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New and I have Questions?

Funky_Monkey_Mech — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:47:55 GMT

Alright i have wanted to make a skoolie for a while now but the problem is i can't find any cheeps buses in my area... if anybody knows where to find a cheep old bus either school or city in the san diego area let me know... i tried calling the Transit system down here but they were not very helpful. Was thinking of calling the department of education to see if i can get a bus through them. Any ideas would be great :) i tried e-bay but all the ones i have seen are either mid west or east coast and i am in the military so i don't have a ton of money or time to fly some place and drive the bus back... also a person i saw in one at a campground who owns a skoolie said that you can drive them with just a regular class C licenses is that true or is he just pulling my chain? Also can you bring them into state parks and national parks... i know that a lot of national parks have a size limits on the size of the RV you can bring in so was wondering about that as well. Thank you for all your help in advance =)

Joe Camel

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Equipping your bus for the playa - WWYD?

eyefleye — Fri, 04 May 2007 05:43:19 GMT

Let's say that YOU just acquired a 35' old city bus. Specifically a 1972 Flexi perhaps.

Maybe it's completely untouched, meaning all the original seats & interior is intact, etc. Maybe your were given jake-brakes that need to be installed prior to driving it to Black Rock. Maybe you were given water/waste tanks that could be installed - would you want those things?

Maybe you're considering taking out most of the seats and converting the interior space for living area. Maybe you're considering having a roof rack/platform welded to the roof. Maybe window tinting for privacy. Maybe bolting down a sleeper sofa.

Maybe you'd love to convert it to bio-diesel. What would it take?

The list goes on....

What_Would_You_Do in terms of converting such a vehicle for YOUR annual Burning Man trips? Let's pretend that "The Sky's the Limit"....

Cheers!

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1973 Veggie Oil/Diesel Crown Coach Bus for Sale

yvettesoler — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:44:41 GMT

1973 Crown Coach
250 Cummins pancake (on her side)
100G Diesel tank
90G Vegetable (Veggie) oil tank
16 passenger seats

She's been from Washington to Nevada and all the way to Colorado. She needs some work to get her out of the state again, but she's a fighter.

I have pictures in my blog. Let me know if you would like more information about her.

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Selling one of my diesel buses / raising money to get aid to Haiti

patrick — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:30:35 GMT

Howdy folks

My name is Patrick. I buy and sell buses and bus parts to fund my non profit work. You can check it out at http://www.fresnoalliance.com/wheelchairproject

I have sold many buses to tribe folks, and others doing creative things with the machinery.

It is one of my nicest buses, a 1974 Gillig that is almost flawless. It has a healthy 3208 CAT diesel with a 5 speed, good rubber, and EVERYTHING works like all buses I sell.

If you wanna see it or pass the info onto a friend, it's on Craig's List, here is the link

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/car/435500436.html

Ok that's it. Anybody got any questions, just give me a call. My number is at the end of the ad.

Patrick

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Stepvan/Chiptruck conversion to RV

Sean — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:50:38 GMT

so, the story goes like this...My Dad & Brother own a distribution route for a local Potato Chip company, Tim's Cascade. for years, they ran the route out of a Gruman stepvan...it died, so they replaced it with another Gruman, a Diesel Dually retired Frito Lay truck. last year, after the rear end differential going out for like the 3rd or 4th time in 2 months, my brother, who was running the operation solo by now due to my Dad being forced to retire from diabetes-related disablities, decided to retire the chiptruck in favor of a new utility trailer to tow behind his brand new Dodge Ram 1500 Hemi V8. so, the Gruman sat a few months ignored, when one day my brother comes up with the idea of eventually, over the course of a year or so, converting it. he bought a cab-over camper to use in the meantime, & I got one that was damaged but usable to eventually gut for the conversion...the project pretty much went totally cold...& then, this May, after deciding to go back to college for Environmental Sciences & Sustainable Living Systems, my roommate & brother's girlfriend, Paula, came to an impass while trying to find an affordable housing situation near her new school...after a few weeks of nothing stacked on nothing, the idea sparked & went inferno in the course of an hour...she would convert & live in the chiptruck, thereby resolving her housing issue & also providing her with her Thesis for her degree, as she is planning in stages to convert it to Biodiesel & then eventually straight veggie oil. you can view her journal & photos of the conversion here:

http://www.chiptruck.blogspot.com

she is progressing rapidly & will be living in it full time by September 24th. it's pretty amazing to see.

