today , we brought home our first bus! (does the last 45 miles on a wrecker count as driving it home?
)
the begining: craigslist, 1973 bus, $1200.00.
email, email, email, phone call. blah, blah, blah. i got one of these.......
the bus: carpenter/gmc v6 auotmatic pusher, pre gutted, sorta started, back burnered and growing mold. "runs and drives".
the deal: higher end deer rifles with add ons, even trade
. (i bought it {cheap!} secondhand and never fired it once in three years
)
the reality: "runs" AND "drives"
, blew a seal in the air brake canister and it locked down in the center lane of rush hour traffic.
the towbill: $385.00 (ouch!)
so..... now i have this bus sitting in the road in front of my house. i guess tomorow i will go outside and make a clean spot in the driveway for it. (where do i put my other junk?) and we begin the building of our "retirement home". im going to try to keep a photo journal of the progress and share it with you, this will probably mean a few shots every now and then, and likely me venting about stupid buses
.
found and joined the site the day i got my bus. great ideas here. thanks. great to see so many people willing to share their experience and knowledge.
still reading through the forums, with many to go.
will try to post a "before" pic directly so you all cans laugh "with" me.
so wish me luck! (and any info on this bus would be a real help. i know #*%@ about buses.)
till we meet again, may we all have enough.