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Busing in the 70's

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Darkspeed

July 21, 2015, 06:52:12 AM
4106 6V92TA MUI + V730 8" Lowered Floor & Polished > http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?topic=24673.0 QuietBox > http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?topic=29946.0
It's all math and metal...

lostagain

#1
July 21, 2015, 07:07:09 AM
Yep. That is what we drove. Nuclear powered. Coast to coast in a few hours. Fully staffed to attend to the driver's every whim. I remember that movie. The car wash on the go stuck to my mind. Too bad none survived, or I would be restoring one...

JC
JC
Blackie AB
1977 MC5C, 6V92/HT740 (sold)
2007 Country Coach Magna, Cummins ISX (sold)

oltrunt

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July 21, 2015, 08:29:03 AM
I watched the whole thing.  I want my 20 minutes back.  Jack

Jeremy

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July 21, 2015, 09:14:54 AM
The was "The Big Bus" - the first cinema movie I ever saw! I was six at the time.

Jeremy
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Iceni John

#4
July 21, 2015, 11:50:40 AM
Quote from: lostagain on July 21, 2015, 07:07:09 AM
Yep. That is what we drove. Nuclear powered.
My bus's House electrical power is provided by thermonuclear fission radiation.   Yeah!

John
1990 Crown 2R-40N-552 (the Super II):  6V92TAC / DDEC II / Jake,  HT740.     Hecho en Chino.
2kW of tiltable solar.
Behind the Orange Curtain, SoCal.

Darkspeed

#5
July 21, 2015, 12:36:28 PM
Quote from: Iceni John on July 21, 2015, 11:50:40 AM
My bus's House electrical power is provided by thermonuclear fission radiation.   Yeah!

John

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWiyIugH3xY
4106 6V92TA MUI + V730 8" Lowered Floor & Polished > http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?topic=24673.0 QuietBox > http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?topic=29946.0
It's all math and metal...

Jeremy

#6
July 21, 2015, 01:25:19 PM
Quote from: Iceni John on July 21, 2015, 11:50:40 AM
My bus's House electrical power is provided by thermonuclear fission radiation.   Yeah!

John

If you mean the energy in your batteries originated in the Sun, then so did mine :) Except I think it's fusion rather than fission....

Jeremy
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Iceni John

#7
July 21, 2015, 03:07:27 PM
Quote from: Jeremy on July 21, 2015, 01:25:19 PM
If you mean the energy in your batteries originated in the Sun, then so did mine :) Except I think it's fusion rather than fission....

Jeremy
Sorry, you're right, it's fusion.   That nucular stuff is cornfusin'.   Thanks!
1990 Crown 2R-40N-552 (the Super II):  6V92TAC / DDEC II / Jake,  HT740.     Hecho en Chino.
2kW of tiltable solar.
Behind the Orange Curtain, SoCal.

Lin

#8
July 21, 2015, 03:17:29 PM
It reminds me of my first bus-- no 5a but usable.
You don't have to believe everything you think.

Dave5Cs

#9
July 21, 2015, 06:41:20 PM
I liked the speedometer in the first one they flashed on. It looked like it was out of a 67 Ford Galaxy.
Someone on the BNO board used to have the front of the Big Bus as their Avatar. Just remembered who it was,
It was Cheesie4905 (John)Look in May 2010 in BNO archives!....

Dave5Cs
"Perfect Frequency"1979 MCI MC5Cs 6V-71,644MT Allison.
2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 60th Anniversary edition.
1998 Jeep TJ ,(Gone)
Somewhere in the USA fulltiming.

Jeremy

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July 22, 2015, 12:42:55 AM








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CrabbyMilton

#11
July 22, 2015, 06:32:18 AM
Thanks for posting that interesting article. I saw the movies a few times but it didn't impress me all the much other than to kill time. Too much silly stuff like having room for a bowling alley and full bar on board within the size but it made a interesting story anyway.
I couldn't find anything what happened to the bus itself but if I had to guess, they probably dismantled or it's parked behind a studio building someplace. Such a concept wouldn't work on the interstate but perhaps as a high volume airline apron bus if the plane can't park near the gate. That way they could unload everybody from a jumbo 747 or 777 in one swoop.

oltrunt

#12
July 22, 2015, 08:34:12 AM
Oh, OK.  You can keep my 20 min after all.  The build article was well worth the read. :D :D  Jack
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