1947 Bus

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roger1

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I love old buses and that one is a real gem! Thanks for posting it up here. I'd be very, very proud of it too.
471 Jimmy I presume? I drove a truck with that engine in my younger days. They run forever.
 

tommr

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This one has a 1966 401M GMC V6. Flxible offered a refit engine mount kit. An owner could swing a complete air brake equipped GMC V6 Medium Duty truck engine very easily. WB did the conversion in 1971. Engine is in good shape mechanically but parts have kind of dried up and its pretty slow in the hills. Its was a major upgrade from the original Buick 320 straight 8 though. Did an Allison 1000 6 speed conversion in 2015. Can hold a gear via the shift pad and you don't lose speed on upshifts and downshifts. The Spicer non synchro 4 spd was kind of arduous and I needed parts for it that existed nowhere. The V6 has an SAE 3 round opening flywheel housing on it so this 2006 Allison with the SAE 3 bellhousing slid right on. Had a custom billet torque converter hub pilot built and the machinist modified a factory V6 flywheel and stamped Allison spacer. Stand alone electronics with a TCU programmed by Allison as a 5 speed(dont need the double overdrive), large Griffin cooler under bus ahead of axle, trans oil temp gauge, dash trans check engine light, custom mounts, custom trans and pinion yokes, engine relocated 6 inches aft and 1.5 inches to curbside to get it all in there and for driveshaft geometry. Tons of fun.
 

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Ribbedroof

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That bus is gorgeous!
 

tommr

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Its a kids Baseball Team bus. We Baseball Barnstorm in it. Our last big trip was 2015--4,000 miles in 23 days. Weve done similar trips 4 times. Typical days travel is 250-350 miles. In 2016 we did Myrtle Beach to Phila in 1 day-- 625 miles. Overdrive trans makes a huge difference. Bus is parked this year. Need updates and upgrades to a lot of things. Hopefully out next year regionally.
 
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