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late bloomers

evon — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:45:40 GMT

just got on the bus
i mean i just put the vw on the bus , kinda bus on a bus and i'm into the next project my new 1957 crown and need some parts can anyone help?????

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Hi everyone! Newbie to this tribe....

TribalAmazonGypsy — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:51:55 GMT

and am in the process of looking for a bus to convert. I hope to have one before the end of this year, and get working on it right away. We're planning to be living in it full time asap. It will be me, my hubby, and of course the dog. LOL So, any advice or leads to good info on making the bus conversion or the lifestyle change? Has anyone haany experience with the books and info on wwwrvbookstore.com?
Thanks! Happy to meet everyone! Peace~

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"The Gift of the Turbi", a (post) holiday classic

patrick — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:08:29 GMT

There was a man, a young man of good heart and character, and he had a bus that he loved. The bus was the shiny yellow and black apple of his eye, and their love was complete. He veritably lived inside of her, caressing her ample bumpers and buying her all manners of distilled waters and fancy spray paints.

And she loved him too; she loved him as strongly as a bus could love a man, that tall (10 feet) long legged (35 feet) 19,000 lb lady from Hayward, and things were good.

She was a comely bus, old fashioned values and smog, and was blessed by the lord with the gift of turbo, a lovely tress of curly cast iron that adorned her intake manifiold like a jewel in a Princess' tiara. It was their pride and her joy.

And the man also possessed one thing of great sentimental and personal value: a classic turbo boost sphygomometer given to him by his grandfather, a toxic filled graduated glass and brass mercury tube of wonderful complexity that he would lovingly plumb into his beloved when he wanted to see her smile. On sundays they would go to the park and he would gently lift her covers one by one, and there they would sit, whiling away the hours in the joy that only lovers share.

The couple was poor, and didn't drink the finest Rotella, nor could afford Michelins on the table except during special occasions. And then one year, the Saint Valentine's Day holiday approached, and they were both left in a quandary, how could this poor bus and man properly show their love on this special occasion?

Finally February 14th arrived, and after a hard day at the yard, the man came home to find his beloved bride sitting, parked near the one ton, behind the trailer, near the stack of pallets where he stored the brake drums and the power steering pumps, with tears/condensation in her headlights, but still shining the most lumenous of glows towards her chosen seat taker. And the man excitedly approached her, cleverly concealing a package from his beloved's low beams.

(break for commercial)

(Scene returns to idyllic backyard full of bus parts and Japanese and American pickups)

"Look my dear" he cried, "I have the finest of gifts for the bus that has been my veritable foundation of transportation for so many wonderful years." And from under his cloak, he produced a box. And there, inside the box was a lovely air heat exchanger from Cummins in Paris, painted beautiful flat black and glowing with a non reflective dullness that shone like the night. (with all necessary connectors and fasteners, and a roll of pink teflon tape)

"Oh my Goodness", she screamed in joy, "how could you ever have brought to me such a precious and costly gift my love?" She began to sigh, and with tears now welling up in her turn signals, she said "We are but a poor couple, rich in maintenance but with a limited parts budget..."

"Well" he replied, "my love for you springs internal, just like your fuel lines, and I confess I sold the turbo boost gage to get the lovely part. but it is OK, we can do it by ear my sweet, love can conquer any vaccuum problem."

And then he spotted a splendidly wrapped box sitting on the dash. "Is that for me my love?" he asked. "A gift from the bus whose broad hips and leaf spring suspension has seen me thru my longest travels and darkest hours... I can't wait to open it!"

He carefully separated the twine, removed the paper, and gently lifted the lid off the box. And there inside was a 3/16" thru 7/8" SAE and metric adapter set for classic sphygamometers, lovingly hand chromed from Taiwan.

And then tears began to well up in his eyes, as he walked, slowly, to the side (driver's side, door behind the radiator door) of his beloved, and lifted her skirts gently for the thousandth time.

