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james (Dieseldust)
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Username: Dieseldust
Post Number: 10
Registered: 3-2007
Posted From: 205.250.0.209
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 17, 2007 - 10:12 pm: | |
hello to all can anyone tell me are the eagles from belgium any better for rust problems .
cheers
James |
steve gaines (Kysteve)
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Username: Kysteve
Post Number: 118
Registered: 12-2006
Posted From: 74.140.165.225
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 17, 2007 - 10:26 pm: | |
James,
I got a Belgium Eagle and plenty of belgium rust to go with it...lol.. If you want to see Belgium rust got way back in the archives on the site and look at the pics early this year. http://ourbusconversion.blogspot.com
fwiw I am puting american steel back in it.
Steve.....in Kentucky
Id like to pee on the pants leg of the guy that said Belgium steel dont rust...lol... |
Art Gill (Sandcastle)
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Username: Sandcastle
Post Number: 23
Registered: 5-2004
Posted From: 208.11.184.64
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 8:11 am: | |
NJ Eagles have the best steel called Cordan. I have just a little rust around the battery box and the bottom of the front door.
Art |
james (Dieseldust)
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Username: Dieseldust
Post Number: 11
Registered: 3-2007
Posted From: 205.250.0.209
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:47 pm: | |
Art please could you tell some more about the NJ Eagles,i am not familar with that one i am just starting to seriously look at purchasing a bus. |
Jack Conrad (Jackconrad)
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Username: Jackconrad
Post Number: 642
Registered: 12-2000
Posted From: 76.1.180.218
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 1:05 pm: | |
The NJ eagles were Eagles built on a contract for the New Jersey Transportation agency. NJ spec-ed all these bus to built using Cor-Ten steel. This as a steel alloy that is much more rust resistant. These Eagles were also spec-ed with the stainless steel siding similar to what MCI used instead of the standard Eagle aluminum siding. Jack |
Arthur J Griffith (Arthurseagle)
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Username: Arthurseagle
Post Number: 41
Registered: 8-2006
Posted From: 72.236.102.200
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 3:29 pm: | |
James- All of the Eagles 15's and 20's starting
in 1989 were made with the Cor-Ten steel. My
bus is an 89 which came from the south west and
Texas area. I stripped it all the way down to the
frame and found No rust in the frame tubing. The
only steel on them that is not Cor-Ten is the
plate metal on the front radius corners and the
wheel channel surrounds and the plate around
those wheel wells. If you are looking to buy an
Eagle try to find a 89 or newer from the south
west. (no salt on the roads) GOOD LUCK
ARTHUR |
Jim Wilke (Pd41044039)
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Username: Pd41044039
Post Number: 186
Registered: 2-2001
Posted From: 64.83.252.235
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 7:03 pm: | |
Just my luck! I bought a December 1988 Model 15! It's from North Texas and has surface rust in the rear where the grey primer failed but only one little rusty spot under the front. Does anybody have the starting serial number for the Cor-Ten steel ones?
Jim-Bob |
David Evans (Dmd)
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Username: Dmd
Post Number: 191
Registered: 10-2004
Posted From: 71.251.5.17
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 7:57 pm: | |
Jim, if you only have surface rust maybe you got lucky! Or you need to look harder! Our Gm was/is a little rusty, most buses problably have their issues with rust, just different spots and degrees of crustyness.There might be id marks for the cor-ten if still visible. good luck with your eagle. Are you looking for a bigger bus than the 04? Dave |
Arthur J Griffith (Arthurseagle)
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Username: Arthurseagle
Post Number: 42
Registered: 8-2006
Posted From: 72.236.102.192
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 2:08 pm: | |
JIM- I always loved the Eagles but I kept hearing all these night mare stories about
badly rusted Eagles, which was true because
I had looked at some. My wife and I were traveling in southern Texas in our sticks and staples and desided to go to the Eagle factory
in Brownsville. This was in Dec. of 1996. They
gave us a tour of the factory which looked like
a ghost town. Only a few buses in various stages
of construction. Back to the subject- We went
back to the office and one of the first things
that I asked them about was why do the Eagles
rust so bad. They told me that they started using
the Cor-Ten steel on the tubelar frames late
November of 88 for the 89 production. They said
they should have started using it twenty years
earlier. If your bus has spent its entire life
in the mid south west with no salty roads you
may have very little rust. Look in the front
under the windshields and marke sign from the inside. (remove some of the panels under the
dash). Also check wheelwell areas, baggage door
post, and pre-engine areas. Eagles are a great bus if you don't have much rust. Best of luck.
ARTHUR |