Miss January

[jok]

Great article Eric.

The Eagle looks quite a but different from when I saw it last spring in Florida. Did you paint it yourself? It turned out great.

Great looking conversion, inside and out.

John

[Ericbsc]

A friend of mine who owns a paint company in Greenville, SC painted the bus. The name is Ozone Collision. They do mostly large trucks, and buses. I did all the layout work. Brant said the only way he would paint it was if I were part of the crew. Something about me being anal!!LOL I have to say after the job was done that I would pay extra not to help next time. Sanded until I hurt all over, used 3 cases of tape (NOT ROLLS), 6 gal. primer, 4 gal red, 3 gal tan, 1 gal black, 1 gal, gray, 1 gal gold, 8 gal. clear, and 4 million miles of paper!!! They used me for the shop monkey, get this, tape that, etc. Good experience though. Their paint booth is big enough for two buses I think. I used the rest of the summer to finish the interior. Our business is tied to the building and construction industry, so I had lots of free time! I didn't even know it was in the BCM until Tom Hamrick called and said he wanted my autograph. I thought he just wanted me to sign a blank check! Hope your trip home from Florida went better than the last night!! Thank you for the compliment! Feels good after seeing how nice your bus turned out!

[jok]

That is a lot of tape, and paint. I painted the midsection of my MC8 white, so it was very simple, but still a lot of work for a non-painter like myself. I can really appreciate how much work went into your paint job. Someday I would like to repaint the Prevost but I have not been brave enough yet.

I wish I had thought about making the interior cabinets shallow like you did. It really opens up the interior. Something to keep in mind if I do another conversion.

The trip home from Florida last spring went a lot better than the night before we left. I thought that my Aqua-Hot pickup tube was not as far into the fuel tank as the engine pickup. I will not make that mistake again. Loosing the prime was something I only want to deal with once, actually I never wanted to deal with it. We are headed back down to Flagler Beach again this Spring Break. We are also going to run over to Universal Studios for a few days. The girls are excited about going to the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter".

Hopefully you have been able to take time to enjoy your bus.

John

[RnMAdventures]

Great looking coach Eric. What do you think it would cost a person to get a 35' coach a single color... without having to help them lol?