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jplante4
Feb 11, 2015Explorer II
There's a Safari Yahoo group you can get some info from. Also this forum
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Brett Wolfe (user name wolfe10) pops in here every once in a while and is very knowledgeable about Safaris.
MelS on iRV2.com has a 95 Sahara.
I believe the Ivory has the Blue Streak chassis, which means you have Velvet Ride (BF Goodrich Torsilastic Suspension). These are problematic as far as ride and ride height go, but there are after market fixes for the issues.
Safari is a well built coach and we searched for ours for a while. If it's in decent shape, don't let it go. The Ivory was the top of the Safari line in 1995. As far as the age goes, I will put a 20 year old pre-Monaco Safari against a 10 year old Monaco any day. We looked at both when we were shopping for bus #2.
Although CAT doesn't make over-the-road engines anymore, they still make the same engine for construction equipment, so parts aren't a problem. There are CAT shops that will work on the engine, and most Cummins shops can do the PM on CAT engines.
Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.
Jerry
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Brett Wolfe (user name wolfe10) pops in here every once in a while and is very knowledgeable about Safaris.
MelS on iRV2.com has a 95 Sahara.
I believe the Ivory has the Blue Streak chassis, which means you have Velvet Ride (BF Goodrich Torsilastic Suspension). These are problematic as far as ride and ride height go, but there are after market fixes for the issues.
Safari is a well built coach and we searched for ours for a while. If it's in decent shape, don't let it go. The Ivory was the top of the Safari line in 1995. As far as the age goes, I will put a 20 year old pre-Monaco Safari against a 10 year old Monaco any day. We looked at both when we were shopping for bus #2.
Although CAT doesn't make over-the-road engines anymore, they still make the same engine for construction equipment, so parts aren't a problem. There are CAT shops that will work on the engine, and most Cummins shops can do the PM on CAT engines.
Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.
Jerry
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