The Eagle Has Landed in the November Issue of BCM

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

Tom talked about his 1967 Eagle with a 500 HP Series 60 mated to an Allison HT-740 automatic transmission. He said he could clear most hills at 70 MPH. That's when I almost fell off the barstool. My MC-9 with a 6V92 crawls over hills at about 35 MPH with a good tail wind.

Tom said his bus was built in Belgium for Expo67 in St. Louis and was the only Eagle Model 08 ever built. VIN 8001. At that time 102" wide buses were not legal in the U.S. so the bus sat in a warehouse until they became legal in the U.S. in the early 1980's.

Tom rebuilt this bus from the ground up and added an 8" raised roof and it was completely re-skinned. He also installed new 1998 front and rear caps and double-pane Peninsula windows. Tom relocated the entrance door to mid-ship and raised the cockpit floor so his wife could sit up front and be even with him while having a solid floor under her feet. He also installed two power-swivel driver and passenger seats to be used when they had company to expand the living room. He installed a $10,000 Dux bed, a Sun Frost refrigerator, a 12.5KW Wrico Genset, an Aqua-Hot system, Balance Master wheel balancers because he enjoyed a smooth ride, a dishwasher and an ice maker. Tom spent over $500,000 rebuilding the bus from the ground up.

Tom's wife passed away and wanted this bus to go to a good home and it did.  I am now the new owner of this very beautiful bus. This bus can be seen between Jan 15 through Jan 18 at the Rice Ranch in Quartzite, AZ.  Read more about this bus in this and upcoming issues of BCM. If you have any information about this bus, I would be very interested in hearing about so I can include it in my article in an upcoming issue.

This issue contains an article about Staying Flxible by John & Paulette Lingafelter.  Click here to see this very nice bus in a very recognizable location.  http://www.busconversions.com/magphotos/2014/11X9h/Pg12-1.jpg. 

Click here to see what happens to your pistons if your engine overheats in a very interesting article by Bryan and Rhonda Larrabee titled There's Nothing Left to Go Wrong. http://www.busconversions.com/magphotos/2014/11X9h/Pg13-1a.jpg. Now that all of the kinks worked out of their bus, it is now for sale and is listed in our Classified Ad section in our magazine or you can visit http://www.taylornoonan.com/bus/ for more information.

If you want to find out what a Sun Frost Refrigerator & Freezer is, which I have in my new (pre-owned) Eagle which Tom said will run a full week on 12V batteries without plugging in the shore power or starting the Wrico Genset, check it out here.  http://www.sunfrost.com/.  Call Larry and ask him all about the best refer you can install in your bus that has 4" of insulation and find out why they are so cool, no pun intended.  BTW, these refer's have about twice the capacity as a regular RV refer so you can travel twice as far before stopping at a Walmart and also consume less than half of the power to cool down your beer.

Also check out our Bus For Sale Feature of the month in our Classified Ad section at https://www.busconversions.com/bcmclassifieds/classified.php?n=918.  I met Les and he is a great guy.  We will be writing an article about this fully loaded beautiful bus in an upcoming issue. This bus is worth a LOT more than he is asking for it, so if you are interested in a nice Eagle, this is the one.

Articles in the November issue are as follows;

   Staying Flxible by John & Paulette Lingafelter
   There's Nothing Left to Go Wrong by Bryan and Rhonda Larrabee
   A Warming Alterative by Gary Bunzer
   Bus Chat – Eagle Air Pressure is Low
   Information about Four Upcoming Bus Rallies

To read the Digital Edition of this issue go to the BCM Store tab, choose Back Issues then choose the Download edition of the magazine, and for only $5.00 you can read the entire magazine today.  The Digital Edition is 52 pages long and includes several additional photos that are not included in the Print Edition due to the variable number of pages added each month due to space limitation.   

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