Question for Bill aka HomeGrownDiesel

brojcol · December 20, 2006, 12:31:07 PM

Bill,

I have looked for your bus in the pics section and can't find it. Is it there? If not, please post some pictures, I can see the thumbnail, but I would like to see more pics of your aerodynamic Eagle! That thing looks awesome.

After you post pics, I will probably have a million questions, hope you don't mind.

An admiring fan
Jimmy

Nick Badame Refrig/ACC · December 20, 2006, 02:21:27 PM

Hi Jimmy,

Here is a couple to hold you over until Bill can post some more

Nick-

brojcol · December 20, 2006, 02:59:09 PM

Unbelievable!!! That thing looks like something on a Star Trek episode. I hope Bill posts more. I would like to see the inside...

Dreamscape · December 20, 2006, 03:04:08 PM

There is also a gentelman in Oregon that did a similar front on his big rig. It increased his mpg and it looked cool. It did make you want to do a lookly-loo. I think it was either a logging truck or a chip hauler.
With Bills idea, and the recent accident with Daniel, his Eagle should give you more nose to absorb the forces of an accident.

Paul

Dreamscape

Chaz · December 21, 2006, 06:04:40 AM

Ok...... I'm a rookie here. (and it shows) I have talked with Bill, email and phone, and I even seen the pic of his bus, but I thought that was some sort of manufactured bus!! Did he do that himself?? I guess I need to talk with him yet again!!!!
I'm a metal worker and that even scares me a bit!

I had considered doing something to the front end so it wasn't like pushing a barn door, but haven't come up with an idea that I liked yet. But I wasn't moving the windshield.

More yet to ponder...............
Chaz

Jeremy · December 21, 2006, 07:07:03 AM

If you like long noses, how about this one:

It's on a van rather than a bus obviously, but just needs a little scaling up...

The Japanese also like long noses (and long tails):

There are also some photos out there (cannot find them now) of a G20 or Econoline with a '1940's style front end. A bit like a PT Cruiser I guess, but cooler. It looked very good, and was done very skillfully in sheet metal using an English Wheel - a real project for a metalworking enthusiast. I guess though if you wanted a similar look on a bus you would just buy a Brill or similar

Jeremy

brojcol · December 21, 2006, 07:18:31 AM

Jeremy,

Sweet photos! How would you like to see a bus with the flames running down the side, etc...

Awesome!

Jimmy

Jeremy · December 21, 2006, 07:27:22 AM

Sean's bus has flames:

Jeremy

DrivingMissLazy · December 21, 2006, 07:30:19 AM

I have been in Bill's bus and it is a work of art in my opinion. He does not have the interior completed yet but from all appearances of what he had done so far, the inside will be as trick as the exterior.

I really do not think I would want to drive it however. When sitting in the drivers chair, you can not see the nose. I really do not know how you would judge exactly where it is. Since the front overhang is so long I think it would take a lot of experience to try and navigate thru city streets, especially when making right turns.
Richard

RVMan · January 02, 2025, 02:54:00 PM

Has anyone got contact info for Bill? Are there any MPG figures after the current design was completed?

muldoonman · January 02, 2025, 04:59:35 PM

Pretty cool look. The front windows look like Prevost side windows with that curvature.

luvrbus · January 02, 2025, 06:01:42 PM

Quote from: RVMan on January 02, 2025, 02:54:00 PM
Has anyone got contact info for Bill? Are there any MPG figures after the current design was completed?

He owns a truck stop back east some where,last I heard he owned a brick (Prevost) I don't think the Eagle is still around it was a used veggie oil burner.There is old GM on I 40 or I 17 before Flagstaff that looks sorta like it been sitting there for many years now with a long nose I thought the bus was just down right ugly for a Eagle it was different

Busted Knuckle · January 08, 2025, 04:41:52 PM

I sent Bill a msg on FB, but he never responded.
He has a truck stop in Delaware. Also I;m not familiar with him having a Prevost, he did buy a DART MCI and converted it and from the pictures on his FB page he's still using it. Also noticed on FB hs still has the Eagle sitting at the truck stop too. One of the pictures showed both buses nose to nose in a bunch of snow and the caption said "the nice thing about owning two buses is there is room for everyone when people get stranded and need a place to stay!"

I'll try reaching out to him again.

BK