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MCI 8

Started by Slow Rider, May 04, 2007, 02:24:09 PM

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Slow Rider

Hi,

What is the floor to ceiling height on an MC8?

Thanks,

Frank
The MCI has landed..... We are home.
Dale City Va.  Just a southern suburb of DC
Yes I am a BUSNUT
1976 MCI MC8

Nick Badame Refrig/ACC

Hi Frank,

This is all I found on the MCI 8 so far but, not what you are looking for. Sorry

SPECIFICATIONS

Length: 40 feet
Width: 96 inches
Height: 130 inches
Wheelbase: 285 inches
Turn radius: 46 feet (Beginning in 1977, 44 feet)
Typical Engines: DDA 8V-71
Seating: 43-49
Luggage: 300 cubic feet
Aisle width: 14 inches
Front door width: 24 inches
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Year Quantity
1973-1978 4,475

     The MC-8 was the first model assembled at the new Transportation Manufacturing Corporation (TMC) plant established at Roswell, New Mexico in 1974. TMC became primarily the builder of buses for Greyhound Lines while the Motor Coach Industries plant at Pembina, North Dakota, which began MC-8 production in 1973, continued to assemble buses for other operators.
     The original MC-8 had a slanted (parallelogram) window design with a wide blank panel midway which produced a seat pair on each side of the aisle with practically no window. These seats were always the last to fill up. Late in the production cycle, the window pattern was updated to eliminate the blind seats and provide larger windows to all. This same window pattern was continued in the next model, the MC-9.
Information from the Bus World Encyclopedia of Buses - 1988

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Green-Hornet

I was in one about a year ago and if I remember the floor has a slope so the roof to floor height varies, I think, from front to back.

captain ron

My ceiling in the front is 86" and at the foot of my bed in the rear 82" But I raised my roof 8" so you need to deduct that. these measurements will be approximate because my floors and ceiling is finished. I believe the actual slope was only 4' from front to back.

Slow Rider

Gentlemen,

Thank you.  This gives me enough info for what I needed to know.

You guys are the best!

Frank
The MCI has landed..... We are home.
Dale City Va.  Just a southern suburb of DC
Yes I am a BUSNUT
1976 MCI MC8