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    The Super Panoramique went into production in 1967 and was renamed the Champion. It was a 3-axle 40-foot coach with slanted windows and was built until 1981. Most were 96" wide, though a handful 102" wide models were also built. There were also a few 35 foot, 96" wide buses. The Champion was the first 40-foot coach in the industry other than Trailways' Eagles and Greyhound's Scenicruisers.

    The first Panorama coaches were built specially for Murray Hill and featured the curved side windows that would make Prevost famous. Tecnically it was similar to the Champion. In1971 it was made available to other operators and in 1973 it was renamed the Prestige. Like the Champion it was built until 1981. There appears to have been built one 35-foot Prestige, but the standard version was 40 foot long and 96" wide.

    The Le Mirage was introduced in 1976 and also featured the curved side windows. It is easily distinguished from the Prestige by the lack of the "step" in the roofline. From 1983 onwards a 102" wide version of the Le Mirage was built as the Le Mirage XL. This one became the standard and Prevost's best-selling coach. The XL-version also received new sqaure head lights and a different tail-light group. There have been a few 35-foot Le Mirage, though most of these were motor homes.



    The bus Viv is looking at must be a Prestige. The Champion had different style windows.
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    Some good advice has been posted here. I don't care how professionally cared for this coach has been, with that kind of age and that engine, this is a bus for a mechanic to own and will greatly disappoint you when you have to start pouring money into it.

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    Default I didn't buy the 55K Pre...!!!!

    But I have found a 94 !!!! that does need air conditioning repair...otherwise it's a Palace on Wheels...A Liberty Lady...!!!! I'm so thrilled...there just are no words...I can't wait to get there to see and drive it ..I'll show it to everyone soon as it's mine..

    Jon just said it looks good to him too and better if I fix any & all problems I find ASAP..and I will..!!..but it's taking every dime I can gather to get it..It's going to be so close I may not even be able to register it until Oct. 3 when Uncle Sam and AT&T make their monthly donation...smile...

    I cashed my IRA in yesterday...Now have the money to pay the 130K Cash...but will be really low when I hand that over...lowest I've been in 50 yrs...but you all have to admit we can't take money to our graves...and the only thing I ever wanted in this world that I couldn't have was own Bus...

    Well I can have the bus now and I'm taking it...but it could be made a lot easier for me to do if I could find a way to finance 20K more than the purchase...leaving me some cash for immediate repairs on the Air Conditioning..that I'll really need...

    I do have a 30K Equity Loan from my local Bank but I really would be much better off if I could get a 50K Equity or other type loan...instead, and not take this one for 30K against my 297K valued house...which is unencumbered at this moment..

    I remember seeing here that one member owns a Finance Company...but I can't find that person again ...I forget where I saw it..Can anyone direct me to this person...or maybe even another Finance Co. that has helped you...???? I'd like to apply...

    I've paid cash for almost everything I bought in my life...except my house ...

    Many Thanks...Warm Hugs Always...One very nervous and excited Vivian...

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    You might try to get a hold of Darl Wilson. He is traveling now, but might be checking in .
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    Default Thank you

    Thank you so much...Since you think he's traveling I guess I'd better just watch for any posts from him...
    Hugs Always Viv

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    Quote Originally Posted by Journeyone144 View Post
    Thank you so much...Since you think he's traveling I guess I'd better just watch for any posts from him...
    Hugs Always Viv
    Vivian, try calling Gulf Coast Marine Finance (Spirito, Tom) (727) 578-5035 x 201 http://www.gcmfinance.com

    Not sure if the mortgage industry shake up has changed his position or not, but I would call him, and tell him you are with POG.

    Good luck, I know you are very NERVOUS & EXCITED TOO !

    Gary S.

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    I dealt with Tom on a re-finance a couple of months ago to take advantage of the falling interest rates and he was a pleasure to work with.

    Fast, easy transaction with no surprises or hidden fees.

    I would recommend his services....

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    So, whatever happened?
    I am considering an ‘81 XL..... advice?

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    There's no telling what happened when the last post was nearly 10 years ago.

    There is certainly the cool factor of older coaches, much like vintage cars. From a practical standpoint you may not want to stray far from home. Finding mechanics for the old engines can be a challenge. Worse than that, component obsolescence is a reality for any vehicle approaching 40 years old.


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    She found a bus an executive conversion it was in Montgomery Alabama. She went down there the guys father was a recent widower they let her stay right there at the house for quite a while while she learned as much as she could. The trucker who she bought it from felt really nervous about letting her go back home alone, back then she was already in her 80s. He put a sign underneath the driver's slider window on the outside and it said I'm 80 years old and I just bought this bus. He thought if she was holding anybody up and they came alongside her and they seen that they give her a break. He ended up not letting her go on her own and drove up to New York with her and flew back.

    She had me out and to Brick New Jersey and I fixed a bunch of stuff in the driveway and showed her how to use a bunch of stuff took her maiden voyage with her down to Melbourne Florida she was a snowbird.

    I was a trucker for a lot of my professional career already had a few hundred thousand miles under my belt when I met her. She was such a smooth driver she would go around the corner so slow you could walk around that corner as fast as she could make it but man was she smooth she was a really good driver. She used to drive Greyhounds in between New York City and the casinos in Atlantic City. I complimented her and her reply was well back when I was driving Greyhound you never knew who was sleeping in an aisle seat you don't want to lop them out on the floor.

    I don't know what's happened to Vivian I lost touch with her she's into her 90s now if she still around.

    She was a real Renaissance girl she played the piano and sang as she played she was into dollhouses and Miniatures building them from scratch she had a whole room full of jewelry and tooling for doing jewelry really an amazing girl.

    She had a lot of stuff around the house and that's putting it mildly. One evening after dark as we are sitting watching some TV she said to me Joe I stashed $20,000 a couple of years ago and I got so much crap around here I can't remember what I've done with it and I can't find it I've looked if you want to look around please do.

    Hollywood could not have scripted a character like her any better.

    What a privilege to have met and been able to work for such a great American.
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