Welcome to our Bus Photo Page. showing how bus travel was in the early years. If you have photos you would like to add, Please email them to us and we will add them to our collection. Hope you enjoy these photos. Some Old, Some Newer & Some Famous Music Stars Bus Photos First Bus Built was a Mack. 1935-1938 W1 , Kenworth Deck and a Half Bus Built by Pacific Car & Foundry that later became ( PACCAR ) 1952 General American Aerocoach 3 Decker Bus 1952 General Motors Silver Sides Greyhound Bus Station across from the Old Penn Station in New York, N. THIS IS A TRAILWAYS BUS COMING DOWN BROADWAY STREET IN NASHVILLE, TN THIS IS WHERE THE CONVENTION CENTER NOW SETS AT 5TH & BROADWAY The B.B. King Band Bus ( 1940 's ) Elvis and his Dad and a Friend in front of his Flex Bus. The First Family Of Gospel Music The Happy Goodman Family with their new 1962 Silver Thrasher Brothers 40 Ft. 01 Eagle Bus ( 1960 I think )
Dixie Echoes 01 Eagle Bus What is Mr. Blackwood doing in this service station parking lot ? Gold City Quartet 05 Eagle Bus Inspirations 40 Ft. 05 Eagle Bus Stage Coach VIP ( Curly Jones ) Ed Skillman, Nite Flight Conversions & Coach Leasing Jay Boy Adams, Roadhouse Coach Speer Family in front of their GMC I heard something go Bang and then I saw a cloud of Smoke ! LeFevres in front of their recording studio and their 4106 GMC Tour Bus Wendy Bagwell's Bluebird Tour Bus Oak Ridge Boy's Drivers back in the PHOTO COURTESY OF Darrick Kinslow Oak Ridge Boys 05 Silver Eagle Oak Ridge Boys Model 10 Eagle Loretta Lynn's Retired MCI Bus at Staley Coach built two of these forHis bus was a Star Bus and the sister bus was the band bus with a recording studio in the rear lounge. This was the last bus Hank Snow owned. George Jones / Tammy Wynette 01 Silver Tammy Wynette Model 10 Eagle
Can you tell who the band members are ? I'll bet there was some underwear changing after this little Boo Boo ! Bob Luman & His Flex Tour Bus Dolly & Porter in Porter's 4107 GMC Bus Dolly with her first tour bus @ 40 Ft. GMC 4107 built by Custom Coach Corp. T.G. Sheppard ( 05 Eagle ) PHOTO COURTESY OF : Thomas Pogue, Jerry Reed's 05 Silver Eagle Bus The Kendalls 05 Silver Eagle Tour Bus Alan Jackson's Model 10 Eagle ( Notice the middle entry door ) Alan Jackson Model 10 Eagle T.G. Sheppard ( Model 10 Eagle ) This is the Cheatin Heart Special before it was Hank Williams Jr. & His 1972 05 Silver Eagle Tour Bus ( Front View ) Hank Williams Jr. 1972 40 Ft. Silver Eagle Tour Bus, The Cheatin Heart Special ( Side View ) Hank Williams Jr. Model 20 Silver Eagle Tour Tommy Cash 1970 05 Silver Eagle Tour Bus Billy ( CRASH ) Craddocks Model 05 Eagle Bellamy Brothers Model 05/10 Eagle
Ray Price ( Model 10 Eagle Touring Bus ) Keith Whitleys 1975 Silver Eagle Tour Bus Eddie Raven's 1982 Silver Eagle Tour Bus Eddie Raven's Model 10 Eagle The Judds ( Model 10 Eagle ) The Judds Model 10 Eagle Ronnie Milsaps Model 05 Eagle Ronnie Milsaps Model 10 Eagle Johnny Cash's MCI 9 Bus Waylon's 1973 40 Ft. Silver Eagle Bus. This was the first new bus heYears later, it became the Band Bus and a few years later it was taken to Alabama, had the roof raised and the the interior remodeled and was now the crew bus. Waylons 1973 Silver Eagle Bus after it had the roof raised and a Staley Coach sold it to a Gospel group in Kentucky and they sold it on Ebay to these gentlemen after his death. Ricky Van Shelton 1989 45 Ft. Eagle Model 15 Alabama's Tour Promoter, Keith Fowler's Model 10 Eagle Conway Twitty's MCI Tour Bus Taylor Swifts Prevost XLII Bus Willie Nelson's H3-45 Prevost Bus Florida Coach Model 10 Eagle
Florida Coach Model 05 40 Ft. Eagle 1966 01 Eagle Tour Bus 1980 10/15 40 Ft. Eagle Tour bus built by Staley Custom Coach to Lease. Mural is the bridge going across Center Hill Lake in Smithville, TN. painted by Harry Martin ( Harry Did It ) 1980 Silver Eagle Model 10 Bus, Stretched to 45 Ft with a Model 15 Front & Rear Cap This coach was built by Staley Coach for a lease bus in 1990 10/15 Eagle Motorhome conversion with front & middle entry doors. Model 15 Eagle Tour Bus. Model 15 45 Ft. Eagle Tour Bus Eagle model 20 conversion bus with Eagle Tour Bus with Stainless Steel I would guess that with the windows and door open, AC is not working ! Model 10 40 Ft. Eagle Tour Bus Model 15 Eagle 45 Ft. Tour Bus 05/10 Eagle 40 Ft. Tour Bus. Prevost H3-45 Prevost XLII Diamond Coaches Florida Coach Nitetrain Coach Pioneer Coach Staley Coach Staley Bus Sales
Airstream’s are an iconic piece of American history and the idea of owning and traveling in one is becoming more and more desirable. A quick look on craigslist or ebay will unearth a gamut of seemingly cheap and outrageously priced trailers — all in the same spot. Fully restored trailers that are polished and shiny, stock trailers that seem to be solid but just a little dirty and gutted trailers that are, “ready for restoration”. What do you look for when shopping for a vintage travel trailer? How do you know what a trailer is worth? How much will repairs cost? How much should you pay? When should you walk away? In this article I will answer these questions as I share my experience being a complete newbie and buying a vintage Airstream, what I learned in the process and what I wish I knew before buying our 1966 Airstream Overlander. Before purchasing our trailer we looked at a handful of trailers and they were all junk. They were either partially gutted, neglected, in need of major repair or all of the above.
