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I ran across this interesting article today, take a look.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011 ... n-the-bus/
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That's just fantastic. I already enjoy thinking of my bus as a submarine/train/legendary mechanical thing, and steam power would only build on that. Maybe eventually when WVO becomes unfeasible, this could prove to be an interesting alternative.
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Those air ride flx's make nice conversions. they normally came with an 8v71 and vs2-8 allison.
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