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RayChez
Oct 05, 2014Explorer
I believe vintage coaches would be twenty and older. That is what it is on automobiles, so it probably would be after twenty.
Have read several RVer's recommending Prevosts and MCI etc etc. These chassis would have to be old bus chassis in order to be vintage. Now it sounds nice to say get a old Prevost, but you also have to think, how many miles this chassis has on it when being used as a commercial bus. Probably a million miles before they retire them. So my point is that it is going to take lots of money to restore that chassis and parts and engines do not come cheap. So you got to consider how much it would take to restore and whether it is worth it, and you also have to figure that it is old and a lot of places they will not even let you in the RV parks. They do not have slides which makes it pretty crowded in comparison to todays coaches with lots of room.
Personally I would not take an old Prevost or MCI etc. Things wear out no matter how good it was built when it was new.
You can do what ever turns you on, but what I just posted is something to think about.
Have read several RVer's recommending Prevosts and MCI etc etc. These chassis would have to be old bus chassis in order to be vintage. Now it sounds nice to say get a old Prevost, but you also have to think, how many miles this chassis has on it when being used as a commercial bus. Probably a million miles before they retire them. So my point is that it is going to take lots of money to restore that chassis and parts and engines do not come cheap. So you got to consider how much it would take to restore and whether it is worth it, and you also have to figure that it is old and a lot of places they will not even let you in the RV parks. They do not have slides which makes it pretty crowded in comparison to todays coaches with lots of room.
Personally I would not take an old Prevost or MCI etc. Things wear out no matter how good it was built when it was new.
You can do what ever turns you on, but what I just posted is something to think about.
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