| Author | Message | ||
| mark (Coolbus)
Registered Member Username: Coolbus Post Number: 21 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 65.40.227.162 Rating: N/A |
I found this MC5 for sale in Florida, 3000 miles away, but can somebody look at the pictures of the bus roof line & tell me what is wrong with it? Looks like the roof has been altered? I will try to paste a link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MCI-5C-35-foot-41-Passenger-coach_W0QQitemZ160033430051QQih Z006QQcategoryZ6728QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem thanks, Mark | ||
| Bob Ayers (Califbob)
Registered Member Username: Califbob Post Number: 14 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 4.246.229.143 Rating: N/A |
Mark It looks to me like the glare from the white roof may look like it has been altered. Call the dude his phone number is there | ||
| RJ Long (Rjlong)
Registered Member Username: Rjlong Post Number: 1029 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 71.195.113.23 Rating: N/A |
Mark - That's the stock roofline for a 5C. The C is sort of an oddity among the 5s. It uses basically a MC-8 front end grafted to the body of the 5a & b. Since the 8 is taller than the 5, that explains the weird roofline treatment above the triangle windows. Look at some of the other similarities: side windows, rub rails, side fluting, rear cap, marker lights, taillights, etc. Stylistically, the MC-5C is a 35-foot, two-axle MC-8. | ||
| Roderick W. Chandler (Rod)
Registered Member Username: Rod Post Number: 23 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 207.155.48.193 Rating: N/A |
Didn't the C have a second roof for Saudi? Maybe they took the second roof off and left the front cap. | ||
| RJ Long (Rjlong)
Registered Member Username: Rjlong Post Number: 1030 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 71.195.113.23 Rating: N/A |
Not all the 5Cs were built for Saudi use, consequently they didn't have the double roof. BTW, the majority of 5C Saudi units have transit doors, front and rear, making them easy to spot. HTH. . .  | ||
| Ian Giffin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 895 Registered: 7-1997 Posted From: 64.187.39.62 Rating: |
Here's a 5c from a different angle. The pic on eBay looks to be a little light struck on that side, making the "bump" look taller than it might be.  Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| Connel (Connel)
Registered Member Username: Connel Post Number: 30 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 67.66.95.95 Rating: N/A |
Mark, I agree with I@n the roof looks okay. Look at the picture in your link showing the bus from the left rear. The roof looks like a normal 5c. Connel | ||
| John Ferguson (Jarlaxle)
Registered Member Username: Jarlaxle Post Number: 16 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 4.174.109.4 Rating: N/A |
"BTW, the majority of 5C Saudi units have transit doors, front and rear, making them easy to spot." Foxwoods Casino used a bunch of them for shuttles a while back...no idea what happened to them (they have RTSII's now).  The drivers all loved them, I must say. |
