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Offline birdarchitect26

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MC-6 / MCX-6
« on: February 22, 2018, 08:23:54 AM »
Is this a real bus? Wiki says so. Shes a biggun.

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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2018, 05:38:42 PM »
I saw an MCI-6 for sale on Ebay one time. It was different as I recall (the conversion, not the bus). I'm sure there are a few others here that will remember them with greater detail than this old guy.
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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2018, 05:52:59 PM »
Barrett/Jackson sold number 53 in 2016 at the Scottsdale auction for 44k that Fandango pink was the worst color  I ever saw on a bus   
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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2018, 05:54:28 PM »
Unless you equip with wheel conversion adapters, the MC-6 used 12R-24.5 that are just about impossible to find now. Most convert the large diameter wheel nuts to conventional truck/bus types to accept 11R-24.5 tires. Good Luck, TomC
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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2018, 05:57:33 PM »
Unless you equip with wheel conversion adapters, the MC-6 used 12R-24.5 that are just about impossible to find now. Most convert the large diameter wheel nuts to conventional truck/bus types to accept 11R-24.5 tires. Good Luck, TomC

It not only the 12rx24 the bolt pattern on the hub don't match any wheel made today 
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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2018, 06:00:03 PM »
Barrett/Jackson sold number 53 in 2016 at the Scottsdale auction for 44k that Fandango pink was the worst color  I ever saw on a bus 

Puke. Not to mention the HUGE white lettering on the tires. Gawdy.




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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2018, 06:02:48 PM »
Don't you love the pink 8v92  :D
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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2018, 07:31:57 PM »
Blech. What is wrong with someone’s grey matter that would lead them to paint an 8v92 pink. It’s not even “breast cancer awareness” pink...it’s a nasty nail polish pink. Yuck.


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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2018, 09:17:33 PM »
I think Gary Bennett has a MCI6 for sale in LV, lvmci.
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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2018, 03:50:24 AM »
Looks like something Liberace would have had if he ever had a bus. Even the engine is pink?  Wonder what it looks like inside? Oh well to each his or her own.
Granted, Elvis liked to give people pink CADILLACS but this is different as one observed.

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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2018, 04:55:41 AM »
Why not try pink? They leak like a sieve in green.😄
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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2018, 05:54:08 AM »
LOL that pink one didn't leak any oil for sure it was spotless
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« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2018, 06:49:09 AM »
That All State Charters  MC6 was was quite noteworthy many years ago.I
Isn't that bus with the big eyeballs on the windshield Cliffs old one? Lol
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Re: MC-6 / MCX-6
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2018, 08:21:58 AM »
Blech. What is wrong with someone’s grey matter that would lead them to paint an 8v92 pink. It’s not even “breast cancer awareness” pink...it’s a nasty nail polish pink. Yuck.


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I think it looks like a version of Magenta rather than Pink, at least as it looks on screen. In contrast with the black and shiny metal, it's not that bad. The question is, do we have the guts to paint our coaches that color?  ;D
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