For he knew the truth already........ . . . there in place of her lovely turbo was a simple metal plate, her chestnut colored curl now nothing more than a 5 X 8 piece of aluminum or cast or pot metal or something, (it had paint on it) and her flowing manifolds had been shorn to the scalp.

And as they looked at each other, and felt the love and tender mercies that only a long time committed driver and machine can hold dear, and nurture thru the years,-- there was peace, and then they drove, hand in wheel, down to Flying J for a quiet, intimate fill.

And life was good, and love had flourished and flew and soared for a brief minute on God's Green Earth.

("The Gift of the Turbi", a holiday classic)
available on CD and cassette

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrownandGillig/

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Call For Makers!

Natalie — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:44:39 GMT

Dear Makers,

We are pleased to announce Bay Area Maker Faire 2007!

Organized by the staff of MAKE and CRAFT magazines, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft an engineering in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of all ages to roll up their sleeves and become makers. This family-friendly event showcases the amazing work of all kinds of makers--anyone who is embracing DIY and wants to share their accomplishments with an appreciative audience. Last year, we had 20,000 people at Maker Faire.

Maker Faire Bay Area will take place May 19-20, 2007 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. We are also adding Maker Faire Austin for October 20-21, 2007 at the Travis County Fairgrounds. This call is primarily for Maker Faire Bay Area but you can indicate if you are interested in participating in Maker Faire Austin.

We encourage you to join the fun and propose a maker exhibit, performance or workshop. You can submit a proposal through the web using the link described below or you can come show us your work at a Maker Faire "audition" on Saturday, February 24 at TechShop in Menlo Park, CA.

http://www.makerfaire.com

Proposals: We invite proposals for Maker workbench exhibits, workshops, presentations and performances for the Maker Faire. We are interested in proposals from individuals as well as from groups such as hobbyist clubs and schools.

Maker Workbench: Our standard setup for Makers is a six-foot long workbench. You can use this workbench to display your work and/or demonstrate how you make something. Some makers don't need workbenches, typically because they have a large object or they set up outside. Please provide a short description of what you make and what you will bring to Maker Faire. Please link to photographs or videos of what you make. Let us know about any requirements you have, such as electricity, Internet, ventilation, etc.

Interactive Performance: We're seeking performances that will engage and entertain the attendees and enable them to interact in a fun way. The performances may be tied to a stage or roving through the fairgrounds as a kind of street theatre. Performances could be musical or theatrical, but they could also be a collaborative building process. For example, you might work with attendees to put something large together in an hour.

Presentation: These includes audio-visual presentations intended for showing a project (or process) that cannot be brought to the faire, or a special project that requires AV resources. These presentations are limited to 20 minutes. Please describe the topic of your presentation and what kind of media (audio/video) that you will have. As a general rule, PowerPoint presentations are not appropriate for this event unless they are unusually entertaining.

Demonstration Workshop: A demonstration workshop is a show-and-tell session on how to make something. We're looking for makers who can demonstrate (and teach) particular skills, techniques or processes. You should start off by explaining your materials and tools and then step-through a build process, sharing your knowledge and interacting with the audience. Sessions should be under 30 minutes in length and may be repeated on the program. Please describe the subject of your workshop and what kind of setup you need for it.

Application Form: Please go to the following URL and fill it out to apply for participation as a maker. http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2007/proposal/

All proposals will be reviewed and we will notify makers of acceptance via email by March 19, 2007.

NOTE: Presenters whose talks are accepted will receive free registration to Maker Faire. We cannot pay for travel and accommodations. (We do make exceptions under some circumstances.) If you have any questions about participating in Maker Faire, please contact Natalie Villalobos by email: info@makerfaire.com. Please let Natalie know if you plan to come to the audition at TechShop.

Key Points:

* Maker Proposal Due: Midnight (PST): Feb. 27, 2007

* Maker Faire Bay Area Audition: Saturday Feb. 24, 2007

* Notification of Acceptance: March 19, 2006

* Confirmation of Participation: April 2, 2007

* Maker Faire Bay Area: May 19-20, 2007; Saturday 10-6 pm; Sunday 10-5pm.

* Maker Faire Austin: October 20 .. 21, 2007

* Application Form: http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2007/proposal/

Commercial Exhibitors If you are a commercial maker or you work for a company that would like to exhibit at Maker Faire, please contact Sherry Huss sherry@oreilly.com.

