I'll bet you could fix her Dolphin.
Printable View
I'll bet you could fix her Dolphin.
I just looked at a 90 XL and it had electric air pressure gauges:confused::eek:
Any one have or ever seen those?
The Executive conversion was a complete turd. I would keep the tires and sell the rest as a ships anchor. The photos were not current ones.
Keep lookin Viv. If that guy fetches 67 for it mine would be worth 150000. Realistically mine may fetch 50 or 60 the one I just looked at I would be embarrassed to be in if it were given to us.
At one time Prevost was supplying both types. of air pressure gauges. I do not know why they had both.
Viv, Joe......
Have a glance at this one, just popped up on the radar.
http://www.philcooper.com/details.php?v_id=434
John
Joe,
I have one of each, not sure which one was there first though. I guess I could look for wires on the manual one to see if it used to be electrical.
Dale I definatly do not like them ya turn the key off and it goes off too:confused::eek:
Yes another possibility but I'm not getting excited this time....
Hi All,
Okay Joe...Of course I took your advice...and
I've been looking every day again since the Il. 1990 disappointment...
But this time I got an e-mail directly from an owner...via Rod Daniels a dealer on the Net like my friend Steve Katz...but this one has a lot in Arcadia...Fl...
Before I joined POG..I had had several almost's via Rod Daniels...that fell thru' for one reason or another...
Now Rod Daniels has given my e-mail to this owner...and I think I know the bus he is talking about...not sure yet til I get confirmation from the owner...
http://www.horizoncoach.com/index.cf...&inventory=919
You all know I've looked at least a doz. possiblilites...I am sooo tired of it all...but the last thing I want to do is make a terrible mistake...so here I am one more time...trying to keep the Faith that there really is one out there with my name on it...and wouldn't you know it's even older...an 88...but it has all I've been looking for...in floor plan that I need more than you guys know...
I know whatever I buy it's going to be my last rig...and I just cannot settle without getting the basic floor plan for many reasons you all don't know...
In Sept, or Oct. when the weather lets me I'm going back to Fl...and I mean to come home in a diff. coach...If it can't be a Prevo ...at least it will have the floor plan and be in a 40 footer...there are dozens and dozens available if I have to stay with RV's...but I don't really want any of them...
This one is plain, I can't see it has hardly any of the gingerbread I love so much but I'd have fun improving it a little at a time...
If the drive train is ok...batteries and tires at least safe...I could be happy with it...Don't forget it's a whole lot newer than the busses I used to drive every day ...and I don't move any 80 mph just going up and down the NJ, NY Turnpike anymore...I only want to cruise at 57 to 62 mph and enjoy the ride...and on country roads I love 45 mph...stopping anywhere I feel like...
Prayerfully..........Warm Hugs Always Viv...
PS: I may get the chance to drive one of the very busses I drove 30 yrs. ago....either a hi hat or fishbowl...probably 1960 something models....Several of them have been refurbished like new...I posted it but never got a single reply from anyone on POG...
OOP's Here we go again..More..Busses Only..
http://news.webshots.com/album/573159903GRqllK
************************************************** ******
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Cannarozzi
Viv this bus has been for sale for 3 years I know you have had to have seen it before now:confused:
Price I believe? I do not recall the exact old asking price but it was significantly reduced I think? I could call you but would much rather have this conversation here.
Joe,
I did see it before and would have wanted it but it was too high priced for my budget...
I'm just afraid to say or even think what your seeing it will turn up..after the one in Il...I'm just hoping for the best and trying not to get over excited ...No...No more...I'm doing a wait and see if all Don told you is true...
Rod Daniels was the very first dealer I talked to on the Net...but I won't pay a penny again until I get the Keys and Bill of Sale on the table...besides I have nothing to do with Rod Daniels now...This is directly between me and the owner...He wrote to me, not Rod...
