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 Jun 24 2010, 11:31 AM
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ok, here is one for ya all. am looking at a 1970 crown school bus with a 220 cummins and 5 speed tranny. single rear axil. i heard this engine will out climb and out pull a 6-71 dd. is this true? also is this engine any good or is the 6-71 better? i know nothing about cummins. are they 2 or 4 stroke engines? also will they come down a steep hill any better then a 6-71?
thanks all. Outlaw -------------------- John an Colleen Weston
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Jun 24 2010, 12:12 PM
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Senior Member Posts: 268 Joined: 13-December 07 From: Maine summers, south for cold weather SKP#: 92317
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4 stroke engine for the Cummins.
Not sure of power. A 4 valve high block 6-71 is about 235HP. Isn't the Crown a mid engine laid on its side? Bill HP about 200 - 220. Edit 6/30/10 This post has been edited by Bill Baxter: Jun 30 2010, 05:23 PM -------------------- Bill & Lynn Baxter
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Jun 24 2010, 01:15 PM
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I can't add much other than I love the look of those old Crowns, and to wish you good luck in getting it!
(I believe not all Crowns were mid-engine.) http://www.pardo.net/bus-0035/buses.html Smitty |
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Jun 24 2010, 02:22 PM
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There are some crowns on www.skoolie.net, they could tell you a good deal about your skoolie.
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Jul 1 2010, 05:08 PM
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I loved the driver's left foot rest on the Crowns. The little Cummins would pull like the proverbable "little engine that could". Many gassers were built for the school districts as well. Not only that. . . they rode as well as an MCI without the air ride. Crowns rule in my never to be humble opinion. I don't know where they're manufactured today. . . but "back in the day" (meaning the 1960s), they had a plant in downtown Los Angeles. As always, oRV
This post has been edited by oRV: Jul 1 2010, 05:11 PM -------------------- oRV
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