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Title: Rides; Past And Present
Post by: busnerd on December 18, 2005, 01:50:01 PM: Here are my rides, some I still have; most are long gone.

this is my 1st vehicle when I was 17
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my 2nd bus, the 1st motor I built, put lots of miles on this one. Lives in prince george now.
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and after I painted it
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bought this one as a project for $300
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this was my first paint job, the bus above was my 2nd. Don't know were this bug ended up, I think the guy I sold it to wrecked it shortly after.
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bought this bus and only had it for a while, untill i bought matt's 64 bus
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bought matt's '64
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fixed it up
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got this for a trip to california, great for living in
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this was a driver for a while, bought it for $700
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had this 78 a few years ago, was an experiment to see if I could make a buck
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it worked
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and finally my 78 bus that i still have (when I got it)
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and now
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Title: Rides; Past And Present
Post by: Bug Maniac on December 18, 2005, 02:01:27 PM: There's some sweet rides in those pics. :rockon:
Title: Rides; Past And Present
Post by: steiner on December 18, 2005, 03:35:15 PM: I nearly bought that 64 bus. Matt bought it off Ted.You did a really nice job on that. Buses are a large vehicle to tackle. Nice!
Title: Rides; Past And Present
Post by: Matt on December 18, 2005, 04:01:08 PM: Geez Clarke, I forgot just how ugly that 64 was, glad it went to a good home.
Title: Rides; Past And Present
Post by: busnerd on December 18, 2005, 07:20:37 PM: hey matt and steiner, can you give me more info on my '64? Who is Ted? I'm curious how matt got it and any sort of history you guys know about it. Anything at all would be greatly appreciated.
thanks.
clarke.
Title: Rides; Past And Present
Post by: Matt on December 18, 2005, 07:42:43 PM: I bought it from Ted when he lived in Delta. that's all the history I have on the car, I made it run and stop, drove it then sold it. From there it's all you.
Title: Rides; Past And Present
Post by: busnerd on December 18, 2005, 08:38:25 PM: is ted a guy on the board here? do you know if it had been sitting for a long time?
Title: Rides; Past And Present
Post by: steiner on December 18, 2005, 08:50:42 PM: I am not sure where Ted got it from. If I talk to him I'll ask him!
Title: Rides; Past And Present
Post by: el_flechador on December 19, 2005, 01:32:57 AM: Nice to see your rides, reminds me that of all the VW's and other cars i've hadover the years which is wel into 3 figures now the most fun i've had is with bay windows that lived while in Australia looked really similar to your orange one...nearly brought a tear to my eye good work fella