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Where do you park them?

lovemaya — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:36:28 GMT

I've wanted to convert a vehicle for a long time now... what an outrageously exciting project. However, I'm not interested in living the old folks RV lifestyle, travelling from Walmart to Walmart. What are some guerilla style parking places (particularly in Cali) to park your new pad overnite... or two... without paying "rent" fees of mobilehome parks?

m

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1988 biodiesel step van for sale!

Crystie — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:32:40 GMT

$3000 obo--- her name is mothership mary and she is a great home on wheels--- must sell- leaving the country--- best offer takes it!
new rubber, auto trans, 159000 miles, runs great!
view photos in my album

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Need land/space for bus conversion

Lady G Thang — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:43:21 GMT

puttin the word out...lookin for some land with a large building for ~4 months to convert my bus
will consider ANY location in the USA....even an urban warehouse space

ideally, i would like to find:

1. a rural setting
2. a large enough machine shed/barn to pull the whale into while I work
3. a dwelling to live in...don't care if this is a ratty mobile home or cabin or whatever

Am willing to pay a cheap rent...maybe exchange for work/upkeep on the land?

In my previous life, I was a day spa director...yes, i pay my bills...no, i wont have huge large parties and ruin someone's property

If you know of anyone with the resources i'm lookin for....please email me

LADYGNKC (at) YAHOO (dot) COM

peace n love y'all

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bus dejavu at burningman

BigHeat — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:37:43 GMT

Hello, cool tribe just joined this week , funny bus story. I was at Burningman last 2 weeks ago and was strangely drawn to an artbus with fllame throwers on the roof. My Buddy Jason says , I know those guys , they are from Vegas and they are fire performers. Next thing I know im meeting the owner and He is complaining about how many times the old bitch "bus" broke down on the way up to Carson city last month to finish it for the burn. I replied I had on old AM General that cost me a fortune to fix. He replies this is an AM General 8v71 with an allison. Mine was too I replied, I had the dambdest time getting the tranny fixed back in 97 it cost me my business actually. He said , this tranny was all f'd up and He broke is arm pulling it to be rebuilt. I said wow, I built mine to be a mobile training studio. He said , wait are you Mike? yup i said, He runs in the bus comes back with a brochure from 97 with my bus on it. holy shit. it was my old bus all rocked out with a roof deck and an inside that was as nice as any hookha lounge ive seen. I spent the next 3 days chillin and partying on my old bus that had been born again as art. pretty surreal.

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FREE Bus!

peef — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:59:10 GMT

You GOTTA see this!

http://www.craigslist.org/nby/zip/88835421.html

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A piece of my past

TomaltyAngel13 — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:38:12 GMT

This is a weird entry, but I am looking for any infomation on a Blue GMC bus that was converted in to a living space from my past from 10 years ago....I want to know if it still exist so I can possibly buy it back....If any one has any infomation regarding this vehicle please message me... Last I heard it was sold to a family in New Meadows, Idaho then relocated to the Washington area... Please help me find this childhood home of mine...
Mahalo much,
Sapphire-Crystle

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A bus or bus part purchased from me will guarantee better sex, even when you're alone

patrick — Mon, 22 May 2006 20:45:42 GMT

Howdy Bus brethren

"I remember my first orgasm. I tell ya, I was terrified. Hey whattya expect, I was all by myeslf" --the late great Rodney Dangerfield.
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I'm Patrick, the King of California Buses. There simply Is No Equal, so don't bother looking. I already know some of you. I was going to write a generic letter explaining my self, and reason for existence, but instead decided to amaze and delght you wth this litle bit of mirth I call "my latest ad on Ebay". Enjoy......

Here is the text of my new Ebay ad. Send it only to those who have courage and gentleness, strong backs and broad hips, or something like that. It is titled (to attract Fat Older White Men With Money) "FOR SALE: MY ATTRACTIVE WIFE AND BUS"
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Well, I'm actually only selling an "image" of my attractive wife now. EBay rejected my first ad, and the wife weren’t too pleased either. She got on her computer, went to EBay and listed me in Antiques, subcategory "Jerks" so I guess I got what I deserved.

