AH, not so nice Coach

[Coloradobus]

Marathon Coach 841, aka Prevost Vin number 3-4656 has shown up on www.philcooper.com site. No mention about being involved in a "head-on" collision. Prevost Dallas told me that this coach was hit "real" hard and was a Prevost/Marathon total loss. Prevost wanted to re-build it, but after the insurance company got a ahold of it, it was a goner.

[MangoMike]

CB,

I have someone looking at a couple of H's. Can you link the specific coach listed on Phil's site.

Or email me. mike@mangomikes.com

Thanks
Mike

[Ray Davis]

I would assume it's http://www.philcooper.com/details.php?v_id=364

That's the only Marathon H I see on Phil's site, that would be in the right vintage for number 841.

Ray

[Kevin Erion]

I had Phil send me the Marathon specs on that coach, yes it is 841.
So much for the good price, thanks for the info Jim.
Kevin

[jonnie]

You can run Carfax reports on buses and motorhomes. This is a good tool to use when purchasing any used vehicle. Also this bus should have a salvage title. I have learned to always ask what kind of title the vehicle has and physically inspect the title if possible

John

[mikedee]

The Carfax report saved me a big mistake. I was looking at a 40' Country Coach that looked great and drove fine. We were just about to give in and pay what the dealer wanted when I ran a Carfax and found it had been a lemon law buyback in another state. The owner had moved the bus in and out of a couple states and the title I looked at appeared normal.

When I confronted the dealer about the title they faked surprize and I was no longer welcome on their property. I feel like the $20 I spent on the report was like a winning lottery ticket.

[Coloradobus]

Found out today from Kevin E, that Marathon has dis-owned Coach 841. It is no longer a member of the Marathon Family. It has been struck from their coach list. Wohhhhhh!

[Jon Wehrenberg]

I'll bet the folks that end up buying that will wish they spent $100 to join POG right after they make that first phone call to get some support from Marathon.

Does Phil Cooper know of the history?

[Coloradobus]

Yes, Jon, while we were still on the road in New Hampshire 2 weeks ago surfing the web is when we spotted Coach 841. Friends we were travelling with, Alan and Diane and Chris and I decided we needed to call Phil. since. He has always been good to answer questions. We have notified him in the past when someone hijacked his photos and put them on Ebay. He told me he was told the front face had been replaced, but did not know about any other damage. I don't have the crash photos any longer.

Marathon will not have anything to do with the coach, period.

[GDeen]

Wow - I am still in the "seek ye special coach" mode and keep up with Cooper's site. Noticed that bus and thought it looked to be a good deal. More education for the neophytes....

There is another H3 - 2000 model I believe that just showed up on RVonline. CC asking $317k I believe. Seems very low priced and causes me to be curious about its condition or history.