I am one of those that thinks a destination sign is a cool thing to keep in my bus. But before I order another ribbon with stuff on it, what do you guys think are some good sayings?????? By the way, I can handle ANYTHING this board can!!! LOLOLOL ;D So fire away!!! Mild to wild!!
Example:
Turn signals work!
Wanna get lucky?
Lost. :(
Short bus.
Bristol or Bust!
Indy or Bust! etc.
Come on you creative genius's
Feelin froggy,
Chaz
Not my original ideas by any means:
WRONG BUS
OLD DOG, NEW TRICK
Any famous group or person
Len
Our Friend Eric Lake aka "dcbusnut"
has Jimmy Buffet Songs like, Margaritaville, Cheeseburger in Paradice, etc.
Pretty Cool....
Nick-
'NOT SURE!'
'somewhere hot'
'somewhere sunny'
'somewhere cool'
'The Beach'
'blue rinse brigade'
'coffindodger xpress'
'vegas baby'
'goin racing'
'Bonneville'
'El Mirage'
Chaz -
Back in the late '70s, there was a bus company in San Diego that ran a bunch of Old Looks around town, stopping at all the major hotels and tourist attractions. Folk could buy a pass and jump on and off at will. Called "The Bus That Goes In Circles", one route ran clockwise, the other ran counter-clockwise. They had two different, yet great, sayings on their destination signs:
"Thisaway" for the clockwise route
"Thataway" for the counter-clockwise one.
I've got those two on my list for my sign roll, along with:
Eh? (For my Canadian son-in-law) (You too, Buswarrior. . . LOL)
Giant Greenbrier (Think about that one. . .)
MB3 + CB (For the grandkids)
Next Bus Please
Full
Lost
Homeward Bound
Got Mechanic Coming
Sports Car of Buses ('cause it's a 4106)
Genuine 49er Inside (Was born in 1949)
!TUO HCTAW (Read it backwards)
I've got some more, but they're buried in a box somewhere after my recent move. . .
This should be a fun thread - thanks for starting it, Chaz!
;)
When I stripped my bus the destination sign was saved for one reason it actually had one selection that did say, "I'm Lost", I keep this in my shop because it so well describes my typical day!
Pat
Still waiting to get my bus, but mine will have "Hell In A Basket" and "Going Broke Fast" and "Nobody Rides for Free" in its sign selection.
BusCrazyTom The Analog Dinosaur
This is almost X rated and was seen on an entertainer coach "shouzurtitz". Also saw this one "nobodyuno". We kept our destination scroll in place. In addition to towns, it had BARBIZON, BLOSSOM SPECIAL, and PRIVATE COACH. We have not added any new ones YET!. We run PRIVATE COACH, but have considered having a new scroll made with Are We There Yet, Where Are We, Guess Who's Onboard, and Bluegrass Express. Jack
"Crazy"
"Whisky Bent"
"Hell Bound"
"getdahelloutamyway"
"No Brakes & No Insurance"
"Sturgis"
"Been There Done That"
"Don't ask..."
happy coaching!
buswarrior
Mine include "Wrong Bus", "Who Knows?", "Somewhere Else", and "Nowhere via Subway" (I've always wanted that one, from riding transit in Boston for so many years). "Baseball Coach" as well as "Go Rangers" (the Dallas area baseball team) for my wife. "Canada", "Texas", "1968 GMC PD-4107" and "Private Coach" for the serious side.
There's also one that'll have to be explained to many folks - but will drive some of the New England railfans nuts (remember, I'm one of them even though I live in Texas now..
The Boston transit system has an underground subway station, now Government Center Under on what is now the Blue Line Rapid Transit. This was formerly "Scollay Under" - where one could transfer to/from what is now the Green Line. This is on the East Boston Tunnel line, dug in 1904 as a streetcar subway, upgraded to rapid transit in 1924. Since the line was designed for streetcars, the subway portion has very tight clearances, making for short, narrow rapid transit cars.
When I was a kid, that's how we would go into downtown Boston. So, I added a destination of "Scollay Under" --- and I have every intention of being in the parking lot of the Seashore Trolley Museum in Maine (I'm a 40-year member) -- with the coach signed up "Scollay Under", on a destination sign printed by the original sign manufacturer. I expect that to cause some double-takes, and some "what the heck?"