So what am I really selling in this ad? Well, what’s it to you? Are you here to buy a very good high quality long lasting rugged and powerful diesel bus from me, or give me hard time? I would definitely do the former, because I have a terrible temper and poor emotional control in most situations (except when helping a grateful and satisfied customer with their high quality ultra durable best deal on the Net rugged and capable diesel bus, or parts.)

You can see all the buses I got, it's ridiculous at this point. I'm getting 3-4 more this month. So why would a otherwise sane person be doing this?? (selling buses, not wives) Well read on my son, read on.

I do this bus thing to support my fabulous non-profit, the Wheelchair Project. My wife and I went to Central America (that was my first wife, she ran away with one of my buses, a tall strapping young triple axle with a full head of hair and a devil may care Bad Boy attitude. I still see them around town now and then, and it still hurts) and had kids brought to us who were either very sick, going deaf, etc. and it was just from lack of very simple stuff like clean water, and medicines you could get at Wal-Mart for three bucks.

So, we either had a chance to face it, or act like we didn’t see it, so we decided to face it. So we helped raise 9000 bucks, and sent it to some scam artists who were supposed to be legitimate (Hey I DIDN”T choose these folks, the group did) and went we got to Nicaragua, the hospital hadn’t been destroyed, they never heard of us, and the only thing that got down there was the 15 boxes of supplies we hand carried, and little cases of ampicillin and penicillin we bought in Mexico City.

So after that, I decided to never give away the Do Rey Mee, but to go in person and at least check the stuff into the hospital, school, etc. Then if it got stolen it would still go into some person’s sick behind, or under some wheelchair needy person’s fanny (I send lots of wheelchair, so my thing is called the Wheelchair Project)

By now you may we thinking, “Is he ever gonna get to the bus for sale?”

Ok, I’ll start, but only after reminding you that I’m going to Haiti in about 2 months, gonna ship a Ford bus with a healthy CAT motor, full of the stuff the folks requested (school supplies, generators, Honda Trail 90 motorbikes, medical supplies, a copy machine, etc…..no junk or used clothing please!)

So when you buy a high quality near eternal timeless hand crafted bus of bliss from me, I will take said money and buy more stuff for the project, or bend over deeply then write the check to get the bus through the Panama Canal (6 Grand, oh I love it) or change the differential (the bus only goes 50) and drive it to Miami, great fun in a noisy front engine bus with a sheet of plywood/wall right behind the driver.

But enough about me. What do YOU think about my project?

OK you wanna bus, I gotta bus. How about a mid 70’s Gillig or Crown? Why these models you say? Because the are simply the best, unequalled in quality, and bonehead simple for boneheads like you (and your extended family) and me.

These buses were built by hand (both left AND right) and sold for over 100 thousand George Washingtons back in the day, and that was back when 20 bucks could buy you a Deusenberg or an entire politician. Kids nowadays, nothing but a bunch of lazy gang bangers, driving around with that loud “music” blasting….Boy I could just grab one of ‘em by the neck and squeeze until their eyes pop, but I can’t because I teach in the public schools (20 years of tears, laughter and spineless administrators)

OK I guess I’ll sell you the Crown bus I have. It is a good bus. It is very clean. It bathes regularly, goes to church on Saturday (I don’t know why either) and will give you years of love affection and loyalty.

It’s a 1970 Crown, with a healthy and happy 220 horsepower Cummins and a 5 speed transmission. (ONLY 220 horsepower in a 19,000 lb behemoth?) Yes, only 220 horsepower, but it produces it at about 1800 RPM, and would squash your SUV like the overpriced insect that it is, and just drive right on without even a glance back.) The engine is 743 cubic inches of six cylinder hell, built for torque, and will haul 15,000 lbs without even blinking a headlight. I know, I’ve done it a time or 8. The tires are good too. They are really. They are all Michelins, tubeless, with the biggest size on a bus, 12R x 22.5. (Are you bidding yet? I can hold for a minute while you do…)

The bus is almost perfect inside, and 100% original and stock like the day it left the factory. I’ve already put about 400 miles on this bus, and let me tell you, it towed perfectly behind the wrecker. But seriously, it’s a great bus, clean, starts and runs and drives like Rolls Royce, handles like a Ferrari, and gets better mileage than those new hybrid cars. I regularly get 40-42 miles per quart, and only fill up every third Leap Year, and even then these old engines will run on bathtub water, dirt, or old paint from your neighbor’s garage.

