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Jay Hud (Tacnyc)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 3:43 pm: | |
I've allways been attracted to the Neoplan coaches and am considering one for conversion, does anyone have any thoughts / experience with the Neoplan brand?
Thanks,
Jay... |
Dan F
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 10:27 pm: | |
I have sold several Neoplans mostly citiliners. they are ok coachs there biggest problems are electrical problems. but like any coach once you own it you learn that coachs ups and downs and and you learn to trouble shoot the problems. the only bad thing about converting a neoplan is that the floors are very high depending on the year of the coach, so raising the roof is a must. the guy that you should talk to is Sean Welsh he has the nicest Neoplan I have ever seen. |
Robert Wood (Bobwoodsocal)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 9:32 am: | |
No doubt, Sean's is beautiful! I love my Neoplan Metroliner, you can see it by clicking on my name. Bob |
Ed Jewett (Kristinsgrandpa)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 10:34 am: | |
I have a Metroliner/AN-340 and like it. It has 37" high baggage bays, and about 6'3" or more headroom in the rear, and a fairly flat roof design. It has a 39' turning radius. I graduated from a 34" motorhome to it, and like the way it handles. It has a 300HP, 6V-92 TA and a HT748 Allison transmission. As for the wiring, it has high quality wiring throughout. I got a maintenance manual and a parts catalog with it and have had no trouble with wiring issues during the conversion process. All of the driving lights are 12V.
There are other coaches I would probably prefer, but I would not hesitate to buy another Neoplan.
Ed |
tvdad
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 8:29 pm: | |
I have a 90 cityliner I have found that the Neoplan is the saturn or if your old enought the checker of buses. It uses GM motor, allison transmission, and ZF front end so there is no end to parts. I am told that the frame is thestrongest ever made and if you deside to do either a slide out or a roof riase that the process is less complicated than most of the others. The shell cost appears to be more reasonible because they did not catch on very well. plus they are lots of fun to drive. |
Dan F
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 9:28 pm: | |
tvdad i dont know were you got your info at but neoplan parts avalibility sucks, also there parts cost alot. i have waited months for simple parts such as mufflers, circulator pumps for the heat and even smaller parts like marker lights. i sold 3 96 cityliners in the last 4 months and all of them needed tons of parts. parts that were not in stock at honeybrook. i paid 618.36 each for mufflers because there special made and only neopart can get them. dont get me wrong there ok coachs but there there parts cost way more and are way harder to obtain than MCI or prevost. |
James Maxwell (Jmaxwell)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 8:29 pm: | |
I have a 90 Jetliner for starters. Have to agree w/DanF: their parts operation sucks bigtime and the costs are astronomical. Fortunately, very little of them is strictly OEM. Neopart would be my source of last resort.
The Metro is probably the most suitable for raising and adding slides. Given the construction of the other models, I don't think it would be feasible to do either and certainly would be a major undertaking. I personally, decided it was easier and more feasible to lower the floor level than to raise the roof. A slideout of any size would be an impossibility w/ my Jetliner and I believe likewise for a Cityliner.
I will also, unlike many others, give recognition to the fact that they are rust prone in the sub-floor and sidewall structures especially, and even the roof assy. if from the East Coast or South. Mine needed major re-framing and re-skinning when it was only 11 yrs. old (fortunately Bliss did it before I bought it). |