help on value please
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:41 am
I am new to the forum and appreciate any help that you can provide. My folks (who live in New Mexico) bought a Silver Eagle (passenger config - from a church) several years ago with the intent of converting it into an RV. Many years (and a fire at the storage location where many of the parts where stored) later... and the project is about 1/3 - 1/2 done with no chance of completion. Thus, the bus needs to be sold and we are trying to figure out what it is worth. The specs on it:
Mid 70's Silver Eagle - not sure of the exact year...maybe 1974
It has between 250,000 and 300,000 miles on it. We think it was a Continental Trailways for a while, then went to a church... then in my parent's hands
Dad (mechanic by training) tells me that it has a Detroit Diesel 871 motor. Original - never been rebuilt
4 speed transmission
It is currently not running although once the weather warms up we will be able to get it started and moving. We believe that everything will still work although am thinking that the brakes will be out of round, etc. From the pictures you see that the windows are not in it (and yes, it has been sitting like this for a few years). The windows are there and we will be able to put them in before it goes anywhere - to help make it easier for it to go down the road.
Any thoughts/ideas on value are welcome. BTW, this is a big anniversary year for my folks (50)... so, if we make enough from it to pay for the party... bonus!!!!
Mid 70's Silver Eagle - not sure of the exact year...maybe 1974
It has between 250,000 and 300,000 miles on it. We think it was a Continental Trailways for a while, then went to a church... then in my parent's hands
Dad (mechanic by training) tells me that it has a Detroit Diesel 871 motor. Original - never been rebuilt
4 speed transmission
It is currently not running although once the weather warms up we will be able to get it started and moving. We believe that everything will still work although am thinking that the brakes will be out of round, etc. From the pictures you see that the windows are not in it (and yes, it has been sitting like this for a few years). The windows are there and we will be able to put them in before it goes anywhere - to help make it easier for it to go down the road.
Any thoughts/ideas on value are welcome. BTW, this is a big anniversary year for my folks (50)... so, if we make enough from it to pay for the party... bonus!!!!