The low entry prices of higher mileage buses were a temptation, but I think it could be just the entry ticket to an expensive exercise. The guys are picky, very picky about quality of work and an existing conversion would have to be of high standard and still quite fresh, to appeal.
I think the best thing I can do, is stall them until international travel resumes - at which point they will be off like a shot. Hopefully to Eastern Europe from where I can be sent bulk care packages of
zefir.
Otherwise I can see myself having to hard-stand an incomplete conversion with 2-3 years between bouts of work when they are here, and that’s a lot of registration money paid down against slippery timetables - you couldn’t afford to go through re-registration each time.