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08-25-2016, 01:16 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 15
Year: 1999
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: 3126 Cat
Rated Cap: 48
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1999 Blue Bird 48 passenger
Me and 2 friends just bought our first bus. It's a 1999 GMC Blue Bird 48 passenger with a 3126 Cat and an AT-545 Allison. I know neither are real desirable but it runs and shifts great and we only paid 1,200 for it. Our project is a little different than a lot of yours. We do competition BBQ around the state of Minnesota and were looking for something to load our equipment up in the back, have a prep area with some tables and some bunks for overnight competitions. We picked it up last week and as of last night we got it painted so it is now legal to drive down the highway. We were fortunate in that a family friend who was retiring from the auto body business and gave us enough automotive grade paint to cover the entire thing.
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08-25-2016, 01:39 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 15
Year: 1999
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: 3126 Cat
Rated Cap: 48
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I tried posting pictures but they fail to upload
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08-25-2016, 04:25 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 77
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Shoot, that sounds cool, I wanna see how it turns out. Get us some pics when you get the chance.
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08-25-2016, 10:08 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 15
Year: 1999
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: 3126 Cat
Rated Cap: 48
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Not sure if I need so many posts to post a picture or why it won't let me upload
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08-25-2016, 11:11 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 77
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You can always link from imgur or another upload site.
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08-26-2016, 12:10 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Richmond Virginia
Posts: 932
Year: 1984
Engine: 366 Big block Chevy! :) w/ Stick shift
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Welcome, gosh how exciting; friends and bbq...AND a bus?! Life is good, life id good!
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08-26-2016, 04:29 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,762
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by QBus
Not sure if I need so many posts to post a picture or why it won't let me upload
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You need 5 posts before you can post pics.
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08-26-2016, 02:00 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 15
Year: 1999
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: 3126 Cat
Rated Cap: 48
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We've done fairly well our first year competing with a 3rd place and 5th place and a 4th place out of 20-25 teams so far
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08-26-2016, 02:03 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 15
Year: 1999
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: 3126 Cat
Rated Cap: 48
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Couldn't get them to upload so I shared the links below
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08-26-2016, 02:17 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 15
Year: 1999
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: 3126 Cat
Rated Cap: 48
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08-26-2016, 02:27 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 15
Year: 1999
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: 3126 Cat
Rated Cap: 48
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08-26-2016, 04:50 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Miami
Posts: 172
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: MVP
Engine: CAT 3116
Rated Cap: 84
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Paint job looks great in that pic!
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08-28-2016, 09:42 AM
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Almost There
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 77
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Very nice. Looks clean
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08-28-2016, 10:30 AM
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#14
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,707
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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Love how you kept the red GMC!! looks great against the dark body!! kickin!
-Christopher
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08-29-2016, 04:33 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 25
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Im excited to follow this! This is the same size bus I want to convert (if I can find one)
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08-29-2016, 09:02 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Richmond Virginia
Posts: 932
Year: 1984
Engine: 366 Big block Chevy! :) w/ Stick shift
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Yea, wow that looks fantastic!
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08-29-2016, 11:25 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 15
Year: 1999
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: 3126 Cat
Rated Cap: 48
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Thanks everyone. We've got a few more details to tackle on the outside and then start removing the seats.
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08-29-2016, 12:48 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Mount Victory, OH
Posts: 85
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Nice paint and love the color! Keep us updated.
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08-29-2016, 02:04 PM
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#19
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 115
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Looks great . Mine was a yellow school bus when I first got it too.
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09-15-2016, 01:50 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 15
Year: 1999
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: 3126 Cat
Rated Cap: 48
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