Charlie invited us but I declined. I wanted to knock off a couple of
hundred miles, which we did and spent the night in Yuma. Wish I coulda
gone, but there is just so much to do at the classic weekend and we were
pretty tired.
Julie Maroney <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sammie,
Did you go to the party at Charlie's after The Classic? If you did, I
would like a short report about the band.
Julie
On 6/11/07, Eric Woodall wrote:
> 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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