And if you’re one of this long haired wiseacres that smokes that stuff and thinks they know everything, then this bus can easily be converted to veggie oil. I have some young friends who smell vaguely like rotting cabbage, but they can convert a bus over to veggie faster than you can say pass the bong. But they’re only good until about 4:20 in the afternoon, then after that, park your bus and lock it.

But they will help you if you wanted to go veggie or biodiesel, I’m just too busy to explore the technology right now.

And I hope you realize that I’m not just selling This Bus alone. I am violating every rule made by God and EBay, and hoping they won't notice that I am trying to hustle everything I own with one ad. I’ve got other buses and lots of parts for sale. I even work on buses (once again a crappy way to make a buck, but you do meet lots of nice people, and their wives too if you play it right) and I learn from every job I do.

So write call, or just wire directly to my bank account in Zurich. It’s the one next to Jack Abramoff’s, right behind “Duke” Cunningham’s tear stained Certificates of Deposit.

OK feel free to call me off this site and help me evade EBay’s fees. They pay ABSOLUTELY NO ATTENTION to what I write anyway. Heck, I sold somebody’s mother in law to Liberia about 2 years ago, no problem, smooth transaction.

OK you can do one of the following:

1. Call me at home. (559) 251-3814

2. Write to my e-mail. It is WheelchairBusProject@yahoo.com

3. Go to my web site. That won’t accomplish anything, but nobody goes there, and my URL is lonely and depressed. It’s a good site, loads fast, etc. There are some pictures of my first wife there too, she’s the one holding the meat cleaver. It is www.fresnoalliance.com/wheelchairproject

4. Have some fun and write me going through (ugh) the traditional EBay channels. Then both you and the other folks who have endured this ad, and have way too much spare time, can read and enjoy my ridiculous answers to your attempted questions.

OK start bidding. There isn’t that much time. Don’t bid unless you really mean it though. I’ve suffered enough heartbreak and disappointment in life already, will be 50 in about two months, and just don’t need the hassle. But for those lucky few, bid now and bid high.

Bid for yourself, and bid to support the troops. Bid. Now. Bid bid bid bid bid. Get your wife involved. Heck it’s fun for the whole family. A bus looks good in the den or driveway, and can be used as a temporary holding facility for your oldest daughter and her boyfriend when he gets out of jail.

Ok gotta go, the wife’s waking up.
So BID, bid now, and bid high, …………………because If You Don’t bid, the terrorists will have won.

Specialist 4 Patrick Young
64C20/30 (light/heavy truck driver)
Decorated veteran of the 501st transportation company
Kaiserslautern and Frankfurt Germany.
“Keeping the Russians at bay since 1974”

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bus advice, buses, parts, human rights work

patrick — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:10:24 GMT

Howdy Folks

My name is Patrick Young, I live in Fresno. I've been doing buses for the last 15 years, and have dismantled 14 (11 Gilligs, one Crown and two Fords) I have lots of experience in machinery in general, and diesel stuff. I have about 22 buses right now, about 15 run and eight are for parts
I sell my stuff cheap. I just use the money to fund my non profit work in Haiit, Mexico, and Central America, and I started collecting and dismantling buses just to send them as spares for the donated bus, and to keep mine running, then sorta got carried away. I can't resist buying stuff,I have about ten generators and just keep on buying 'em. Love 'em I do, .....or anything that runs and makes noise,it's all iinteresting to this child like mind.....

Ok just drop me a line. and have a good day enjoying the springtime

Patrick Young
1970 Gillig Splendocruiser
Spicer 5 speed --fully manual
Powered by 8V79.5 CAT NA
4 wheel drive (the back ones)
Aka
the Wheelchair Project
Fresno, CA
www.fresnoalliance.com/wheelchairproject
(559) 251-3814 (559) 244-1042
WheelchairBusProject@yahoo.com

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Diesel Power

Doctor_Who — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:06:31 GMT

Hey kids [and old farts] I wanted to drop in and do a little shameless advertising for my new tribe.