The one I wish I'd seen before placing the order is Kyle's "I Can't Tell You", you'll see a picture in the 4905 thread. It's not plagiarism, it's the Dictum of Selective Thievery -- something I learned from a Transit System General Manager years ago.
Now, a suggestion for a rear sign .... "Hang Up and Drive".
Arthur
Here is some that I should put on my Destination sign..
"East Bound and Down" from Smokey and the Bandit.
"Which Way"
"ICE"
Nick-
'Going Postal'
'Lollygagging'
'My Other Bus is a Prevost'
'Straight to Hell'
'Shaggin' Wagon'
'Get on the Bus Gus'
Thanx guy!!! I knew you would be weighing in Ron!! ;)
Thanx Jack! I do believe I will be using those two suggestions!!! ;D My girlfriend has a great sense of humor and my racing friends will have a field day with them!! I may have to get a remote so they don't bug me so much as we are cruisin. ;)
I definitely want to do some backwards signs too. It will even make people think a little bit who read them forwards.
Nick, the songs idea is cool too! I think I may have to put Led Zepplin and maybe the Beatles on there too! Zep did "Ramble On", Deep Purple did "Space Truckin", Yes did "Starship Trooper", and how about a play on "Little Duece Coupe"- Little Duece Couple. :) I think I'll pass on " Jerry Garcia on board". Might draw too much attention! LOLOL ;)
OH!!!!!!!!!!! and the ever imfamous - "Just Passin Thru"!!!!!!!!! I wonder if I can get that little bearded fellow on there too?! ;D
Keep the ideas comin! But don't tax your brain cells too hard. Ya need'em for thinking about bus's and helping out us rookie's.
Tryin to be a Great Literary Figure,
Chaz
My favorite was on an GM old look I bought several years ago. "Burnham School For Girls."
Chas, as to backwards signs, remember the Greyhound destination --- MIAMI (already set to read backwards). If you really wanted to, I guess you could make it MIAM I, with the space for those a little slower on the uptake.
Arthur
How about,
"Rode Hard- Put up Wet"
Or "Have Bus - Will Travel"
all I can say is this
CAMPCOMONIWANNALAYYA
??? AWOL
Knot Working
Life is Good
Plan B
Second Chance
Mental Floss
License to Chill
Bite Me
Happy Ours
Lazy Daze
Serenity Now
Summer Wind
Second Wind
Endless Summer
Time Out
Therapy
Southern Comfort
No Worries
Diversion
Predator
;D
"Girls Gone Wild Audition Bus"
"No Fat Chicks"
"PlayBoy Mansion"
"Mobile Breast Exams"
"No Weed On Board"
"The Bar"
"Strip Club"
"Student Driver"
I just bought an MCI 8. Doesn't MCI stand for My Children's Inheritance ???
D**N!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those are too funny!!! ;D ;D ;D ;DI'm going to need a HUGE scroll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o I think I'll have to see if I can make the scroll roll from one to the next by itself!!!! :D Maybe sit on each saying about 5 seconds.
LMAO,
Chaz
Quote from: Chaz on April 19, 2007, 05:26:16 PM
D**N!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those are too funny!!! ;D ;D ;D ;DI'm going to need a HUGE scroll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o I think I'll have to see if I can make the scroll roll from one to the next by itself!!!! :D Maybe sit on each saying about 5 seconds.
LMAO,
Chaz
You'll just have to update with a modern LED sign board, unlimited choices!
Len
I plan on.... "Lost in Space"
Ed
how about
ROLLIN-HOME or THIS WILL DOOO!
If you have a destination sign like the 4103s (below the windshields) make sure that the lights blink on and off and have the sign read NO BRAKES backwards.
No Worries
Slow Bus
S100 Bus (home brew computer folks get this one)
Let's Go
Scenic View
Bud Tugly (Thanks Click & Clack)
Recycled
Beats Walkin'
I Am Home
Rolling Home
Sleeper Service
Moving Chicane (racers get this one)
- John
Now this is a FUN thread. Keepem' comin' Jack
Can we use those led signs???????????? I wanted to do one on the tail gate of a '79 Chevy pickup once! I think it would be too cool. BUT, I think I read something on here that said we couldn't do that on a personal coach. No biggie, the scroll will just have to be bigger!! :) with plenty of blank space for my own art work!!! LOLOLOL
"Moving chicane"----------- now THAT I like!!!! ;D
Hey guy's,
How about "Elvis Just Left the Bus" for all you Elvis fans.
