[tcb] Re: nother short trip report
- From: "Eric Woodall" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:56:38 -0500 (CDT)
Congrats Sammie, that is too cool!
sammie smith said:
> Saw some more cool bus stuff today at the Classic. Charlie Hamil invited
> the Bakery truck to park in his OCTO display area so we did and didn't
> have to sit out in the hot parking lot with every vehicle crammed
> together. Had about 20 busses in the Hamil display area including the
> rarest of the rare single cabs. Just restored special engine air model
> with special dust air cleaner and engine air intake scopes just to each
> side of the rear window of the cab with special duct work all the way back
> to the engine compartment which had no vents in the body. Was a factory M
> code for extreme dust conditions. Was a 61 and restored flawlessly with a
> tilt and NOS factory hoops. Also some ridiculous asking prices on busses
> for sale. 63 panel in much worse condition than the bakery truck when I
> started $6,000. Big engined 23 window barndoor in custom bus class
> $65,000. 13 window 63 (I think) very average unrestored asking $40,000.
> Pressed bumper 11 window with all seats (57) new
> paint but otherwise not very nice ($22,500). Needless to say I'm not
> coming home with any new busses.
>
> Now in Yuma AZ for the night. since we were so far south of LA at the
> show I decided for a change of scenery to drop down to San Diego and
> come back to Tuscon on 8. More later.
>
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