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MCI 102DL3

Started by Scott & Heather, January 25, 2015, 05:44:37 AM

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Scott & Heather

Noooooo! I want a free lunch! :-/  Heather and I are going to keep looking for chassis. I really like Jim Hustons EL3 but it's just likely too much work for us right now. If someone comes across a DL3 with a raised roof, let us know :)


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Scott & Heather
1984 MCI 9 6V92-turbo with 9 inch roof raise (SOLD)
1992 MCI 102C3 8v92-turbo with 8 inch roof raise CURRENT HOME
Click link for 900 photos of our 1st bus conversion:
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John316

Quote from: Scott Bennett on January 28, 2015, 07:20:51 AM
----If someone comes across a DL3 with a raised roof, let us know :)
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We just let one go....For a really good price to ;D You are like three months too late.
Sold - MCI 1995 DL3. DD S60 with a Allison B500.

RJ

Quote from: Scott Bennett on January 28, 2015, 07:20:51 AM
If someone comes across a DL3 with a raised roof, let us know. . .

Scott -

OEM headroom in a DL3 or DL4500 is 78.25" (six foot six), so would you still need a roof raise?

FWIW & HTH. . .

;)
1992 Prevost XL Vantaré Conversion M1001907 8V92T/HT-755 (DDEC/ATEC)
2003 VW Jetta TDI Sportwagon "Towed"
Cheney WA (when home)

Scott & Heather

Yep rj. Right now I have 7 feet of headroom and no ducted air. So I want that much with ducted air on the next coach. :) I'm spoiled


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Scott & Heather
1984 MCI 9 6V92-turbo with 9 inch roof raise (SOLD)
1992 MCI 102C3 8v92-turbo with 8 inch roof raise CURRENT HOME
Click link for 900 photos of our 1st bus conversion:
https://goo.gl/photos/GVtNRniG2RBXPuXW9

Swadian

Quote from: RJ on January 28, 2015, 03:47:50 PM
Scott -

OEM headroom in a DL3 or DL4500 is 78.25" (six foot six), so would you still need a roof raise?

FWIW & HTH. . .

;)

102DL3 headroom is 82" and same with D4500 and D4505 up to the 2007 model year. For the 2008 model year and later, they changed it to 78.25".

Scott & Heather

Is that true? Those are not the numbers I've read.


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Scott & Heather
1984 MCI 9 6V92-turbo with 9 inch roof raise (SOLD)
1992 MCI 102C3 8v92-turbo with 8 inch roof raise CURRENT HOME
Click link for 900 photos of our 1st bus conversion:
https://goo.gl/photos/GVtNRniG2RBXPuXW9

lvmci

Hi All, I've  been looking all over for the inside headroom of the 102C3 but can't  find it, do you know RJ? And where do you find that?, tom...
MCI 102C3 8V92, Allison HT740
Formally MCI5A 8V71 Allison MT643
Brandon has really got it going!

sledhead

on mine it is 77.5 " at the front and 74 " at the rear . Now this is as it is finished . with the heated floor   -1.5 " and I framed down the ceiling down 1.5 " for spray foam insulation . total of - 3 "

so mine was 80.5 " before at the front and 77" at the back when it was in bus form

hope this helps

dave   
dave , karen
1990 mci 102c  6v92 ta ht740  kit,living room slide .... sold
2000 featherlite vogue vantare 550 hp 3406e  cat
1875 lbs torque  home base huntsville ontario canada

lvmci

MCI 102C3 8V92, Allison HT740
Formally MCI5A 8V71 Allison MT643
Brandon has really got it going!

Scott & Heather

Check out this link. If it's accurate it's very informative: http://busesandmore.com/mci-buses/MCI-history.shtml

The c3 had high cei


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Scott & Heather
1984 MCI 9 6V92-turbo with 9 inch roof raise (SOLD)
1992 MCI 102C3 8v92-turbo with 8 inch roof raise CURRENT HOME
Click link for 900 photos of our 1st bus conversion:
https://goo.gl/photos/GVtNRniG2RBXPuXW9

Swadian

Quote from: Scott Bennett on January 29, 2015, 07:24:38 PM
Is that true? Those are not the numbers I've read.


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MCI D4500 spec sheet from 2000: https://web.archive.org/web/20010816223715/http://www.mcicoach.com/tourdseries.html.

82" interior height.

MCI D4505 spec sheet from early 2007: https://web.archive.org/web/20070113064807/http://www.mcicoach.com/newcoaches/PassengerCoaches/passengerDseries.htm.

82" interior height.

MCI D4505 spec sheet from mid-2007 (2008 model year): https://web.archive.org/web/20070618171815/http://www.mcicoach.com/NewCoaches/PassengerCoaches/passengerDseries.htm.

78.25" interior height. It appears to have changed in June 2007, when the 2008 model year would have started taking orders.

Current MCI D4505 spec sheet: http://www.mcicoach.com/luxury-coaches/passengerDseries.htm.

78.25" interior height.

blue_goose

I just went out and checked our bus, which is a 1990 MCI 102C3.  At the highest point it is 84" and 81" at the lowest point.  This bus shell was ordered with an extra 3 in more than a standard C3. 
Just a word from the old, you can't buy a shell and build one as cheap as you can buy a finished bus.  Lots of the factory conversions were ordered with extra head room.
Jack

Scott & Heather

Swadian, what's the stock interior height of say a 1998 DL3?


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Scott & Heather
1984 MCI 9 6V92-turbo with 9 inch roof raise (SOLD)
1992 MCI 102C3 8v92-turbo with 8 inch roof raise CURRENT HOME
Click link for 900 photos of our 1st bus conversion:
https://goo.gl/photos/GVtNRniG2RBXPuXW9

Swadian


Scott & Heather

Link doesn't work :-/


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Scott & Heather
1984 MCI 9 6V92-turbo with 9 inch roof raise (SOLD)
1992 MCI 102C3 8v92-turbo with 8 inch roof raise CURRENT HOME
Click link for 900 photos of our 1st bus conversion:
https://goo.gl/photos/GVtNRniG2RBXPuXW9