The Deed is Done

[Slow Rider]

Thanks to everyone for the encouragement.

Bill:  For better or worse we are full speed ahead and I like the company already.


Laryn/Dennis:  I don't know yet when the bus will make it to Va.  Right now it is at BK's.  Dallas is going to give it a check up for me and we will plan from there.  Right now there is also a parking issue, may have to put it at an RV storage lot for a few months.
I most definitely will be coming thru Roanoke when I bring it home.  I would love to stop and meet you guys.  I might get a chance to stop when I go home this week.  I have a friend in Salem who also wants me to stop by.  We will see.


Cat:  No worries, I just told the wife you said it was a good bus and she said as long as Cat says so it will be okay.   LOL


Tom: I apologize in advance, since you are the closest bus guru I may just have to abuse, ahh I mean seek guidance from you most often.  



Nick: Obviously without the bus we are going to try to make a day trip to the Delaware gathering so we can meet everyone and hear that great Karaoke voice.  


Gary: I didn't have your CD with me when I looked at the bus, but I did find myself looking at a lot of the things you taught me, thanks.


Bob:  I have already received so much help from the bus community that I am truly humbled.  I just hope I will be able to repay and pass along the generosity.  


Len I know what you mean, it has happend to me  many times with cars but oh well



Dallas   As usual you are toooooooooo good to me  


Paul   I have not jotted anything down yet but the wife has three pages of "things she is sure will look nice in the bus" and shows no signs of slowing down.....



David:  I don't have a clue how to work on most of it.............Yet!  But with all the folks on this board it will be my own fault if I can find an answer to a problem.


Tom:  It is just the type of info you are giving me that makes this board so great.  The willingness of others to share what they learned the hard way so I don't have to reinvent the wheel will be invaluable. Thanks.


From having done other projects and from reading all the posts (yes I started at page one and worked forward )  I can see this will be a roller coaster ride. The highs , the lows and the inevitable "why oh why" will all be there.  But I can't wait to share this ride with my family and friends (especially the new ones I have made and will make here).


Again, to everyone      Thanks,

Frank

[Lee Bradley]

As a certain canary (whose initials are BK)  has already sung, it is all over but the crying, cause the deed is done..........

Today I purchased an MC8 serial number 1441.  I violated one of the cardinal rules and bought an ex church bus.  I feel okay though, since it was BK who vouched for them. 

I always wondered why new bus owners seemed to float above the ground. There are two reasons, first you are just so darned happy, the other is you already have begun to experience the loss of weight in your wallet that is bound to continue.

Well the insanity has begun,  cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war, hmm wrong movie, oh well the insanity has begun though........

Frank

Congratulations on your new bus. I thought you had broken the cardinal rule I broke but you had your bus inspected. I bought mine off a used bus lot without an inspection other than my own but it has worked out fine a set of belts and tag alignment.

Leland

[DavidInWilmNC]

Frank,

I'll tell you the one thing I'm glad I did early one:  a 15K BTU roof-mount heat pump.  It was miserable doing any work in the bus without it when I bought mine (May '05).  I know it won't be enough in really hot or cold weather, but it's sufficed about 90% of the time.  Plus, it was around $675 with shipping - a very small price to pay for ones comfort and to make working in it possible during summer, winter, and in rainy weather.  I also didn't have a clue how to do lots of the things a bus conversion requires.  The ability to learn and the members of this and one other bus conversion forum have made it all possible.

David