I won't take a bus again tho.'...There's an airport in Birmingham that I'll try to get a flight to...if it's all Don says it is after you see it...I was too tired after that bus ride to SC...but I'll cross those bridges when I get to them too...
I'm just trying not to get my hopes up too much in the meantime...haha...
Hugs Always Viv...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Cannarozzi
Vivian just woke me up with a 4am with a call. She is in Birmingham Al where she has been for the last week living in and learning her new 88 American conversion and I am very happy to say we could not have led her to a better seller and bus!
Fortunatly she has decided for that first trip back to NJ she should not go it alone. I can not drag up right now as we have busnuts coming thru here for the next 3 weeks. I told her Mango and JDUB and Truk would be happy to ride with her she is waiting for your call.
She said they made her produce evidence that she was 85, they did not believe her.
Great news! I hope she enjoys her new bus to the fullest extent possible!
JOE Tell us more about Viv's new bus. Did you go to Alabama to check it out? You have been a true friend for Viv in her efforts to find the right bus.
The limited responce to Vivs new bus is not reflective in the number of views this thread has generated. The silence is deffining
Darrell I for one never thought she would buy but I have a hard enough time reading people in person much less over the wire so my opinion on that carried little weight.
I also decided to put other steriotypical opinions aside (age) and be polite and offer sound advice and help out where I could, that was it.
She initally had me look on line at then call the owner of an 88 American Conversion.
A middle age gentlmen alot like myself. Owner opporator 54yrs old drives a Pete works on it himself, Same with the bus. After he was pretty confident I was comming down to look and I thought I had convinced him I would find almost everything he insisted the only components not working are the 2 e-spar heaters. OTR A/C and working well 3 yr old skinns glass mat batts new, recent service, straight clean no leaks.
So I called Viv back and instead of sending me down SHE WENT, I love it.
I coached her and coached her and from the looks of it it all worked out.
The fellow and his entire family took her under their wing and she has been there for 5 days now living on board and learning.
Now the seller has agreed to deliver it for her with her to New Jersey, how fantastic is that. I told that guy to stretch his brakes till the next time he came through Chicago and I would gladly put shoes and spring kits on his tractor trlr for him rotate his tires and have him over for dinner.
I can not wait to party with her this Feburary at the Elks club where she winters in Florida.
Your the MAN Joe, you do things right!!
:) JIM
Well, I for sure never thought it would occur. Viv's a wonderful example of what hope and dreams will get you! She's 85 years young.
Congratulations Vivian on your new bus. I know a little bit about what you have been through on a much smaller scale as I have also wanted one for a long time. Candidly, having read through the threads previously I wondered if "the hunt" was going to go on in perpetuity, but it seems that notion was dead wrong. What a great ending to the whole saga. I hope you get to drive the wheels off it. Joe, you sound like a proud papa.:cool:
Hello All,
Don and I are sitting here in my kitchen trying to book a flight back to Birmingham for him...I keep going to my back door and looking outside to see if it..." My Very Own Prevost"...is really truly sitting in the spot where my Dolphin was always parked until 4:15 PM today...July 18, 2009...!!!! It sure is...and I am sooooo happy I just can't believe it ...keep pinching myself....but it's there for sure...!!!!
And it's not only all Don said it was it's a whole lot more...He is taking a terrible loss for all he's invested in it in both time and money but he needed to sell it and when I looked at it I wanted it with all my heart...
The floor plan is exactly what I've been searching so hard for, for almost 4 whole years...but there are things in it that I never dreamed of ...Number one, after the plan being just right, the bus is immaculate...!!!! both inside and out...not a scratch on it to be noticed...and the same inside...of course there are little minor things that need fixing but nothing I'd miss only things Don pointed out to me...
What a gem of a man and his whole family has been more than wonderful to me...in every conceiveable way...I've met most of Don's family...and left there yesterday with good bye hugs to every one...
I drove several hours of the trip home and Don came with me to be sure it ran the 975 miles from Birmingham, Al. to Brick, NJ as he knew it would ...perfectly...
