Bitten by the bus bug, now what...

Dave5Cs · June 23, 2013, 08:56:06 PM

Grant that's funny Somebody must work for Sac Met.

Dave5Cs

Mex-Busnut · June 24, 2013, 07:58:45 AM

You might also want to consider other excellent 35-foot candidates from Flxible (pictured in order): the Flxliner., VL100 and Hilevel.

Just sayin.

Mex-Busnut · June 24, 2013, 08:11:36 AM

Here are three nice 35-foot Flxibles for sale:

http://www.sellabus.com/rosique_vl.html

http://www.sellabus.com/frasier.html

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/flxible/vl100/1572641.html?refer=blog

In today's market, you could probably get one of these for a lot less, if you offer.

Geom · June 24, 2013, 08:18:38 AM

Quote from: Mex-Busnut on June 24, 2013, 08:11:36 AM
Here are three nice 35-foot Flxibles for sale:

http://www.sellabus.com/rosique_vl.html

http://www.sellabus.com/frasier.html

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/flxible/vl100/1572641.html?refer=blog

In today's market, you could probably get one of these for a lot less, if you offer.

Thanks for sharing those Mex-Busnut!! Those are gorgous and I will definitely check them out!

Dave5Cs · June 25, 2013, 06:14:08 PM

That first one is the Blankenship's bus. It is a pretty clean unit. Although it has been for sale for 3 years. They put a new 6V92TA in it as IIRC. It is in Granite Bay about 20 minutes from me. Don't know the address if it is not sold. We were looking at that when we bought ours. Inside is a little dated as I remember. Nice inside and out.

Dave5Cs

Geom · June 25, 2013, 06:20:45 PM

Quote from: Dave5Cs on June 25, 2013, 06:14:08 PM
That first one is the Blankenship's bus. It is a pretty clean unit. Although it has been for sale for 3 years. They put a new 6V92TA in it as IIRC. It is in Granite Bay about 20 minutes from me. Don't know the address if it is not sold. We were looking at that when we bought ours. Inside is a little dated as I remember. Nice inside and out.

Dave5Cs

Yeah it's definitely a nice looking unit. Agreed the inside is a bit dated, but most of that, I think, I removable furniture.

How easy are flxible parts to find?
Looking at online info, it looks like only a couple hundred of these models were made, so I'd be concerned about replacement parts.

That last one (the green one) is also quite striking.

Barn Owl · June 25, 2013, 06:22:32 PM

Ebay link: 1959 GMC 4104

Geom · June 25, 2013, 06:34:18 PM

Thanks for posting Barn Owl, that's a good looking bus with a lot of potential.

I'd guess a paint job would be ~$8K?
Not sure what his reserve is on that, but I'd guess at least 10K.
Tempting...

I love the look and styling of the 4104s, but lack of auto tranny (or even the option thereof) is alas a show stopper.