They tried selling one of the busses on eBay.
Their first effort netted almost $ 7k in bids and then they had to restart the auction due to bizarre legal requirements.
The second one netted almost $4k, below the reserve, so I'm not sure what happened to the bus or if they ever managed to sell it.
I really liked the guy selling the bus. He was pummelled with questions and answers, including someone who proposed to use it as a submarine. His reply, if I recall correctly, is that he thought it would be able to submerge, but wasn't sure about the other part!
I wonder what the salvage value of one of those things would have been. Anyone know?
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The remnants of the auction (pictures and Q&A long since taken down, alas)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4634748909
Was it identified as a flooded vehicle? I think if a vehicle is flooded like that it doesn't have much salvage value. Hmmm...it seems to me there was some fraud after Hurricane Andrew or maybe it was the flood of '95? when people and businesses were trying to launder flooded vehicles.
Fascinating. Thanks for info.