Its called Diesel and/or Diesel Power and its going to deal with all the new advancement in diesel technologies and alternative diesel fuels expanding on both renewable and non-renewable fuel sources.

Since the rise of the price of a barrell of oil and the well muffled general panic that is coming primarily from Suadi Arabia we are looking at a energy shortage. Nobody knows exactly when, but the oil companies themselves are starting to look for alternatives, considering it was the oil companies themselves who had stiffled any other alternatives this is a good sign.

Unfortunatly some of the solutions in the pipeline for the future, arent necessarily the cleanest most environmentally friendly options available and some others take waste products and turn them into clean burning alternatives. They do however address the need for cheap energy and if they can be scaled more easily than cleaner alternatives we could find ourselves on the same pickle in a different barrell.

The purpose of the tribe is to be informative, so that we all become better informed on what is out there as these other not so clean alternatives pop up. I have some really interesting {or at least I think its interesting} stuff posted already as well as have some contributions coming in.

I think we all know that bio-diesel will not be able to sustain our demands for fuel. But would you believe you could make diesel from waste woodchips and mix in a little bio-d for lubricity and whammo, you have a clean fuel and you help reduce the waste stream.

Anyways I hope that you will join, there are many very interesting topics to discuss and information to share.

tribes.tribe.net/dieselpower

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Looking for Helpers for Cooperatively Held Oakland Urban Repair Bus

Oshan — Mon, 09 May 2005 01:46:04 GMT

The EcoArtsAlliance and Oakland City Repair have a 35' Gillig that we are transforming into an Urban Repair Vehicle - we'll pull up at empty lots, throw open the windows and doors and let beats, food and tools flow unto our work party comrades. We need help installing the kitchen and sound system. Anyone available soon?

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Another bus Tribe.

FyreChyld — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:53:10 GMT

If anyone is interested there is another older bus tribe at http://busvillage.tribe.net with over 162 pictures of beautiful buses & truck houses Come check it out.

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Get a Bus!

peef — Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:31:58 GMT

http://listings.ebaymotors.com/aw/plistings/list/category6728/index.html

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vw bus

nativeman — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:36:35 GMT

i got a 78 vw bus and i want to mod it out so i can use it for my tour any ideas???

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I need help with an 80s era Intl Harvester Box Truck

hoco — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 04:43:33 GMT

I own the Fishmobile a Burning Man Art vehicle, which is a 26,000 GVW truck. At present it is in Alameda, loaded with my camp's gear. It was idling today for only a few minutes while we ran the lift gate and the engine/tranny started making horrible noises. It only makes them in neutral and at low RPM. There is some kind of linkage from the outside which appears not to be connected. I have a friend who wants to drop the transmission, but this is a pretty big job and I'm hoping someone out there has more experience than we do and will consider helping us (we will compensate someone if that will help).

Thanks to anyone who can help connect me with someone who can help. Ther'll be an icy cold V8 waiting for you in the Desert nose at Camp Nosefish in the 3:00 plaza, if you'll help us get there. Call me on my cellphone at 510-928-4442 if you can help.
Either way, thanks for reading this far!

www.fishmobile.net

www.timefold.com/nosefish

Peace,

Howard

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Silversides

carcosa — Fri, 14 May 2004 17:37:53 GMT

Hi! I just joined this tribe thanks to Beorn...
I own a '48 Greyhound Silversides (GMC 3751)converted Gypsy-Caravan style inside - it's been in my family since 1976 and has been mine since 1993, I've posted a pic to the album...it's a beast, but is fantastic, I love it! (It's also my insurance against homelessness)

I have more pictures, bus links, and the Saga of its resurrection at:
www.eskimo.com/~carcosa/bus.html

"You're either on the Bus or off it!"
-Kesey (I think)

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Greetings!

jose fa — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:13:06 GMT

Hi! Ok, so I don't have a bus, but I thought I could get a lot of hints out of yall because we *did* just buy a used type III ambulance 9the ligths and sirens still work!), which we're hoping to outfit into the perfect road trip vehicle, after much modification, including:

-biodiesel/secondary SVO tank conversion
-pull-out bed
-fridge/freezer/cold storage
-some kind of pooper

any hints on design or acquisition of any of these systems, the more cheap and ingenious the better? help me turn this meat wagon into a land yacht!

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