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04-21-2015, 12:59 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Her name is Texas.
Why? Cuz I said so. I think she is short enough to join this club. I only have one picture of her. Engine is a DT408. Trans is an AT545. GVWR is 23,500. Hydraulic brakes. Two benches. Wheelchair lift. 147k miles. This is the only picture I have.
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04-21-2015, 03:38 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Hello Texas,
Welcome to the shorty section....what are you. Plans for the future?
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Our build La Tortuga
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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04-21-2015, 06:33 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: southwest lowsyana
Posts: 542
Year: 1988
Coachwork: ward
Chassis: international
Engine: dt360a
Rated Cap: 65
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you rich folks always cater to the private schools dontcha! so, where is the rest of the bus?
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04-21-2015, 06:47 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by claydbal
you rich folks always cater to the private schools dontcha! so, where is the rest of the bus?
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It has shrunk...no rain.... 
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Our build La Tortuga
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. Patton
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04-21-2015, 10:17 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Isn't she cute? I think I can drive thru a McDonald's drive through with her she is sooo tiny.
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04-21-2015, 10:21 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
Hello Texas,
Welcome to the shorty section....what are you. Plans for the future?
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Paint her white. Do a fast conversion and get motorhome title. Drive the crap out of her. I have been using my Excursion to pick up stuff using a trailer. I won't need a trailer for small stuff with this.
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04-21-2015, 06:25 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: southwest lowsyana
Posts: 542
Year: 1988
Coachwork: ward
Chassis: international
Engine: dt360a
Rated Cap: 65
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get er done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04-21-2015, 09:43 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Gainesville. Georgia
Posts: 544
Year: 1992
Coachwork: bluebird
Rated Cap: 72
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Texas??? I thought everything was BIG in Texas....she looks more like a RHODE ISLAND.
LOL.....just joking, she looks like she will be perfect for weekend getaways and you should be able to take her anywhere.
I love it. She'd be a great Toad in back of our bus.
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04-21-2015, 10:16 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Western Tennessee
Posts: 102
Year: 1985
Coachwork: Wayne Chaperone
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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I think I have her smaller sister.
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04-22-2015, 07:38 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,434
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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Too bad they don't come with standard transmissions, I think it would make a nice towed. 
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04-22-2015, 10:41 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by schoolmarm
I think I have her smaller sister.
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Thet are almost the same size.
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04-22-2015, 10:42 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by somewhereinusa
Too bad they don't come with standard transmissions, I think it would make a nice towed. |
I wish it had a manual transmission.
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04-22-2015, 07:12 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: MB
Posts: 279
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Tomas
Chassis: International
Engine: T444e
Rated Cap: 54
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Quote:
Originally Posted by somewhereinusa
Too bad they don't come with standard transmissions, I think it would make a nice towed. |
What don't come with standard transmisions? My bus has as 5 speed manual and it's of similar vintage and make.
The only thing I don't like is that it's a dog leg second.
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04-23-2015, 11:05 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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I am going to be running two separate design competitions with each winner winning $25 cash money. I will post details in a separate post for each one. I will give a hint about each one now but can't give specifics until I have the bus in hand.
Competition #1.
Design a rear opening that allows me to open the whole back of the bus without looking too hillbilly. No offense intended towards hillbillies.
Competition #2.
Design the living space of the bus. Obviously I need exact dimensions but maybe this will stimulate brain juices before I post the competition.
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05-13-2015, 08:36 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Palmerton pa
Posts: 14
Year: 9
Chassis: Ford E-venture edition (e-350)
Engine: 7.3 power stroke
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What kind of mpg does something like that get?
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05-13-2015, 10:13 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sbc63trls250
What kind of mpg does something like that get?
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Not sure yet. It does 55 mph at 2500 rpm. It's no rocket with my diesel Excursion behind it. It does pretty good when it's not pulling something.
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05-14-2015, 08:56 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Without further delay, I present to you, TEXAS!
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05-14-2015, 09:05 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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You gonna get a "don't mess with texas" sticker for it?
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05-14-2015, 09:23 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Posts: 1,793
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: B3800 Short bus
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 36
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That bus is a beauty! I wish I would have started with this exact bus... well, except for the side wheelchair door. That would have gotten in the way of my plans, but otherwise it's perfect.
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05-14-2015, 01:29 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Winlcok, WA
Posts: 2,233
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When you say open the whole rear of the bus do you mean the full width and height or...?
If you don't need full width or full height, why not use the side lift door in place of the current rear emergency door? Most lift doors are about 30%-50% larger than rear emergency doors. And then just skin over the lift door hole.
As far as manual transmissions are concerned, they have amounted to less than 1% of all bus production over the last 20-years. So they are out there but they are extremely few and far between.
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