Anyone know anything about this bus for sale?

[pickpaul]

It's a '75 Prevost with a '95 Marathon conversion...

http://www.nationalmultilist.com/listing.php?listing_id=127706

It seems way over priced at $48k, there's another comparable one (earlier bus, later pro-conversion) that's asking $14k.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/rvs/2616696988.html

Any thoughts would be appreciated as always,

Cheers, Paul.

[Barn Owl]

Hard to tell by the picks, but I wouldn't pay 48k for the first one.

[pickpaul]

Yeh, it's the first one I'm interested in but they would have to accept a seriously low ball offer for the math to work. Anyone want to guess on a fair price? I'm guessing new tires and house batteries for a start and a paintjob. $10-$20k maybe?

[Len Silva]

I'm not a Prevost guy, so I can't tell what year it is, but it makes no sense to me that someone would pay Marathon to convert a 20 year old bus.  Actually, I always thought Marathon only worked on factory new shells.  There is something wrong in that description for sure.

[pickpaul]

Right and I love the 500hp engine. It's a '75 so not without a repower. And how can it have 89k miles if it was in service for 20 years? A quick look at the plumbing bay would tell me if it was a 90's Marathon conversion right? I do love those!

So am I about right in my value estimate assuming it checked out with a mechanic?

Cheers, Paul.

[Busted Knuckle]

Yeah Paul I liked the 500 HP engine in a '75 model bus.

Don't get me wrong, it's possible for it to have had an 8V92 in '75. But highly unlikely a 500 HP one.

I'm not an expert on conversions either, but I'm just not feeling it was done in '95 by Marathon from the pics either!
  BK 

Shoot Paul for $40,000 I'll sell you an '89 Prevo 8V92, w/2 slides, center isle, mirrored ceiling, marble floor, ceiling fan in bed room & over driver, very nice bus. See Bob Gline's photo bucket for pics!

[pickpaul]

Wow! Is Bobs conversion finished? Is it the one that had fire damage? A salvage title doesn't spook me. I looked at the pics but couldn't see any pics of a completed interior.

[luvrbus]

Take a close look at both buses contrary to the belief those model of Prevost will rust right up there with a Eagle,I don't know the people that well that has the 500hp engine but the last time I saw it wasn't no 500 it hp had a 8v71 turbo it was for sale at Bus'n USA 1 year,the guy selling the 72 model seems like a honest type guy he bought a friends of mine Eagle that had 2 Eagles one had to go

good luck

[robertglines1]

The 89 prevost I have has never had fire damage. The 98 I bought to build as a salvage shell had a rear brake fire. I'm keeping it..  Trying to finish it for winter run to the sun. That's one reason I still have 2. At my age that winter trip is a important part of life.   Bob