If you go to eBay you might like to search for #170148882703
One of MCI/Winnepeg's finest!
Thanx Dallas!!!!!!!!! That is one cool bus!!! I just wish............................. ;)
Dallas, any chance I could get you to run up and pick it up for me some weekend if I am high bidder? LOL
Richard
Quote from: DrivingMissLazy on September 19, 2007, 06:38:02 AM
Dallas, any chance I could get you to run up and pick it up for me some weekend if I am high bidder? LOL
Richard
Sure, at the low, low, low price of a mere $1.55/mile plus any labor charged at $65/hr, plus motels, plus food, plus parts, plus anything else I can think of to make a buck!
I think it would make a great coach for you. Just what ML would love!
As I put on all my ebay auctions: Bid High and Bid Often!
Dallas
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GMC-733-BUS-1930s-YELLOW-COACH-BUS-RESTO-HOT-ROD-PROJECT-RARE_W0QQitemZ160159530245QQihZ006QQcategoryZ6251QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Might be the 'perfect' TOAD
Wow! A cedar lined bus :o
It would make a rolling humidor for my cigars.
I do like the look of the wood in it, seriuosly.
QuoteMight be the 'perfect' TOAD
AAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhh maaaaaaaaan!!! You guys are killin me!!!
So many cool old bus's, so little time! :-\
Chaz
Thank you, Thank you, Dallas your keen eye cost me $1875.00 BUT.... I now own another antique vehicle. The best thing about it is..... the bus is in my home town. I never knew it existed. I'm a member of the Antique auto club here in town and I now own a piece of history. I grew up a few miles from where this bus was built. Thanks....
Congrats Paso!!!
I'm EXTREMELY envious!! :'( It will be a beauty!
Chaz
I'm so glad to see it go to a good home!
So you going to have a Ghia as the toad for it?
Congrats
Skip
Quote from: Paso One on September 19, 2007, 02:38:10 PM
Thank you, Thank you, Dallas your keen eye cost me $1875.00 BUT.... I now own another antique vehicle. The best thing about it is..... the bus is in my home town. I never knew it existed. I'm a member of the Antique auto club here in town and I now own a piece of history. I grew up a few miles from where this bus was built. Thanks....
I wish I had money, energy, space and time to collect all the old coaches I've seen.
Many have gone to the scrap yard and become a can to hold hairspray.
I watched a 1959 Prevost get torn apart by a logging crane, loaded on a flatbed and hauled off. I was depressed for days after that.
Good luck with your purchase, I hope she captures your heart the way she did mine.
:-X
Congratulations, Paso One. And Dallas....why is it that since you have such a fond affection for things old....
You haven't adopted me yet? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
NCbob
Quote from: NCbob on September 19, 2007, 02:56:42 PM
Congratulations, Paso One. And Dallas....why is it that since you have such a fond affection for things old....
You haven't adopted me yet? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
NCbob
Because I adopted you first!!!
Quote from: maria-n-skip on September 19, 2007, 02:50:57 PM
I'm so glad to see it go to a good home!
So you going to have a Ghia as the toad for it?
Congrats
Skip
Okay Skip You got me How do you know i have a Ghia????
QuoteOkay Skip You got me How do you know i have a Ghia?
:D :D :D :D :D LOLOLOLOLOL :D :D :D :D :D
Chaz
Sorry........ :)
I have a real bad curiosity habit. Anytime a bus is sold that I really think is neat I
check the buyers purchase profiles. That way if it is a business it may come up
for resale. Only someone really into Ghia's would sell pans and probably have
the better stuff hidden away...........
To me an underrated classic.
Skip
Don't be sorry I'm impressed Sherlock Holmes I think said simple deductions..... I have a 67 Ghia coupe amoung my VW collection ;D
I think it's great that they kept the original bus look. You will get a lot of attention with that one.
Very cool! 8)
Laryn
Well I went and paid for the bus last night and took closer look at it. Lots of original trinkets with it.
When you open the door, mounted on the lower dash is the hand crank used to open and close the bay doors :) Immediatly above the crank in the original glass case is the Pyrene fire exstingusher. Lots of owner modifications thru out the years but lots of orginal trim and switches. The bus is 2 years older than me so I didn't expect much. The power train is on a slide out. When I got there the owner was trying to make it run so he could take it for a cruise before I drove it off. Nice guy.
I checked into the history on MCI website It was # 14 of 35 of the Courier 200 model It was Delivered to Greyhound Calgary Alberta October 1947 as unit # W 713 Last commercial operator was Scenic Mountain Tours. The current owner has owned it from around 78- 79 His comments were I drove the sh*T out of it and it never used any oil. (it's amazing how those off the cuff comments can be soothing)
Hopefully I can help my son restore it back to its pride. It would be # 4 on my list of current working projects but only # 2 on his list
Looking forward to driving it as the P/O is determined that I'm driving it off his property.
Side note for you fellow car/ truck restorers this guy has a yard full of restoreable quality cars this is the "first sale he made on the Internet. ;D
Wow, great find!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your a lucky man!!!!
What about those othe cars, etc. It's always nice to know where cool stuff is. Do ya got an addy, or name or phone #?
Good luck Paso!!!!! I will really be interested to see how it turns out!!
Chaz
Hey Chaz maybe watch e'bay by selecting him as a favorite seller, then every time he sells something you'll get a email. Then you can check it out. It is 10 minutes out of town and easy to get to so if anything strikes your fancy I could go take additional pictures and forward them.
I did note in his bus ad it said "no rust" I still don't know what he might of been commenting on as I was able to easily spot "areas " some people use that term and shouldn't. I would prefer min rust. Paul
http://www.dealsonwheels.com/category/Default.aspx?page=2&searchtype=project
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Here's 18 pages of vintage stuff they even have a 1937 Ford School Bus (for Gumpy's toad).
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Thanx Paso,
That's a good idea!!! I'll try it.
Thank you too Ed. i put them in favorites!
Chaz
Another one for the Vintage collectors:
160159530245
Hey Thanks Dallas another one with no rust ;D The motor must have been upgraded as it sure looks like a 50's 235 Chev engine.
Here's another rare find on eBay for you:
170151428582
Looks like it wouldn't take much to make it road worthy, and just think of sticking a NTC BCIV 400 in place of it's present power plant!
Now for you Veggy guys, here's one that make my Clampettmobile look almost like a Marathon!
190156572971