I regularly kept my eye on craigslist. It seemed like trailers that were complete were priced at a minimum of $3500. Even the junk we looked at was $2k. Until one day I came across this listing: The pictures were vague so I called the guy to take a look. Upon first inspection everything looked original and complete. It was fairly clean and while it had some dated decor (sunflower curtains, wolf blanket and dingy carpet) it looked to be in great shape! The seller said all the components functioned. The exterior had a few dents and one long scratch/dent on the drivers side. But considering the other trailers we looked at this appeared to be a deal! We tried to negotiate on the price. The seller said he wasn’t going to budge on the price and he had a several potential buyers from Seattle to Montana en-route to see it. While we were looking at it several people called to enquire about it. Scarcity crept into our minds, so we paid the asking price and drove it off before anyone else could.
Since we thought the trailer was in good original shape we had only planned on some minor updates. We planned to remove the carpet, make the kitchen counter a bit longer and add a dinette. Some paint, new upholstery and a new counter surface. We originally planned on these items taking 2-3 months and we budgeted $2500 for the updates. As we started the renovation we found major floor rot in the rear of the trailer underneath the bathroom bench. So much rot in fact there was hardly any signs of remaining wood for a large swath of the rear of the trailer. As I began to research on the forums I found that this is a common problem for these trailers. I also learned that these trailers are built from the back forward so to replace this section of floor we needed to gut the majority of the interior. A little speed bump in our plans be it seemed doable… So we fastened the drill bit and began removing rivets and internal components. The deeper we got the more issues surfaced…
The frame underneath the rotted floor was compromised the copper water lines featured holes like swiss cheese More floor rot next to the front door Furnace & hot water heater were missing components and non operational Leaky black tank valve The Metal Black Tank Pan had eroded to almost nothing Cracked fresh water tank I worked for almost a solid 2-months getting these issues squared away. The new floor was in, the body panels back on and I thought I could begin to see light at the end of the tunnel as interior cabinets were next on the list. For me this was going to be the fun part! Until it started to rain that Fall… It hadn’t rained much all summer and as Fall approached we got our first major rain. After the rain I went out to the trailer and to my horror I found water seeping in on my new floor! I scratched my head and spent several days sealing anything and everything I could think of. Finally I gave up and decided to take back-off the interior panels to try and see where the water was coming from.
Come to find out the trailers front passenger side had a major repair done. The lower panels were replaced and the installers used olympic pop-rivets with rubber gaskets. These gaskets broke down over time leaving a gap and dozens of places for water to seep in. To stop most of the leaking I had to drill out all the pop rivets and replace with solid buck rivets. Our Airstream renovation seemed to be a never ending list of problems! What did I learn from this experience renovating our vintage trailer? Learn as much as you can before taking the plunge. Look at as many trailers as possible. Talk with Airstream owners (that aren’t trying to sell your their project). Watch videos, read forums. The Airforums is an awesome place to get answers and has a wealth of information anything Airstream. The VAP (Vintage Airstream Podcast) is a great resource! There are 100’s of episodes talking about most things on a trailer. I listened to episode-after-episode while doing repairs on our trailer and it was an invaluable education!
If I knew then what I knew now I would never have bought our trailer! From the rear service door I could have seen that the floor was rotted through, I could have seen that the black tank pan had rusted to almost nothing, I could have tested and verified that the appliances were all junk. Often we see what we want to see. And we justify the reality to get what we want. In retrospect I did see some of these issues.. but I wanted a trailer and this one was much better and cheaper than anything else we had seen. Stay away from the scarcity mentality…there are many suitable trailers…even if it takes more time to find the right one. If we would have saved what we put into materials into our trailer we could have bought a much less needy trailer. Then there is your time to think about…I spent 100’s of hours (many of them stressful) renovating our Airstream. We had to stay with family and couldn’t travel because of the repairs. If we would have waited we could have found a trailer that we could have moved into much sooner.