[tcb] Re: Gerald's other bus [WAS: Re: Re: Can a collision move the engine?]
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:27:35 -0500
Gerald has a good memory for dates.
Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
> I'm down to 609 unread messages on the list.
>
> These are OLD pictures, I just pulled the archive of my old
> phorce1.com site and stuck it back online:
>
> http://phorce1.com/Buskatiers/Gerald.L/album.html
>
> Look at "my-first-bus-pics", "first-mini-resto-2002", and "resto-start"
>
> "my-first-bus-pics" are pics from the original owner and also the
> first pics I took of the '74.
>
> The 2002 thing was a quick strip and clean then installation of the
> Raby motor by Billy (my youngest brother) and I. Then I drove it daily
> ... for the 180 miles before I blew the motor.
>
> Then I got the "Paint Bus" from Colorado in August of that year and we
> transplanted that worn out motor and I drove it some more while coming
> up with parts cash then waiting for Jake to rebuild the blown motor.
>
> Billy died in March of 2003. I still didn't have the Raby motor back
> and the Paint Bus motor gave out so in April I started taking the '74
> apart for a better clean up and possible paint. That's the
> "resto-start". It just didn't move along as well without Billy there.
>
> Then my mother decided to pack up my grandmother and move out of state
> so I moved into my grandmother's house, no garage. The '74 went into a
> storage unit completely stripped of interior, glass, motor, tranny.
> It's still there.
>
> Somewhere in there (before Mom moved) I got the Raby engine back. It
> was just sitting on my front porch in a crate for a long time. No
> place to do the kind of work the '74 needed to get put back together
> so I picked up the Rivi in January '04. Got the motor in and started
> for the first time in January '05. Got tags in March '05. Had it
> running well enough to pass inspection (we know how well they inspect
> old VW's, right) in April, '05. The rear wheel bearings went out the
> first time trying to drive to the Classic in '05.
>
> And this is now a story about the Rivi ... so I'll stop.
>
> Gerald
>
> Denis Dodson wrote:
>> Well, I don't think it's a "new" bus. he told me that he had another
>> and it would be easier to move the Raby engine and all other stuff
>> than to fix the rear end of the Rivi.
>>
>> He's lurking here, so he should come on and tell of his plans.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* ATX BUS <mailto:atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:49 AM
>> *Subject:* [tcb] Re: Can a collision move the engine?
>>
>> So what's the scoop on the G2's new bus?
>> Jeff
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx <mailto:coocoo@xxxxxxx>>
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:33:05 AM
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Can a collision move the engine?
>>
>> I guess that there is where the movement would be, in the tranny
>> mounts. The engine tin would be held in place by where the rubber
>> gasket at the body metal, the engine moved with the tranny mount.
>> The tin stayed still but the engine moved a 1/4 inch.
>> We already established, I believe, that the pully was bent some
>> other way, that the engine didn't move. OK.
>> Now, let's talk about Gerald's Rivi. He announced that he
>> was going
>> to move everything over to a new bus, giving up on the Rivi. Someday
>> we may see him drive to campouts. Maybe.
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