Mark Renner's 1947 Silversides

[gumpy]

Not sure if this has been posted here already...

http://koin.com/2014/12/24/1947-greyhound-restored-by-grandfathers-love/


Follow the photos links in the articles for more detail. Incredibly beautiful.

Here's the other link... http://www.paradisecoachinteriors.com/portfolio-item/silverside/

[muldoonman]

Thanks Grumpy. Wonder how much difference he would want with my 1991 Prevost as trade in. I probably couldn't afford it. 

[luvrbus]

Sad grand kids grow up and move on to a different stage in life but they will remember grandpa labor of love making a difference in their life's even when the bus is on the auction block in a few years

If I heard it one 1 time this Christmas it was said 1000 times "granddad do you remember when we " Mark will hear that it makes it all worth while when said and done 

[Dawgs]

WOW!!  What a great work of art.

[TomC]

Amazing what you can do with a few hundred thousand dollars of equipment and professional training. How long did it take this company to get to this stage? What did they charge for that conversion?

I checked before I did my conversion on having some items done professionally. A custom truck conversion shell with two slide outs would be close to $200,000. Adding two slide outs to my box would be $20,000 each. Needless to say, I don't have slide outs, and I designed, but had my box made ($45,000) by American Truck Body in Fontana. Mainly because, I would not be able to get it insured if I built the box myself. The insurance company didn't care about what I put inside. The things we find out. Good Luck, TomC

[luvrbus]

LOL that one of the very few buses that when hits the Barrett/Jackson auction that will bring the invested money back + if he goes that route and it didn't take him that long to do it. Mark is the type that has a game plan with very few setbacks when he puts his plan into action, it probably took him longer to do his Eagle than the GM IMO

[CrabbyMilton]

It would be a gross understatement to say wow!!!! He built it from the ground up to make it appear as it did nearly 70 years ago but added modern components to make it appear that they were there when it rolled off the assembly line.

[CrabbyMilton]

Didn't quiet agree with that report in that the glory days of bus travel are over. It depends on what you call glory. True scheduled service may not be as popular people overlook how nice these charter tour buses are now.

[Barn Owl]

There is a resurgence of high end bus travel thanks to the headache of air travel. For short trips you can arrive faster than flying. Here is an example of one that is becoming very popular in Florida. You will see this type of travel popping up all over the US shortly.

Red Coach

My father and I have watched as that Paradise outfit posted videos on that bus. I wonder how much it cost. I wish I had that kind of play money, I have worked hard but haven't figured out how to make it happen yet. With that being said, I am glad someone has been able to, and I can certainly enjoy what he has done by proxy. Off the chart cool.

[RJ]

Aesop's Tortoise is going to be humbled to be in the company of Mark's Silverside next week.

[DMoedave]

I asked Mark if I could see the inside when we were at Blytheville. Denied lol. The outside is awesome and Gene did a really nice job with the DDEC 6-71.

[uncle ned]

They need to see the real red coach by Tom McNeil.

Now that is travel in luxury

I hear rumours that it is headed to Arcadia for the week.

uncle ned