Roll Another One

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by Kubla

They closed the factory in Australia that made it, the car was a Holden

Yep. One of the few "new" cars I find cool.

[Tango]

Maybe my favorite things on the old PD Vickies were the "artillery" wheels. Very cool.

[ashley]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

If you can get your hands on an intact 94-96 caprice 9C1 car, those are fun , as they had nicely tuned LT1 engines .. they are hard to find as many were used for hotrods drivetrain harvests.. myself included harvested a 4L60e trans and LT1 motor out of one for a hotrod I built. Plus they haven’t made the. Since 96 or 97. Now if you are going for the new caprice model , they seemed to never take off much , I’ve never seen one in the wild. The depts here all went after the cheaper FWD impala instead of the newer caprice .. I understand it’s price point was way too high. And of course now it’s all chargers for the stories and explorers / Taurus for cities.. Columbus is going to almost exclusively AWD explorers..
Christopher

My mom growing up had a 95 Caprice that screamed. Went up in flames possibly due to a faulty fuel line. That was an exciting day...

[cadillackid]

Originally Posted by ashley

My mom growing up had a 95 Caprice that screamed. Went up in flames possibly due to a faulty fuel line. That was an exciting day...

sounds like my 01 Silverado 2500 HD.. 6.0 litre.. 5000 miles...


injection manifold cracked when I had my foot to the floor... rest is history.. who makes fuel rails out of PLASTIC!?..



-Christopher

[Brewerbob]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

Silverado .. who makes fuel rails out of PLASTIC!?..

GM apparently

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

sounds like my 01 Silverado 2500 HD.. 6.0 litre.. 5000 miles...


injection manifold cracked when I had my foot to the floor... rest is history.. who makes fuel rails out of PLASTIC!?..



-Christopher

Scary how many hard parts are made of plastic now.

[cadillackid]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

Scary how many hard parts are made of plastic now.

I guess its alon g the lines of Navistar putting plastic parts in the oil filter housing of 6.0 diesels.. oh and plastic that melts at 250-260 degrees or so in those..



-Cnristopher

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

I guess its alon g the lines of Navistar putting plastic parts in the oil filter housing of 6.0 diesels.. oh and plastic that melts at 250-260 degrees or so in those..



-Cnristopher

At least the new one is GOLD.

[EastCoastCB]

Shaun and I were out looking at the buses yesterday after pulling seats from mine. The body on this thing is so straight and solid. I still like the IC bus looks a lot more than the Thomas.
Only thing to fix on the body of this bus is a football sized hole in the floor by the corner of the WC lift. My last IC shorty rusted there, too.
Good thing we've got a welder and a bunch of steel.

[Brewerbob]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

and a bunch of steel.

That's definitely a good thing to have. Metal prices have gone completely stupid.

[EastCoastCB]

Still around 60 a sheet for 4x10's of 18ga here.
For something small like a floor patch I'll just rob the scrap dumpster.

[Brewerbob]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

For something small like a floor patch I'll just rob the scrap dumpster.

It's good to have access to one of those as well.

[TexasGaint]

Any updates on the conversion?

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by TexasGaint

Any updates on the conversion?

Sold to the friend who drove it from TX for me.
Its still parked by my current bus.

[TexasGaint]

So what is your current bus build then?

[Brewerbob]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

Sold to the friend who drove it from TX for me.
Its still parked by my current bus.

Sean? So, it's still in the family.

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by Brewerbob

Sean? So, it's still in the family.

Yeah, Shaun has it now. Didn't even have to move it.

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by TexasGaint

So what is your current bus build then?

I currently have a 99 Thomas 5 window with factory lifted suspension and really low miles.
Not so much a "build". Just want to paint it green and white and slap a bunk bed and minimalist restroom in it.
May start on it for real this summer, but we'll see.

[Brewerbob]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

I currently have a 99 Thomas 5 window with factory lifted suspension and really low miles.
Not so much a "build". Just want to paint it green and white and slap a bunk bed and minimalist restroom in it.
May start on it for real this summer, but we'll see.

What is this BS?!? What's stopping you from starting on it now? Doing a minimal build will only require minimal time and minimal money. Day light hours are getting longer. An hour or two an evening during the week and you'll be done in no time. It's not like you're chopping the roof off a 40 foot bus this time.

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by Brewerbob

What is this BS?!? What's stopping you from starting on it now? Doing a minimal build will only require minimal time and minimal money. Day light hours are getting longer. An hour or two an evening during the week and you'll be done in no time. It's not like you're chopping the roof off a 40 foot bus this time.

Well its a 30-45 minute drive to the bus with all the new traffic, and I'm not in any hurry. I don't rush these things. You should know this by now!
We had a major milestone in finding affordable insurance and getting it tilted as a MH so we can park in town soon. I want to paint it first and delete some or maybe all of the school bus windows.
Once I get it looking a little less like a school bus I'll be able to work on it a lot more and at my leisure since I'll have it at my home.


I've been just taking it easy and focusing on other stuff.