1999 Porthole bus

[James]

Saw this 1999 Marathon conversion yesterday. The single slide has three skylights in ceiling. The coach has a roof deck in the center of the coach that is accessible from the inside via an expansion ladder.

[Alek&Lucia]

Looks like old 0533 bus

Alek

[James]

Looks like old 0533 bus

Alek

That is the number, do you have any information on the history?

[Coloradobus]

Used to belong to a fellow POGGER from Fla Bruce Harris. They had it for sale early last year and sold itlast summer while in Canada, and bought one of those Dynamax Super C's.
It was really cool, James, inside. The port holes were in the kitchen and bath, bedroom. Bruce had Prevost do a fitting with 365 tires on the steer and tag. It has an HVAC system, cork flooring, wood panelling swing down TV in bedroom, privacy curtain blocking off drivers's/passenger area from salon. The kitchen has a stainless steel countertop with sinks. Overall, it is very Boatlike inside. We were considering it when Bruce showed us around at the Titusville Shuttle No Launch Feb 2009 mini POG at the Great Outdoors. When we first saw the coach 6 years ago, it was dark green, not the current grey. A very unique and deiserable bus. There is another boat like all Koa wood Marathon out there called Coach 0420. It is also in Fla and is spectacular 1996 shell, 1996 conversion. It has 9 air horns on the rooftop, twin spot lights, and roof deck. Some say, when tooting the horns the front end sinks, or pushes the bus backwards, 8-)))

[James]

Used to belong to a fellow POGGER from Fla Bruce Harris.

Thanks for the info. We got to go inside briefly. The small portholes in the back are on each side of the bed, there is a large one in the toilet room and two over the kitchen area. The portholes open and have screens and stainless sliding covers.

Very unique inside, we enjoyed seeing it. It's not currently for sale but at the right price I could be tempted.

[sawdust_128]

0533 - a really nice custom coach. Cork floors, anigre wood work, stainless steel gormet kitchen, seeded glass table tops, Rolls Royce coach works leather. Well loved and tended to.

[jelmore]

For those interested, this is a picture of the interior when Bruce had it. Heard it was made to match the original owner's yacht.

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[James]

It still looks the same. The skylight at the rear of the picture is the access to the roof deck.

It has both electric and gas burners for the stove.

You can see part of one of the slide skylights above the tv.