1990 eagle bus, $5,000, Tampa Florida
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:41 am
Hi. I was going through Facebook marketplace the other day and I ran across this advertisement for a 199 0 eagle bus for $5,000. The ad states that eagle bus parting out, but I asked the seller why he was parting it out. He offered for me to go take a look at it which I did.
Painted on the door was a memorial to Darrell Sweet. Also just after the door was painted Weeki Wachee River Rats.
So I found a group on Facebook that identified as weeki wachee River rats and I left a post asking if anybody knew about a big red bus that had weeki wachee River rats painted on the side of it near the door. To my surprise I received a post later that day from someone who knew about this bus and the previous owner who was a retired vet, using his own bus, drove the rock band Nazareth to their performances for 8 years. Darrrell Sweet was co-founder and drummer of Nazareth. So there's some history to this bus. Also I learned that in hurricane hermine in 2017 this bus was in the flood zone and the bus got flooded.
The bus actually looks pretty good from just looking at it but beware, I'm completely new at this and don't really know what to look for. I did read over the inspection that I found in here and I did open the two doors below the drivers seat and they all appeared to be pretty much intact. And in the upper door with the wiring, there were schematics on the door which identified some things. On the left rear cap above the engine, The current owner told me that a branch came down there and broke a hole through that but he said there was no water getting inside the bus it was only getting inside that cap. The current owner also told me that he drove the bus from Miami to Tampa and before he quite made it to where it is parked, he overheated the engine and said he blew a head gasket. He had to have the bus towed to its current spot at that time.
There's a bunch of stuff in the luggage bays and a bunch of stuff in the bus. Inside the bus it's late out with bunks. There's a couch in front and a dining table up front. There is a bathroom in the bus, but it does not have a shower. I'm going to try to post the link to the Facebook ad however if I'm unable to just do a search and Facebook marketplace for a 1990 eagle bus and it should come right up. If I knew more about this it would be mine right now. It's only selling for 5,000 bucks, needs new tires, needs an engine, so I probably kind of be a horse trader with this guy.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... tory_share
Well that was easier than I ever expected, but anyway somebody might find a good bus underneath all of this.
Good luck. Wish it were me.
Billmnfl
Painted on the door was a memorial to Darrell Sweet. Also just after the door was painted Weeki Wachee River Rats.
So I found a group on Facebook that identified as weeki wachee River rats and I left a post asking if anybody knew about a big red bus that had weeki wachee River rats painted on the side of it near the door. To my surprise I received a post later that day from someone who knew about this bus and the previous owner who was a retired vet, using his own bus, drove the rock band Nazareth to their performances for 8 years. Darrrell Sweet was co-founder and drummer of Nazareth. So there's some history to this bus. Also I learned that in hurricane hermine in 2017 this bus was in the flood zone and the bus got flooded.
The bus actually looks pretty good from just looking at it but beware, I'm completely new at this and don't really know what to look for. I did read over the inspection that I found in here and I did open the two doors below the drivers seat and they all appeared to be pretty much intact. And in the upper door with the wiring, there were schematics on the door which identified some things. On the left rear cap above the engine, The current owner told me that a branch came down there and broke a hole through that but he said there was no water getting inside the bus it was only getting inside that cap. The current owner also told me that he drove the bus from Miami to Tampa and before he quite made it to where it is parked, he overheated the engine and said he blew a head gasket. He had to have the bus towed to its current spot at that time.
There's a bunch of stuff in the luggage bays and a bunch of stuff in the bus. Inside the bus it's late out with bunks. There's a couch in front and a dining table up front. There is a bathroom in the bus, but it does not have a shower. I'm going to try to post the link to the Facebook ad however if I'm unable to just do a search and Facebook marketplace for a 1990 eagle bus and it should come right up. If I knew more about this it would be mine right now. It's only selling for 5,000 bucks, needs new tires, needs an engine, so I probably kind of be a horse trader with this guy.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... tory_share
Well that was easier than I ever expected, but anyway somebody might find a good bus underneath all of this.
Good luck. Wish it were me.
Billmnfl