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03-06-2011, 01:40 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
We have imported a 39ft Ford B700 (with Thomas body) into England and have converted it into an RV/Mobile Office. There are a few pictures at http://www.yellowbusevents.co.uk/ame...school_bus.php
There are more pictures at http://www.skoolie.net/gallery2/v/Skoolies/?g2_page=13 (or just go to bottom of page 13 on the gallery pages).
We have kept the outside as original as possible as this is a real novelty in England. Scroll down this post to see floorplan and more pictures.
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03-06-2011, 02:16 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Wow, very nice looking work!
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03-06-2011, 03:26 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Thanks Browncrown. Just been looking at your bus which looks great. I love the body shape of the bus.
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03-06-2011, 05:44 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,437
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Very nicely done, any pics of the back rooms?
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03-06-2011, 05:48 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
I will take some pictures of the bedroom area and post here.
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03-06-2011, 05:59 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Here is the floorplan. Bedroom pic to follow in next few days.
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03-07-2011, 03:20 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Here is a picture of our bus being used in 2007 by 20th Century Fox to promote the Simpsons DVD (in England). We had a sound system fitted to the underside of the bus which played the Simpsons theme tune on a loop... for eight hours a day for 14 days! I still twitch every time I hear that music on TV.
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03-07-2011, 02:32 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
As requested, here is a picture of the bedroom. It is a high full size double bed with a large storage space underneath which can also be accessed from the rear door of the bus.
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03-07-2011, 03:15 PM
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#9
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
They are LED's. They are from IKEA and run on 12v. They come as roumd discs and then I gor a friend to mount them on a piece of aluminium with rounded corners. They were then placed where the original bus lights were using the original wiring. We are about to fit more 12v LED lamps to the sides (internally) and there are also mains (240v here) lights which only work of course when we have hook up or running our small external generator.
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03-08-2011, 01:17 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Elk Plain, WA.
Posts: 513
Year: 1993
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DTA360
Rated Cap: 16
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Nice bus...
Clean and simple...
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03-08-2011, 09:10 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
very nice and clean bus!
those promos must have paid for it by now? lol
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03-08-2011, 12:23 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
We use the bus to promote our own events and festivals (see http://www.yellowbusevents.co.uk) and also hire it out for promtions such as Simpsons & Disney. These external clients have brought some good revenue, but it did cost a lot to bring the bus over and do the conversion. I have put in hunderds of hours but have loved the project and am really pleased with the bus. We are now getting into the music festival business wth it and it was used as an interview backdrop and lounge at V Festival last year (a music festival for over 100,000 people). See pictures below from Disney work and V Festival where The Magic Numbers are being interviewed.
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03-09-2011, 05:15 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Just got hold of this picture. It is in central London last Nov. That is Nelsons Column in the background, just a short walk from Buckingham Palace.
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03-11-2011, 10:48 AM
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#14
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
This time in Manchester helping with public consultation about public transport.
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03-13-2011, 03:06 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Here is our bus being used as a 'backdrop' and green room at one of our festivals of street entertainment. The woman on the uniclyle lives in Hawaii now but this was in Sheffield, England.
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03-13-2011, 04:15 PM
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#16
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Here is the interior when we got the bus (78 seater).
BEFORE..
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03-13-2011, 04:26 PM
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#17
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
AFTER...
... the interior now.
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03-15-2011, 05:46 PM
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#18
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Here is a picture of the bus on the Brands Hatch motor racing track in Kent (England). We actually got to do a full lap but didnt exactly set a speed record!
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03-16-2011, 07:54 PM
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#19
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sheffield, England.
Posts: 61
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford 6700
Rated Cap: 78
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
This was just last month in Blackpool on the west coast of England where we were helping with the street entertainment at the Showzam Festival of Magic, Circus & New Variety.
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03-16-2011, 08:13 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pueblo Co
Posts: 310
Year: 1984
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Safe T Liner
Engine: 3208 turbo
Rated Cap: 84
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Re: Our American School Bus in Sheffield, England.
Man some people have all the fun.
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