First Bus

[harley86]

Well after looking and waiting and saving for 7 years we finally did it and bought our first bus yesterday. I have loooked at a lot of buses and finally found the perfect match.
She is a 1977 Eagle 05 project the previous owner had the bus about 80% finished and decided to sell her. He has already done all the hard work raised roof,new caps, all rusted metal replaced , new aluminum siding new interior all I have left is, some interior work  wiring finish plumbing generator paint and new tires. This is the Arkansas bus that has been on E-bay for 3 or 4 months. My wife and I are so happy we did not settle and got what we wanted a Eagle with a manual trans(yes we wanted a stick) Looking forward to getting to know everybody on this forum in the future.

Have a great Day

Kerry & Carrie Tate

[Singing Land Cruiser]

Welcome, Welcome you two. Christi & I have a MCI but think the Eagles are eye candy. We know this Board will give you tons of help and you will find life long friends as we did. Hope to meet you at one of the up coming Rallies. All the Best, M&C

[bwze]

Congratulations and welcome to the madness......

[Van]

I see Eagle it is, for the new owner Congrat's Good Choice!

[luvrbus]

Please build you a project page on www.eaglesinternational.net for your bus lot of tech stuff for Eagles there also, welcome and enjoy your Eagle

good luck

[Timkar]

Welcome, I've seen the bus on Ebay and admired it from afar !!! 

[wal1809]

Welcome!!  Now this thread is going south without any pictures of your new bus.  So lets have it please!

[Christyhicks]

Well, gosh, it's too late. . . if we had only known, back, where there still was hope for you, perhaps we could have gotten you innoculated or something. . . but now, you're infected, like the rest of the zombies here. . . hee hee hee. . . congratulations and have a GREAT time finishing it off and going on adventures!!!!  Christy HIcks

[Dreamscape]

Welcome! At least you now have the bus of your dreams! We also have an Eagle and love it, but all buses are OK by me. Enjoy your journey! I'll bet that smile on your face is permanent huh!

Paul

[Van]

  heh heh heh

[Kevinmc5]

Congratulation on getting your first bus! It's nice to see dreams do come true. Still looking for the one for me. Enjoy and have fun!

[PP]

Congrats and welcome. You say you bought it in Arkansas, but where do  you hail from? Good luck and enjoy, Will and Wife

[RnMAdventures]

Congrat's on the new bus... welcome to the asylum. I saw that bus on Ebay, nice coach.

Your name, "harley86"... what's it mean?

[harley86]

Thanks for the warm welcome.
To answer a few questions.
We actually live in Arkansas about 100 miles away from where the Bus was purchased. We drove it home Thurday and she ran great what a blast Friday was my wifes 50th birthday and this is her birthday present. Needles to say she is all smiles. As for the Harley86 name I ride a 86 Harley Softail and my wife rides a 2001 Harley Fatboy. We have a passion for Harley Davidson Motorcycles. You may wonder how does the bus fit into all this. Well we race a Harley Davidson Drag bike. I am the wrench and my wife is the rider check it out (www.amazondragracing.com) The Eagle is going to travel all over the country taking us to the races. We will not have her ready for this year but hopefully next spring.
I am sure some of you are curious about the manual trans I used to drive a truck for a living and really like to shift gears my wife also knows how to drive a non syncro trans so it is not an issue for us. Also I believe the manual is easier on fuel and is cheaper to maintain. Also while looking for buses I noticed some real bargains oln manual transmission equiped buses as I am one of the few that does not mind having a stick.
I will post some pictures latter.
Take Care Kerry

[Van]

Kerry, are you guys comin to the finals here in Vegas?