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dougthebonifiedbusnut (24.147.157.103)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2001 - 7:21 pm: | |
am currently doing a 65 crown have a new 1986 855 cummins 300hp was a very interesting experience would like to speak with anyone who loves crowns as much as i do |
Mark O. (206.163.87.87)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2001 - 8:59 pm: | |
I have a 1969 10-wheeler with a Cummins 262 and an Allison HT70 with a built in retarder.
I love my bus!
About the only way it could be any better is if it had another 100 HP.
Do I understand you correctly that you repowered your Crown with a Cummins 300? If you went to all that trouble why not a BCIII 350/400?
About the only thing I don't like about my bus is the old small cam engines are relatively low compression engines and they don't like to start when it gets cold outside.
If you want to see a picture of what my bus looked like a year ago, go to the Buskid's webpage. If you want to see what it looks like now, go to my webpage www.cowlitzcoach.com
Take care and happy trails.
Mark O. |
john hull (Jeh) (198.81.16.52)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2001 - 10:59 pm: | |
i am looking at a 1971 crown, 250 cummins in it.does anyone know if this eng is a762 or a855: thanks. |
dougthebonifiedbusnut (24.147.157.103)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2001 - 8:53 pm: | |
hi mark tryied to get to your web site but my crappy server doesnt semm to go out of my town will get that fixed soon good to hear from you the reason i didnt go with a bigger engine was because i searched for this engin for a year and only found it by chance it is however an 855 so i can make it bigger hp in the future if yours is a 1969 than it is the same as mine which is a 65 would love to see it hope i can fix my internet so i can get to your web site give me your phone # and i will give you a call my phone # is 508-435-6688 i am in a town just outside of boston called hopkinton my name is doug tappan looking forward to speaking with you with regard to john hull's question i would bet that it is an 855 the old 220 was actually 743 ci as mark and i will both attest the are bulletproof and i think beautiful the crowns i mean by all means give me a call i have been involved with my crown for 3 years now and have accumullated? a lot of info |
Mark O. (204.245.250.18)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2001 - 11:11 pm: | |
The 262 is the turbo version of the 220 which was 743 CI. The 300 is the turbo version of the 250 which was 855 CI.
The Crown model numbers contain the CI displacement of the engine that came from the factory.
For instance, my bus is a model 2A-743-11. That translates to a three axle bus with a Cummins 262 and an Allison automatic transmission. If the model number was A-426T-11 it would be a two axle bus with a Detroit Diesel 6-71T and an Allison automatic transmission.
For more information go to the Buskid's or the Buslady's websites. They have done extensive research on Crowns. In fact, they are the ones I got the information from about my bus.
If the bus you are looking at has the big engine, if the price is right, go for it.
Good luck and happy trails.
Mark O. |
john hull (Jeh) (198.81.16.29)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2001 - 12:24 pm: | |
the crown i look at yesterday had some bad rust on it.is this normal?i have been told that crowns were aluminum..john h. |
dougthebonifiedbusnut (24.147.157.103)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2001 - 11:58 am: | |
hi john crowns are constructed with a steel frame coveredby aluminum and steel the roof and lower sides are covered with aluminum the center sections that have the rub rails are steel panels where is the rust you are talking about the nice thing about the crown is that it has a steel floor frame which supports the rest of the stucture |
john hull (Jeh) (198.81.16.27)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2001 - 7:21 pm: | |
the rust was just under the windows,in an area like a rub rail,there were other area lower on the side that looked like corrosion under the paint. other than that it was a good looking bus. by the way, the bus was from pacific grove area on the coast. |
countach8898 (64.12.103.54)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 11:10 pm: | |
Well, I tried to go to buskids and busladys website at .com but could not find it. What exactly do you have to type in to get to the buskids and busladys website? |
FAST FRED (63.46.229.209)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2001 - 12:24 am: | |
TO get to the bus kid ,,
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Street/1777/main.html
FAST FRED |
Jim (130.207.68.62)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2001 - 10:06 am: | |
Hey Doug, I'm getting the Jakes put on soon. Have you used the panel yet? |
dougthebonifiedbusnut (24.147.157.103)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2001 - 7:05 pm: | |
how you doing jim i will probably wait till the weather gets a little better we just got another 12inches of snow here i hate winter i dont know a lot about putting jakes on the 220 but i do know you have some special stuff to do if you put them on an 855 im sure you have done your research but make sure you talk to someone at cummins if you havent good luck and im green with envy |
patrick young (64.20.169.128)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 10, 2001 - 6:12 pm: | |
Howdy fellow Gillig and Crown fans
I'm really happy that these folks have opened up a page for all of us that love school buses and other HIGH QUALITY WELL BUILT equipment like Gilligs and Crowns.
I drive a 1970 Gillig with a 1160 CAT, and got a bunch more too. I use my buses to haul medical aid to Latin America and the Caribbean.
I've also dismantled three of them, so I know a lot about buses, especially Gilligs.
Anyone ever need advice or anything for a Crown or a gillig, just give me a yell.
See ya
Pat young
Wheelchair Project
Fresno, CA
http://www.WheelchairProject.org |