Eagle for sale in Orygun.

[JohnEd]

There is an Eagle for sale up outside of Portland, Or.  It is currently advertised in the BCM.  I saw it before that in another sales listing.  Does anybody know this bus or have info?  Clifford, you know everything worth knowing?

Please contact me at jegrabe@gmail.com or the forum PM.  I don't want there to be a conflict betwen the board and advertisers.

Thanks for your help,  Really want to hear from you on this.

John

[luvrbus]

John, I do not know the present owner and have not seen the ad I did know the pervious owner and know what he sold it for a few years ago.
Dick Wright and I were talking about that bus yesterday on what a good buy it would be.
As noted I have not seen the ad but the roof was never raised on that bus.
I also know  some bucks were spent on the engine that's all I know and if it was kept up that is a good buy.
Can a photo be seen anywhere


good luck

[JohnEd]

Photos in this months BCM.  In the bus feature and in the adds section.  It looks clean.

The engine is listed as 500HP.  That must be some of the work you mentioned.  I would expect that to deliver a whopping 4+MPG.  Isn't that like yours?  What do you get? Who did the work?

It is a 96 incher but the roof isn't the problem it would be with those that aren't height challenged...wifey is 5' soaking wet. I have shrunk from my 6' down to 5'10".  One of my concerns was if it were spray foamed and if the walls had firing strips for added depth.  I want to do some winter traveling up north.

It does seem a very good deal.  Now if I could just figure out the draw of an Eagle and I ain't buy'n "classy".

Thanks Clifford

John

John

[luvrbus]

John, the draw to a Eagle is a personal choice like any other bus make you are drawn to the mid 80's Prevost why even look at other brands.
Do you think a 8v92 in a Prevost is going to get better mileage ? fwiw I average 7 + at 70 mph and David did the work on the engine in that bus and I think it is 450 hp it was the last time I saw it.
I don't know how much you want to spend on a bus but there are some good buys on late model Prevost out there I am looking at buying very a late model H-45 with 2 slides for resale it is pennies on the dollar ready to roll.
Bob here has a 89 xl with 2 slides thought I read were he wanted 45,000 for check it out, if I had my choice of buying a new high end coach I would walk around all makes to get to a Newell.  
FWIW I  know you like this kind of info the Marathon production has gone from 60 coaches a year down to 8 and they cannot sell the 8 they have new converted coaches on the lot there that are 3 years old, shop my man buys are there


good luck

[JohnEd]

Clifford,

Firstly thank you very much for you response.  Always informative and hews I can use.

the draw to a Eagle is a personal choice

I saw that in there but I also noted that they seem to be much lighter than a Pre and should outperform the Pre in MPG, acceleration and hill climbing.  That rubber suspension is said to be far more comfy down the road.  No air ride system makes it more maintainable to the private owner.  I saw film of Sean, I believe, dashing and crashing thru a small shallow POND across the road up in Alaska.  He aired up the suspension and was up to the axles and still tore off the muffler.  I know an Iggle would still be mired and  land mark had I been driving it.  I thought the Iggles were lower priced by a large margin.

The SS bodywork, maintainability and air ride are the turning points for me.  I really like the look of the Pre but that influences my decision less than most would think.  80's because that is the newest I thought I could afford but that decision is based on data almost two years old.  I never considered slides because I thought they contributed a lot to the weight and leaked.  All wrong as Pre's go , I imagine.

7+ MPG I would have never thought was possible in a Pre at 50K pounds.  I keep hearing 5 minus.  That is encouraging.  I like David a lot and he is, after all, my Homey.

Marathon?  I thought they, and all the other hi lines, were doing OK.   Even at pennies on the dollar I doubt I could get one of their buses.

Bob here has a 89 xl with 2 slides thought I read were he wanted 45,000 for check it out


BOB?

Thanks Clifford,

John

[Busted Knuckle]

I saw film of Sean, I believe, dashing and crashing thru a small shallow POND across the road up in Alaska. 


Bob here has a 89 xl with 2 slides thought I read were he wanted 45,000 for check it out

John

Actually, I think it was Mexico, but I could be wrong too!

And yes Bob & Judy Glines of Evansville, IN have a beautiful '89 Prevost XL that they have done an awesome job of converting it!
As fer price I can't help ya none. It ain't my bus, & I can't ain't got NO DOG IN THAT RACE!

  BK 

[robertglines1]

No leaks in slides and no air noise going down road..I couldn't have stood either...reason for selling....doing a 45 ft with 3 slides....available fall...will advertise in Bus conversion mag...Thanks for positive comments...this is not to be a add and I apologize if I crossed the line...Happy to talk buses at any time...will look at buses in midwest upon request...Bob

[JohnEd]

Thanks BK,

Mex or Canada....whats the difference .  Both areoutside the CINUS.

Bob,

45 feet is the deal breaker.  40 ft max. and might consider some spetacular 35.  Thank you for answering and I wish you all good fortunes in your quest.

Thanks,

John

[rwc]

"CINUS" is that the same as CONUS?

[JohnEd]

Almost.   CONUS is a little further south.

[Sean]

I saw film of Sean, I believe, dashing and crashing thru a small shallow POND across the road up in Alaska.  He aired up the suspension and was up to the axles and still tore off the muffler. ...

Actually, I think it was Mexico, but I could be wrong too!

I think you might be talking about this post and video clip:
http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/02/big-puddle.html

That puddle was actually in Arizona.  For the record, we did not tear off the muffler, we just crushed the tailpipe.  That's less a function of air suspension vs. anything else than it is a function of how low-slung our bus is and how far inset the axles are.

The tailpipe is the lowest thing at the back of the bus, hanging just below the bumper, and we regularly scrape it going into and out of driveways.  Coming out of the puddle the coach took a bad bounce, and, as luck would have it, there was a rock right there and when the back end came back down the tailpipe landed right on that rock.

Also for the record, the puddle was only perhaps five or six inches deep, not up to the axles.  We walked through it first.  I would not deliberately drive through water any deeper than the sidewalls of the tires.  For one thing, on our bus, the bottom of the bus is only 8" above the ground.  For another, while designed to be splashed, running gear (hubs, brakes, shocks, etc.) does not like to be immersed.

FWIW.

-Sean
http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com

[Van]

Sean, that is a great clip. While returning from Quartzsite last Jan, decided to take a shortcut through Golden Shores to Clifford's place and came upon a washed out road, that we had no choice but to cross. After reconnoitering what was a simple creek with a road over, and had turned into a massive trench, had no choice but to make the move to cross it, and turned our round exhaust tip into a rectangle   . it was tons   of fun literally , no damage other than the squared off tip. what a ride, didn't even spill my beverage   Wished we had captured it on camera

  The mud diver
       Van

[JohnEd]

Wished we had captured it on camera

:'(Me too