The first leg of our journey to Whistler. This is the drive from the bus storage in Mission to a grocery store in Vancouver where we were picking up some more friends.
As a retired owner operator and truck mechanic. I had CAT power but always loved the sound of the silver 8v 92’s and the majority of them had alot of mods with owner operators.Those and the twelve V’S were bad ass engines.
Looks like it would be fun to drive, the ultimate road trip vehicle vs school bus (buckboard ride): roomy, comfortable, not good on gas, not fun to drive in winter or in traffic, but great weekend camper.
Loving the country side. Farm crops A great video. The engine sounds great Ryan. More videos please. You don't need a radio with your girl gabbing all the time 😉😎😁😍
Que la Gracia y la paz de Dios y del señor Jesucristo sea sobré ti y tu familia soy cubano me encanta este modelo de guagua el sonido del motor su confort mis felicitaciones
Depends a lot on the condition and where you get it from. Mine was headed for scrap so I only paid scrap price, about 4500 CAD. Though it didn't come with any tires, which were expensive
Ryan, I am looking at a 1980 MCI MC-9 with 8V-71 and Allison 4spd Trans . Can you tell me any downsides with your bus that you wish were different or anything you would have done different?
Just the usual things when buying such an old vehicle. The power train can be a little underpowered on steeper hills and parts are getting harder to source but thankfully I haven't needed too many. One of the benefits of such a simple, computer-free engine is it's robustness
As a retired owner operator and truck mechanic. I had CAT power but always loved the sound of the silver 8v 92’s and the majority of them had alot of mods with owner operators.Those and the twelve V’S were bad ass engines.
Loving the original loading/passenger door mechanism.
Looks like it would be fun to drive, the ultimate road trip vehicle vs school bus (buckboard ride): roomy, comfortable, not good on gas, not fun to drive in winter or in traffic, but great weekend camper.
Loving the country side.
Farm crops
A great video.
The engine sounds great Ryan.
More videos please.
You don't need a radio with your girl gabbing all the time 😉😎😁😍
Just saw your channel and im a fan
Wow, that looks and sound like it was a greyhound bus. I would love to drive that bus. Would like to own one.
Me either
Que la Gracia y la paz de Dios y del señor Jesucristo sea sobré ti y tu familia soy cubano me encanta este modelo de guagua el sonido del motor su confort mis felicitaciones
i just put a bid in on an mc9. love to see this.
Ryan you should show us some of your conversion I'm curious how you did it
Love that bus
MC9 sounds good!
Excellent you should do more of these Ryan, do you still own that beautiful MCI coach?
what does a MCI 9 go for ,I would like to purchase a bus that sounds like this???
Depends a lot on the condition and where you get it from. Mine was headed for scrap so I only paid scrap price, about 4500 CAD. Though it didn't come with any tires, which were expensive
Are u driving bus for fun as is or was it converted?
Both! I converted it, but definitely still drive for fun
Can't find anymore Ryan Bottriel videos why?
Guau que hermosos buses de lo mejor mci 9 un fabor mandame video completo de tu bus amigo
Ryan, I am looking at a 1980 MCI MC-9 with 8V-71 and Allison 4spd Trans . Can you tell me any downsides with your bus that you wish were different or anything you would have done different?
Just the usual things when buying such an old vehicle. The power train can be a little underpowered on steeper hills and parts are getting harder to source but thankfully I haven't needed too many. One of the benefits of such a simple, computer-free engine is it's robustness
Exactly Ryan and their built like tanks too
Was this a former Greyhound coach? This bad boy sound GUUUUUDDD!!! :-)
Former Pacific Coach Lines out of Vancouver, and before that Gray Line (some time in Seattle and some in Alaska)
Why don't you show how you build a conversation ?
We've already seen the ROAD TRIPES.
Ryan you should show us some of your conversion I'm curious how you did it