Hi I am new to the forum

Bus Riders · November 22, 2015, 08:31:30 AM

We just bought a 1961 MCI 2 converted bus in September. The bus was a tour bus on Vancouver Island, British Columbia till the late 70's when a doctor in Fort St John did the conversion. The roof was raised 10 inches, redid the interior, painted the bus with airplane paint and rebuilt the 6v71 Detroit diesel. I will start with this as I am trying to resize my pictures to post on the forum. We live in Westerose Alberta

Bus Riders · November 22, 2015, 09:35:04 AM

Here is a picture of the expansion tank for the antifreeze. It is stainless steel with three compartments that are connected reduce the back and forth splashing inside the tank. It also has temp gauge, a sight gauge to show the level of antifreeze. There is also a drain and a modulating valve to open and close the radiator louvers

Bus Riders · November 22, 2015, 09:46:05 AM

Here is some outside pictures for the passenger side and back of the bus.

Bus Riders · November 22, 2015, 10:03:12 AM

I am using paint to resize my pictures, its working. One more picture of the front.

goldgiter · November 22, 2015, 10:34:32 AM

Welcome to the forum.
Nice looking bus.

Wes

TedCalvert · November 22, 2015, 11:14:37 AM

Welcome.

Oonrahnjay · November 22, 2015, 11:25:30 AM

Quote from: goldgiter on November 22, 2015, 10:34:32 AM
Welcome to the forum.
Nice looking bus.

Wes

Ditto from me, on both counts ...

Jim Eh. · November 22, 2015, 01:05:31 PM

Welcome and nice set o'wheels.

There are a few utilities around for windows that make image resizing a snap. One I remember for XP was Power Tools, that added a line that showed up when you were to right click on an image, very handy. Not too sure if it works with 7, 8, 9, or 10 but if not there is possibly something out there for them too.

MB LeMirage · November 22, 2015, 01:51:19 PM

Good to see that I am no longer the newest member to join. Welcome from a fellow Canadian and that bus looks good.
Ryan.

Dave5Cs · November 22, 2015, 04:21:27 PM

Welcome from Northern California. Good looking Bus. Not many 2's left eh!...
Dave

TomC · November 23, 2015, 03:18:03 AM

Nice looking bus! Once you get tired of the lack of power from the 6V-71 (used to be all right, but now even big rigs will pass you) it is an easy swap to move up to a 6V-92TA. The engine is virtually identical on the outside. About the only thing you'd have to do is find room for the turbo, run new intake and exhaust and increase cooling. If you're running N65 injectors now, you would go from 228hp @ 600lb/ft torque to 350hp @ 1,000lb/ft torque with 9G90's on the 6V-92TA. Think that would get you down the road? Good Luck, TomC

luvrbus · November 23, 2015, 06:12:39 AM

The great thing about the 6v71 you can enjoy the scenery and the different colored rocks along the road,a 454 Chevy gas burner will get you about the same ft lbs of torque

Barn Owl · November 24, 2015, 01:05:54 PM

Nice unique bus. Welcome to the board.

TomC · November 26, 2015, 06:34:14 AM

We have a 1995 C2500 Chev PU that has a heavy-duty truck 454 in it. It even has an oil cooler. Rated at 230hp @ 3600 with 385lb/ft torque @ 2600rpm. While having the same horsepower as the 6V-71, torque is considerably less. Our pickup and 28ft fifth wheel weigh in at about 16,000lbs. It is a bit lacking up the hills, and gets about 6-7mpg. Good luck, TomC

luvrbus · November 26, 2015, 06:50:53 AM

You need to do a little work TomC those engines are not hard to boost the hp and torque on,the cubic inches are there