Available Tour Coaches

Price Ranges and Qualities

VanHool - European Tour Coaches -
     We have a very unique opportunity to acquire a tour coach for 25,000.  Coaches like this are usually in the 50,000 - 120,000 dollar range.  These coaches are superior to American coaches for obivous reasons.  A VanHool from 1989 is like a Prevost or MCI from 1999.  They were literally a decade ahead in coach technology. While MCI's and Prevost from the 80's and 90's were made based on heavy stainless steel skins and subframes, VanHool was already building light busses with steel frames and aluminum skins.  They already graduated to huge oversized under-carriage bays.  They had 2-3x the storage space beneath the floor which is a HUGE plus for touring groups and performers.  
    The european design puts the driver lower to the road for increased visibility and a better feel.  The whole coach handles like a sports car and turns much sharper than an American Coach.  The body has a smooth and sophisticated look unlike american coaches.
    The engine in the coach is superior to other busses in the sub 40,000 range.  Rather than an ancient 2-stroke design which smokes and leaks oil, we have a real 4-stroke inline truck engine.  It is the design used by trucks as well. It doesnt smoke or leak oil and is easier to work on and more reliable.  It has an inline fuel pump like a mercedes which is the proven champion for running on straight vegetable oil.
    Only because this bus is pre-1990 and has an easily fixed engine problem is it going for such a price.  I have the part and mechanics who can have this done in 3 days.  The engine has a loose wristpin caused by a clogged injector.  This is a minor issue.  The engine is actually quite new with only 120k miles on the hub-odometer.  When they rebuilt the engine they re-used the old injectors.. hence the injector failure an wristpin result.  This easy fix gets you a european tour coach for 1/2-1/4 of the usual costs.  This gives you a top notch base to work with and alot of captiol left over to invest in the conversion of the interior and veggie system.
    I have this bus lined up from a large bus company in Los Angeles. I need to act quickly before it is sold to someone else.  RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!

MCI - Common American Coaches
These Coaches are more common.  The older style from the mid 70's remain fairly unchanged until the mid 90's.  These are heavy all stainless steel busses with dirty, leaky and loud 2-stroke detroit diesel engines. They are ancient engines that smoke and leak oil even when they are running well.  Not ideal.  Any american coach for less than 40,000 dollars has these undesirable engines.   Although they have a smooth ride, they are more sluggish and clumsy than a VanHool.

Prevost - Canadian version of MCI
These are very similar to the MCI's although slightly more stylish and much more over-valued.  Typically 30-60% more costly than a similar MCI yet still has the undesirable detroit diesel 2-stroke unless you spend more than 60,000.