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    Default Summer Project #1 for Tacomas747: 1936 Ford Schoolbus with Cummins 5.9 NV4500

    Well, my sister has a hairbrained idea to start a food vending business, she had thoughts of using the 'normal' step van/box truck, or maybe a shortbus. Well, we ran across this, she fell in love with it for the obvious reasons, it's COOL. Her plan (and reason for building this bus instead of a step van) is the have a 'hold' on the high-end weddings and such, to do catering to those type events, as well as car shows and the normal around-town stuff during the week. It will definetly take ALOT of work and ALOT of money, but I feel once it's done she will have a great business, as the bus is a definite eye catcher which means everyone will remember it. I think the catering at special events will be the main money maker as opposed to the day-to-day type of stuff.

    We went and picked it up on Thursday 6/24/2012, this is what it looked like when we got it:

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    Certainly a very unique shape. Quite an eye catcher. Then I saw the pic of the inside ... At least you won't have to worry about stripping things out to make room for stuff!
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    I hope you are going to paint it!!!

    BTW how is the engine??? I see you mentioned pick it up. Not drivable yet??? or is it??? Any pics of the engine???
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    It actually had a 460 and C6 sitting in it when we got it, i didn't figure that would be a very good combination for towing this much weight all the time. We pulled the motor out of a 91' D350, and the trans out of a 2001 3500. Here they are bolted in. The bus has come a LONG way in a short time, hopefully it will be ready to be blasted in a few weeks. I am still in the process of frame modifications/repairs and some rust repair before we take it to be blasted.


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    Wow you guys take on some pretty big projects... It would take me forever to finish something like that. I guess I have a lot going on around here. A whole lot of smaller projects.
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    I would put an LS motor in that bad boy, but it would probably be better suited for a diesel.
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