The year was 1969
The bus??
The Kid??
Anybody want to take a stabb at it?
I'll take a "stabb" at it.
The bus is a Crown and the kid is you.
Bob
Cute picture & I love the porch light.
Yes and no..
The kid is me but the bus is a 1960 Marman Harrington Skoolie that my dad converted in 1967. Dad said that Crown may have baught Marman.
The next two photos are of a crown that my dad and his brothers turned into a mobile showroom for their refrigeration mfg. company "Bantam Metal Corp."
Their company was based in S. Phila. and the bus is parked in front of the Philadelphia Spectrum Sports Complex.
Nick-
This Crown bus had custom Air Conditioning that dad built. If you look on the roof, you will see a metal box that houses the A/C.
Way before RV roof units....
Nick-
NIck, Marmon is still in business and to my knowledge was never owned by crown.
The specialize in specialty vehicles (primarily 4x4) and custom vehicle engineering solutions.
BTW, the Repower of the Scenicruisers from twin 4-71's to the 8-71 was done by Marmon harrington
Hi Doug,
Yup, here is the Co. History
http://www.marmon-herrington.com/page.aspx?pageid=27
Nick-
Nick -
I don't think that's a mobile showroom coach is a Crown - most Crowns didn't have split doors, only a single that opened inward. Front roof and windshields are way different, too, as is the breastplate.
http://www.crownbus.com/history.htm
FWIW & HTH. . .
;)
yeah the showroom has some similarities to some other MH units I have seen......but I'm not much up on old schoolies
Hi Guy's,
If you look close at the entry doors on the first pic with me in it and the pic of the Bantam Metal bus, they both look very much the same.
I will have to ask dad more questions about it tomorrow.
Nick-
So it appears, Nick, that you come by your busnutness quite naturally. That's very cool to have that kind of family history.
nick I was nosing around online and found a few similar photos....Oneida School Bus...which was purchased by marmon H.
Hi Bob,
Kinda as long as I remember... Does that mean my whole family is NUTZ? ;D
I think Doug has the same kind of history with his family.. :o
Doug, Post the pic's that you found!
Nick-
I spent my lunch time searching for another picture of my dad's Bantam Metal Bus and couldn't find anymore.
Even on the internet, I couldn't find another bus that looked like it. Anybody have any ideas??
Thanks
Nick-
NIck I am planning on being at my Dad's tomorrow I will do some research for ya. Couldn;t find the pics I found online.....have my history set for minimum settings.
i'll see what I can come up with.
Problem is back in those days there were alot of small bus manufacturers around making buses for local companies
you get a lunch time? must be nice to be the boss lol
Quote from: cody on May 12, 2008, 03:07:09 PM
you get a lunch time? must be nice to be the boss lol
Hi Cody,
It was kind of a weird day with 75 mph winds, heavy rain, and all the barrier islands were flooded and closed...
A tipical Nor'Easter for our parts... Two of my guy's did shop work while the rest ended up stuck on the islands for the day.
Not bad for a Monday this time of year.
Nick-
I figured it had to be something out of the ordinary to be able to relax long enough for a lunch. I know, for me, retirement is great, I'm down to 12 hour days now lol.
FOWL! FOWL! NO FAIR!! Nick got a head start on the rest of us! Priceless pics, Nick.
Dennis
Here is a couple more of dad's first conversion and another trip down south
The little kid is me and crying.... ;D Then my mom and sister Lea.
Nick-
now I'm going to have to dig up some pics of me at 89 when we got our first coach
Spent a decent amount of time in the "library" yesterday. was not able to find anything similar.
Now the library has almost nothing on Schoolies, and with the big number of schoolie manufacturers back in those days, hard for me to say.
Thanks Doug!
I guess we will have to chalk these two busses up as MIA!
I would have liked to see other pic's of them....
Nick-
Nick, send a pic to the bus museum......I think the guy who answers email is up on schoolies