Wvanative
Well, my darned response disappeared again when I hit "post" - so I'll try to reconstruct it.
Chas, perhaps the suggestion is to use the LED sign from a city transit bus. While making it fit may be an issue, the bigger issue may well be programming. With a service change, reprogramming signs can be a major task. I haven't been directly involved in a while, so I don't know the state of the problem with current Luminators, Twin Visions, or others - you may want to talk with your local transit property.
The last major service change where I had direct involvement in sign programming was a few years ago. The Voltron signs had to have new chips programmed and installed in each bus. The Luminators would have the new programs done on a PC, then downloaded into a MTU (mobile ? unit), which would then be plugged into each bus to update the bus' programming. The way they work is that each sign has all the destinations (and flips) in memory, the driver just enters the code for his specific sign requirement.
One other problem I've heard of - some clients in California have told me of issues with the CHP as to the color of the signs (colored LED's are available now). Apparently, some problem with the color red or blue showing, illuminated, on the front of the vehicle. I don't remember any more details, nor do I know if any issues have been resolved.
One other thought - I get a kick out of some of the more suggestive ideas, even though my wife doesn't have the same sense of humor. If you're going with Transign, remember that the contact person is Jennifer. Personally, I wouldn't care to go over the spelling with her, I wouldn't want to put her on the spot (I don't know her, but we spoke a few times when I had my sign printed). May be nothing, just my 1/50 of a dollar here.
Arthur
Quote from: Runcutter on April 20, 2007, 07:55:26 AM
.......Chas, perhaps the suggestion is to use the LED sign from a city transit bus. While making it fit may be an issue, the bigger issue may well be programming. With a service change, reprogramming signs can be a major task. I haven't been directly involved in a while, so I don't know the state of the problem with current Luminators, Twin Visions, or others - you may want to talk with your local transit property.
Arthur
This is more along the line of what I was thinking.
Ebay 260108991253 Eighty bucks
Len
That's what I was thinkg too, Len. I'm not sure how they work, but I see them all over the place, especially bars and such. But I still like the idea of nostalgia too.
As for the idea that there could be a problem with getting what I want printed , a plain backround and tape or a paintbrush would do the trick, I think. ;D
I still the little "Just passin thru" guy with the beard!!! ;) ;) ;)
Chaz
p.s. Oh, "Elvis has left the Bus", MIGHT be a bit long. We would have to get a little more creative!! ::)
I like the idea of one of these on the back of the bus. Seems like there was an old Dean Martin movie with him driving a van with a voice activated system. The police were chasing him and shooting at the van and Dean posted a message that there was an innocent girl with him and the shooting increased; he then told his passenger that the French don't believe there are any innocent girls.
We could post a good long message so the driver behind never sees the brake lights.
Quote from: Kristinsgrandpa on April 19, 2007, 06:41:42 PM
I plan on.... "Lost in Space"
Ed
" Lost in Place " <------ :D
re-Tire-d
for Dallas and Cat...
"Cat's Meow"
"Dallas' Yeow!"
What's Next?
Wayback Machine (for the older/oldest coaches)
Mobile Manor
Rolling Wonder
Sign Broken
AYBABTU (All Your Bus Are Belong To Us - variation of an internet joke)
Less Work
More Fun
Fast? Why?
Oh, About 8 or 9
(answer to the most common question about my bus)
Len
To add to the list
Bus whisperer - for the bus experts
Bus Yeller -for the rest
Big Short Bus -Won't go there
De Je Bus
Bus rules
Adult child on Board
Pop up Push down Bus Bus Bus
Just some of my thoughts (only slightly twisted I hope)
Skip
Skip
I've always liked the old style manual roller sign like the one on my MC-8. I guess it's a good 'sign' that it doesn't have 'Out of Service' as one of its options. For those wanting scrolling LED signs, I wonder how these would work: http://www.neon-nites.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=404 (http://www.neon-nites.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=404). Maybe we should start posting pics of some of our better destination signs (when we get 'em).