I am dead tired now but Don is still going strong trying to set up flight plans to get back home on US Airways the same as I got to him...He's awful quiet on the phone now but I wonder if he gave up for tonight too and went back in the coach to sleep...
I'm saying nite now to you all and go find out how he's doing...
One dilleriously happy Viv saying Nite to All...
Warm Hugs Always Viv...
************************************************** ******
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Cannarozzi
That's all great news Viv,:) and it's truly wonder full how this all played out.
I'm happy for you that you got your dream, that's the "secret".
You enjoy and be careful, don't exceed your capabilities and all will be good.
JIM
Wonderful news Viv, and such a great experience. Congratulations!!:D I bet your "smiler" is sore from all the use:D:D:D
Congrats Viv, hope you have lots of happy miles...
Viv, I'm glad you finally got your bus. Plan that first long trip for the first week in October so we can all meet you at the Oklahoma City Rally. Hope you have many safe and happy miles.
Viv,
I hope your new bus is everything you have always dreamed about. You have worked hard to get it, and I hope it exceeds your every expectation.
Viv....Congrats on your new baby!. I owned a 1985 American conversion for a number of years (7 or 8). American did great conversions, well thought out, not complicated and simple to operate. I know you will be happy with it and you should be!. Please be careful....DRIVE SLOW AND SWING WIDE!
Viv,
Congratulations on your new bus!! You have certainly worked hard for it. I'll bet you're one happy lady :)
Enjoy your new camper..... and be careful out there.... I've driven in NJ before :eek:
Viv, You've proven that patience indeed is a virtue. We wish you many trouble-free miles and the continued good health to enjoy them.
Viv,
I can't believe it, you have finally purchased your dream bus!! Just thrilled for you and please send lots of photos of you behind the wheel:D You truly deserve many many happy miles!
Debi and Bob-05-xx
Thank You All, Sooo Much,
My eyes are red and all puffy from crying, but boy that's Okay...The Search is FINALLY over...and I believe I found a miracle of a bus...it's almost perfect...
I only drove it about two hours of the trip from Birmingham because Don needed to make time and I didn't want to drive more than between 57 and 62 MPH...but I did get to drive it the last 50 miles or so after we got to the NJ Turnpike and right up into my own BACK YARD...!!!!
I drove it in so I know I can back it out...!!!!
I knew a lot of you never thought I'd find it...but I never lost the Faith...got close a few times...but after I recovered from the disappointments one after another I got the Faith back and started searching again...and with what I finally found it was worth every minute of it all...
I've truly been blessed...!!!
Don taught me so much about it and there are things I'm still not sure of but I'll get them all down pat in time...I have a book full of notes already...smile...but it's amazing how it's all coming to me so much easier than I thought it would...I feel pretty comfortable behind the wheel already...confident not cocky...not ever...but it has been 26 years since I drove every day but Tues. & Wed. Always my days off...I never got weekends...never enough senority for that...
I can't tell you how happy I am...there just are no words...
I'll keep you posted to the good and even the bad too if there is any to tell...
It took about a half tank of fuel to drive the 975 miles from Al. to NJ...never gave us a lick of concern...drove beautifully all the way...
Now if I just remember all the things I have to do before I can turn the ignition key again, bring up my air to 100 or 105 lbs of pressure...put it in Drive release the emergency brake and back it out..."Did I leave anything out"...??
Here are better pics Don had put up of it on the Website..I'll take many of my own soon as I get some real sleep...and get moved from the Dolphin into it...
http://www.rvclassified.com/rvclassi...s.cfm?id=74164
Blessing's and Warmest of Hugs Always Viv..
Quote:
Originally Posted by rmboies
Looks beautiful and in perfect condition. Congratulations!
Congratulations Viv, Your persistence and patience has won out.
We hope you enjoy your new bus for many years. Stay safe and have a ball.
