The February 2020 issue of Bus Conversion Magazine is now available to view and/or download from our website.
• The feature article this month is DasBus Adventure. A 1978 MC-8 Crusader owned by Stephanie Stancil and her husband and four children. They bought their bus in January of 2018 as a partial conversion, then they finished it to their liking and have traveled many miles in it so far.
• Yvan Lacroix wrote talks about Electrical issues in his 1973 4905A Opti-Force 1. He found a spaghetti bowl of wires, some with screws through them and some burnt to a crisp. He decided it was time to rewire his bus to make it easier to debug any wiring issues and to make it safer so he did not have to worry about it catching on fire while on the road.
• Want to learn more about the history of Scenicruisers and how they developed an air ride suspension to replace the leaf springs of the past for passenger comfort. Some other notable improvements are as follows:
Spacious, elevated rear passenger deck
Big "picture" windows with unmatched visibility
Double safety glass tinted green with heavier gradations at top and bottom
New type of individually-controlled reclining seats
Added "leg room"
Washroom facilities
Utilization of structural parts of the body framing and walls as air ducts for radiant heating or air conditioning
Ventilation system changing the air in the bus every 40 seconds
Manually-operated ports in the windows for additional ventilation
Individually controlled smoke vent above each seat "enables a passenger to smoke as much as he wishes, without annoying others, since the fumes are exhausted immediately"
Three easy steps from the forward deck to the rear level
Upper level covered by broad roof lights of special safety glass, permitting a sky view for passengers
Use of twin diesel engines connected via two fluid couplings to the transmission
Air conditioning run by the right-side engine
Each engine capable of running the bus and its accessories
Air suspension, using twelve flexible rubber-nylon bellows, body held constantly level
Tandem rear axles for load distribution, road shock absorption, and increased traction
Power steering
Enlarged baggage area with "lazy susan" revolving racks
• Have you ever ran out of fuel in your bus. Well Eric Wendorf has and tells all about it in his tale.
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