Slide out in a GM bus

[Jerry Liebler]

I just got my Sept Bus conversions magazine.  I'd bet Dennis Harris doesn't read this board.  If he did he'd know that you can't put a slide out in a GM bus.
Regards
Jerry 4107 1120

[captain ron]

I was told on one of these boards that I couldn't do a roof raise in 10 working days and be in Nashville Tn. in 14 days. good thing I don't listen sometimes 

[Ray D]

To live this dangerous, you boys must be tippen a few tonight.

Ray D

[JimC]

I have read that you shouldn't raise the roof on the GMC's either, the one in the BCMAG looks just fine, and my 4106 has been doing well with a 6 inch raise for 10 years or more.
Shows that you can't believe everything you read these days
Jim

[FloridaCliff]

Slide out, Roof raise on a GMC!

Never works and they all have split in half.

But, I have figured out how to overcome the main design problem.

The biggest problem is the additional gravity put on the center rib.

What I did was to drive down to the everglades at 10" below sea level.

Raised the bus 10" during a full moon when the pressure is at maximum.

Then when I went back to my house at 80', now with the gain of the "fullofshitski effect" thus eliminating

any chance of a reverse rotational proton collapse.

My calculations show this should hold up well, except for an error I keep getting for a leap year.

For any of you thinking of trying this, make sure you line your ball cap with tin foil first.

If you don't, the aliens will read your mind and mess up the calculations.

Cliff   

[Ncbob]

Golly Cliff....my sides are hurting from laughing so hard...which isn't fair to you because I just probably don't have the depth of understanding the universe which you do.

Fast Fred was a stickler for 'doing it your way' and it appears you did....and with panache!

Bob

[Dallas]

Fast Fred was a stickler for 'doing it your way' and it appears you did....and with panache!

Bob

Aren't those the things you have for breakfast with Surp?

You can also go down to the local place and get them... International House of Panache! 

[BusCrazyTom]

Yeah, but they no longer serve Buckwheat Panache, so what's the use?

[Songman]

There is an old Scenicruiser for sale near me. I have been saying how cool it would be with a roof raise! If Cliff and Jim can do their buses I don't see why this one couldn't be done. I might have to do some Photoshopping!

[kyle4501]

There is an old Scenicruiser for sale near me. I have been saying how cool it would be with a roof raise! If Cliff and Jim can do their buses I don't see why this one couldn't be done. I might have to do some Photoshopping!

The PD4501 needs no roof raise, they are as perfect as it gets. To do so would adversely affect the lines of the bus. I've seen altered 4501's & the sense of proportion & balance was lost.

Besides, the 4501's are of a limited production run & everyone knows they are lousy units to start with.  they were so bad, greyhound had to rebuild (including a complete repower) all of them at least once during their service life & add reinforcement plates to most of them after that just to keep 'em in service!

Only a crazy person would want one because of the difficulty in getting parts.

Now exactly where did you say this old scenicruiser is?

[Songman]

You are absolutely right about the lines of the 4501. But I have this crazy thing about liking to stand upright! haha... My thought was to raise the entire roof 6-8 inches just above the line of the front side windows. Nothing too drastic. If done correctly, someone who didn't know probably wouldn't even notice.

Come on out! This thing is sitting in a field a couple of miles from my house. I'd love to have it as a second bus one of these days, but if some bus nut were interested I'd sure put him on it. As you say, these things are not all that common.

[Songman]

A little teaser from the photos I posted on Dallas' server...

[cody]

Cliff, now I'm scared, that all made perfect sence to me lol.

[DrivingMissLazy]

All it needs now is a 12V92. What a rig that would make.
Richard

Cliff, now I'm scared, that all made perfect sence to me lol.

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Cliff,

Ohhh, the "fullofshitski effect"  Now it all makes sense to me

Thanks, now I know how to drive my bus Hawaii...

Nick-