Mike and Karen
Very Nice looking bus Viv, you did good. However, you really should put the bus in Reverse to back it out ! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Journeyone144
Hope your coming to OKC in October. Everybody wants to meet you, and congratulate you in person for your perseverance.
Gary S.
This is wonderful news Viv! I hope we're going to see you out at OKC! :D
Ray
Congratulations on your coach! It looks like it could be a Hoffman conversion.
Good Luck,
Chris
However, you really should put the bus in Reverse to back it out ! :
Yes I agree Gary......Well... I gave myself a good laugh....needed it too...
Hugs Viv...........
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary & Peggy Stevens
VIVIAN!!!
Shut off those batteries, get that grin off your face and quit walking back and forth from the window your going to wear out the carpet.
The first set of pictures that Horizon Coach sales had were terrible the whole bus looked dull they were not helping. That thing is WAY cleaner than ours wait till deb sees it I'm screwed.
Look at the reflection of the OTR compressor off the BACK of the engine bay door.
We need to help out some more here. Of major concern is an auto power cord reel. Shes got one on her current camper out of nessessity due to the weight of its 30 amp cord so she'll never be able to handle a 50. Czar Chalupka we need a source, Bayley keep an eye out on Craigs list.
I have seen a couple different instalations. Some roll into a small round plastic drum others have a square wooden enclosure the thing winds into. Some come out the bottom some the side. Are there more than 1 manufacturer, who is/are they?
Whats good whats not?
Vivian let it sit for a day or 2 without starting and tell us what the air pressure goes to. Let us know if it leans over, does the tag axle release by itself after it sits a while? If you are in gravel put a large piece of cardboard under the engine and trans and watch the drips, there is bound to be some. If you do not know how to post pictures you need to learn how it will help us help you with "stuff".
I am sure this will be pricey, but I think she will need the power in and out.
http://www.glendinningprods.com/pdfs/cmb_v2.pdf
and more from the same company:
http://www.glendinningprods.com/cordreels.html
http://madmariner.com/blogs/boat_shows/24161
You might find that the last link with the new products to be the most cost effective.
JIM
Make sure that fob isn't in your pocket going down the road - heard a horror story involving 50 amp cord whippin the crap outta toad and coach.:eek:
HI Joe, All,
Batteries are shut off...3 switches...
Glendenning in Fl is where I bought the Water and Elec..Auto Reels..They were the only place I ever found them...on the Net...and Camping World installed them after they ordered them...I always had everything done there before...
Will do all else you told me to...cardboard under engine...
Don't know how to put pics up here but if someone can explain how step by step...I may be able to do it okay...and if I learn how I will show you how Joe...maybe give back a little something for all your expertise to me....or I can even put Pics up on my Webshots Albums and send the URL to anyone...for sure...
Here are all the pics I've taken up to now...plus the ones Don had up that were good...
Dreams Really Do Come True >>>> Album
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/573654792oeTYiY
Hugs to All...I am sooooo Gosh Awful Happy....!!!!!!!!! The Grin is frozen...but the tears of joy are still rolling...It's sooooo ....just what I wanted...!!!! But I know I have more to learn than I expected...!!!!
I know how to add oil...I know how to loosen belts...and sooo much more...OOOHHHH
Big Hugs Always Viv...
************************************************** ******
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Cannarozzi
Congratulations Viv!
I'm so happy for you. I have been following your posts just hoping the day would come.
Viv,
As so many others have said, congratulations! I am very happy for you!
Another gent mentioned that it looks like a Hoffman Conversion, I have to agree. They are still up and running and are easy to talk to, both the founder and his son; may be worth a call for any additional information that you may need. Look around for a number or something...........
Now just one question, how did the issue with the dentist resolve? Have you heard anything?
All the best,
John
Viv,
Janice and I just finished looking at your photo album. Great job!! You look like a kid on Christmas morning!!
Wishing you many, many happy miles.