I bought a bus

Yesterday I bought a 1976 Chevy Bluebird and she drives like a dream. The bus movie has started already, I can't find anyone to insure it. I tried the big companies and they all refused to offer me any insurance. I'm going to try the small local guys next.

Anybody know an insurance company that will cover an old bus?

 

if first you insure just any old car , they'll let you add the bus to the policy .

 

I got insurance and titled her in my name. Next comes the dreaded emissions test...
There's three snapshots that I got from the previous owner in my gallery, more pics to come soon.

 

Say hello to the newest member of the 5 mpg club.

 

Congrats!

 

Congrats! Buses are way cool. Have lived in a few.

Peace, Cricket

 

:hurray: Congrats on the bus. I would LOVE to have one...would be outta dodge so fast all people here would see is dust....lol!!

 

i found gmac insurance very low priced and flexible with older rvs and converted vans, possibly a bus too, call 800-325-1190 good luck, and hey, come pick us up

 

I use Poulos up here in VT. Was very cheap to insure bus. Didn't need to have another vechile on the road to do it as well. Big Big Big thing is when you talk to the ins companies DO NOT tell them it is a bus. it is a RV or mobile home, you will have much more luck. peace.

 

Congratulations.

 

Just an amazing bus!! I dunno... but it reminds of Charlie Brown's adventures in bus! hahaha!

 

Yeah! =)

 

Try Progressive. Tell them you'll be a "full-timer".

journey

 

progressive is cheap but they have the converted school bus clause (like most insurance companies)...a lot of times the agents don't even know the clause is there but wreck a bus with a crew of folks on it & you'll learn about the clause pretty quick...JuJu sure did (progessive paid the first couple of claims, then canceled the policy & took JuJu to court, saying that he didn't tell the agent that it was a converted school bus when he had, he even bragged about the conversions)

but that didn't stop us from using progressive for our last road bus...couldn't find any insurance without the clause & Progessive was the cheapest for RV insurance

 

Yeah, I went with Progressive already. They were cheap and didn't care that my vehicle is a bus. If I ever try to make a claim then things might change, but for now I'm legal. Also, I passed my emissions test, which is pretty strict in Boulder County.

I've been living aboard for three days now and it is awesome. Yesterday I bought a deep cycle so I have lights and fans and tunes. My three way refer is humming along nicely, too. I can't believe I didn't do this years ago. However it is not all perfect, a bus movie is a bus movie afterall. The first night I parked, legally, on the street by a park and got tagged as an abandoned vehicle. I called the police and straightened it out OK. It's funny having a bus because some people think it is awesome and some people think it is horrible. When I'm driving around, some people wave and some people glare. When I'm parked, some people want to talk to me and are super friendly and some people actually point and make rude comments.

 

we always got a kick out of people's reactions to our bus

glad to hear you're enjoying bus life thusfar!

 

congrats on the bus. ill be getting one in early spring 08. fixing it up and hitting the road in fall 08.

 

come pick me up!

 

hey yeah that was a nightmare my first time out I had a 62 dodge blue bird, in CANADA
at least you have a selection down there,

ING will,

kingsway will

progressive wont in canada might there.

good luck! have fun and make sure you get those old widow maker tires changed ASAP!!! dont fuck around with changin them yourself unless you gota cage or chains.

peace


oh yeah change the regestration...er stateside you have title eh?
well whatever you have in canada we go into the MTO our DMV and have the body style changed to passenger MH not comercial...
that will help greatly.

 

i hope its a hybrid, you hippie!