The side of the bus says "The Dumbest Thing Ever Done"
Cool crew cab!
hmmm bet that rides as nice as a eagle...LOL
Necessity is the mother of invention. Or....with a will, there is a way. Or...when all else fails.....try this. Or...(I forgot what I was going to say, but it concerned having no money) :) :) :)
realistically.....for what that guys does with the thing......that is probably the most economical hauler he could have. Prob paid 500.00 for the bus spent a weekend drinking bear with buddies cutting off and decking the back.....
pretty sure it rides like $*** though....even a 40 foot schoolie rides like $***...imaging this is a board and hobby horses on top of it
removed objectionable language. DML
That would make a neat hauler. Not something I would do but I think the guy has vision.
It doesn't look like it rides like an Eagle though! ;)
At least he has his own tow vehicle for when that sucker brakes in half! :D
We have a friend that did this. He hauls a golf cart & John Deere A tractor to antique tractor shows. Painted it John Deere Green with yellow trim to match his tractor (golf cart is also painted to match). Probably not the smoothest ride, but no problem driving into th4 cow pastures smoe of the tractor shows are held in. Jack
This guy's focus is on his tractor, the bus is a means to an end.
Our focus is on the means!
From that pic, his execution looks pretty good, integration of the stock rear way up there looks good!
And, Jack has it nailed, most places he has to park, we'd get stuck.
happy coaching!
buswarrior
The stupidest thing would be selling the tractor. I believe that is a 1939 Minneapolis-Moline UDLX Comfortractor. Way ahead of it's time. According to the editors of Publications International, LTD in their book "Classic Tractors" c. 2005, it was the first to have an enclosed cab. It had carlike appointments such as radio, heater/defroster, windshield wipers and other carlike amenities.
It had a 283 cubic inch 4 cylinder engine and 5-speed transmission, with a top speed of 40 mph. Performance not unlike many of todays modern tractors. Except this was marketed as a tractor you could drive to church. (Seriously!)
Only 125 were made. This was when other tractors were being sold by the thousands, even shortly after the Great Depression.
What does this have to do with buses? Easy. Think GMC and MCI... Many of the innovations (40' long, 106" wide) took years and many trials to become acceptable. Now of course, 45 foot coaches are becoming the standard.
A lot of you are keeping history alive, and I commend you for it. Unfortunately, I don't have the $$ right now to join you. For me, I'd probably go with a crown, or a 35 foot commuter or skoolie, simply because I love to travel through state parks. (But not THAT skoolie!)
Sorry to highjack the thread.
Peace,
Doug
I took it as a reference to the tractor; car and tractor in one. When you should be plowing, it is at the beauty shop and when you're plowing you need it to take junior to the doctor. No wonder they only made 125. Hard telling how many they sold.