Canadian Eagle??

[Melbo]

I'm in Mexico and just saw an Eagle named "Almost Free" with British Columbia plates on it.

I didn't think that you could get an Eagle into Canada.

I'm sure someone here knows if it is possible or unusual to see a Canadian Eagle.

Melbo

[white-eagle]

who said he got it into Canada?  it just has plates on it, and maybe not even his plates.  after all you are in Mexico where a few pesos can make miracles?  i didn't have to goto SD to get my plates.

More seriously, i got my bus when a Northern neighbor couldn't get it in there.  i understood the inspection says it has to be in factory condition, as in with seats.  once inspected and titled, you can do what you want.  But obviously, i'm not Canadian, which pleases many of my friends from North.  So i'm not making a knowledgeable statement, just what i was told.

[Paso One]

STC ( Saskatchewan Transportation Company )  Had Eagles in their fleet I'm sure all of them have been retired from service.  Someone likly bought it here in Canada and converted it.

[Taibob]

 
was it "TIMKAR' from this board ?
SS / grey colour?

Bob

[luvrbus]

Paso all those Eagles came back to the states the one Melbo saw is probably the doctor from Canada I meet him a few years back at a MAK rally in Laughlin he had just bought it and some how was exempt from the import laws in Canada and it was a late model 15

[Timkar]

Wasn't me Bob, I'm still home.  There are a few Eagles around up here but not too many.
I had three model 15's and a model 5 a few years back I bought them all from a Trailways
affiliate. The nicest 15 was bought by Ray in Oregon, the other two 15's are in the Vancouver
area. The model 5 is in Nanaimo, BC.  The ones that were here before the Govt brought in their
new rules about importing are still here.
HTH...Tim

[lostagain]

I drove for Vancouver Grayline in '79 after I quit Brewster's. They had a few Eagles. Vancouver Grayline was a subsidiary of Seattle Grayline then, or vise versa. Those Eagles had Washington plates IIRC, so were not technically Canadian, but definitely operating commercially in Canada. I don't know if they went back to Seattle (likely), or stayed in Canada.

JC

[Melbo]

There is a placard on the door that say "Ray-Mar Custom Coach Oregon"

But the plates are BC plates.  If the bus was built as a conversion could it have been imported??

Melbo

[Paso One]

  If the bus was built as a conversion could it have been imported??

Melbo

      Yes and No   Legally no  Trickery yes 

There is a way but it requires time and patience

[Timkar]

If it was originally built before September 1, 1971 not a problem importing it,
Eagles manufactured after that are a little trickier...

[johns4104]

Melbo,

How's it going down there? Enjoying the sunshine?


Have fun!
John

[Melbo]

I has been beautiful a couple of days windy and blowing sand last Saturday but the sunshine and the beach keep a smile on my face.   

Melbo

[akroyaleagle]

I know of some Eagle conversions in Canada. I am not advocating any of this but the question was asked and "It is what it is".

When a converter converts a bus, he can issue a Statement of Origin like you get with a new trailer. He can call the new conversion virtually anything he wants. The Statement of Origin is used instead of a title to register the conversion.

That's how old buses are retitled as later models. So a 74 Eagle could be titled a 2012 Prevost (or Western Flyer). It only requires some decals in French to get past the Canadian Import folks (Transport Ministry) who (like others in the US) know virtually nothing about buses. Only what their instructions say to look for.

It is easier if the word bus is stricken from the vocabulary. Always refer to your rig as a motorhome. When dealing with the Government, say as little as possible, do your research, and have documents that reflect what you are trying to do.