b9ccdd1aec317ac9b9509515e9d76a3)
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: CrabbyMilton on April 24, 2013, 03:11:45 PM
Oh geez. I guess you have to expect such "art" from an old hippe geezer. :(
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: pd4501-771 on April 24, 2013, 04:26:46 PM
Hey Mark

Thanks for the update. Please let me know if you hear anything back. I'll have to look at home to see if I have the s/n for the Scenic. (I doubt I do)

Gosh! sorry to hear about the book beating. Your mailman must be like "Newman" from seinfeld.

Take care

Tom
Title: Re: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: Dave5Cs on April 24, 2013, 05:51:19 PM
Clifford are you sure they are stopping foe meat uhmmm lol

Dave5Cs from Galaxy S III
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: luvrbus on April 24, 2013, 06:13:21 PM
 You may have a point there Dave but it does smell like butcher shop not a rope factory or does that stuff come in different flavors lol
Title: Re: Arlo Guthrie's Eagle and Scenicruiser
Post by: Dave5Cs on April 25, 2013, 06:33:03 PM
 8) ::) ;D