David
I keep revising what I'm going to put on my sign. Some of the messages that have survived a couple revisions are:
CONDO TO GO
IM NOT LOST
LOST
CASA OMNIBUS
WHEEL ESTATE
There have been other unforgetable messages, but I don't remember them.
Dale MC8
Not a destination sign but something I plan to put on my bud beside the door. A pinup girl like on the old ww2 airplanes with big hooters and her hands cupping them with the saying
"Must Be This Big To Ride This Ride"
One for Phil's Moose Maraudin' Machine (Moose Cabin):
" Wee Pine Knot"
One for those of us who will never go back:
"The Last Resort"
Our bus was an OTR from Wichita Falls to Memphis, It still has the original sign.
My favorite is - Presley Tours
Just Passin Thru
and Enid
or, Where to?
my place or yours?
Home
Devin
I'm just bringing this out of the moth balls since Runcutter looked it up for me. It's a blast from the past!!! It's an addition to Doug's "Destination Sign/Window". Maybe some of you guys came up with some new ones since then?? ::) ?? ::) ?? I'm amazed it's been over 3 years ago since I posted it! Wow.
Thanx Arthur!!
Chaz
"It's a Bus Thing, You wouldn't Understand"
Ours is the answer we gave for 7 yrs. when asked how the bus was coming..."Sofar..Sogood" ...Cable
The wife suggested
"The Long Hall" and
"Little House On The Freeway"
...Cable
"Forget about world peace ... Visualize using your turn signal."
"Mean People Suck."
BCO
When I removed the control box for our destination sign the power was on and once I disconnected it, it defaulted to...
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Well what the heck! :-\ (beanie& Cecil ;D) Ain't that a trip! :o ;D
on our old Buffalo "Girl Scouts"
I'm 24 and buying my first bus. Currently it says 'penguin' I'm thinking 'pantytown' or some equivalent :D
Only The Good Die Young
We will Live forever
Headin North-South
Headin West-East
No Driver
Out of My Mind
Do It To It
If It Feels Good Do It
Just Coastin
Dave
Hey Van, I was sitting here looking at your trip sign and something jumped out at me. You have red turn signal indicators on the "front of your bus." In most states displaying red lights (of any sort) is illegal. You might want to rethink this one. Wouldn't it be nice if they (trip signs) were like "plug & play" hook up a USB and program any thing you want ... the possibilities are endless eh?
BCO
I have one of the programmable red led moving light signs that I use in my theater but was thinking of using it one the bus. Problem is red facing front and if I put it in the back like I'd prefer I can't be totally positive that it's saying what I want and fear it getting covered with exhaust or something anyway.
Still, we may put it in place of a destination sign and use it sparingly. :D
Anyone ever do a neon sign?
A couple I have seen. NOBODY U NO and on an entertainer coach SHOUSURTITZ. We found PRIVAYE COACH on the scroll that was in our coach and have just stayed with that. Jack
I like " No Hurry " and "New Destinations"
How about:
"Boldly going..."
Livin Large
Guess!
Helen Wheels
Kids Inheritance
Wander Lust
"Nacho Bus"
"Escape Plan"
"TNORF SEYE" (print backwards for rear-view their mirror)
For those who are rightly concerned about RED message signs on the front, see this amber one on e-place: One-Line Semi-Outdoor Ultra Amber LED Programmable Sign (http://cgi.ebay.com/ONE-LINE-SEMI-OUTDOOR-ULTRA-AMBER-LED-PROGRAMMABLE-SIGN-/250532354418?pt=BI_Signage&hash=item3a54e45972)
Also, I can't think of a good reason not to put a neon sign in the destination window... They make AC/DC drivers for that.
-T
For when we're in Mexico?? ::) ;D
We had an MCI that had "Mystery Tour" on the scroll. I loved using it and got lots of comments and even weirded out old hippie dudes try'n to get on the bus "to go home" LOL!
;D BK ;D
OH and my favorite response to the question "what is the mystery?" was "If we'll make it home or not!"
;D BK ;D
Here are a couple My Bride and I have come up with:
Money Pit
Never Done
MPG?
Steel Tent
DEMOMAN
"LESS ROOM - MORE ROAM"