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Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:06 pm

You're a badass driving that rusty bus all over creation. I love it.

Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:07 pm

The Force is strong in the Rust Bus.

- Andrew in Austin, TX -

Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:08 pm

VDubTech wrote:
I'm gonna keep it on the road till Spring, when the drivetrain is going to be put into my '74 Riviera, F/I and all. I'll part out the rest. This thing is just too far gone to be a candidate for any sort of resto. Sucks too, I'm the second owner. I even have the window sticker for it.....

Glad that Spring has come and gone multiple times and the Rusty Bus has lived on :lol:

Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:10 pm

She's a beautiful Bus that only a mechanic could love.

Miles upon miles, and memories on memories, she will drive on through the thick and thin.

Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:00 am

Topology awesome! I still remember reading rue original post when it came on TS. It was one of the things that inspired me to keepnmine going. Rock on., my good man.

Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:00 am

Topology awesome! I still remember reading rue original post when it came on TS. It was one of the things that inspired me to keepnmine going. Rock on., my good man.

Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:02 pm

Have I mentioned that I love that bus? Cause I do. I had one of the snow covered parking lot pics as my desktop at work for awhile. 8)

Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:05 pm

that was awesome thanks for the pics of rustybus long life the trips

Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:55 pm

Great story! Having grown up in Minnesota I can relate. Be careful if you ever pass through there in the winter though, Minnesota doesn't allow chains believe it or not. Judging from the bottom rot though I'm guessing it probably came from there originally :-)

Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:51 pm

Just read the thread from the beginning, and DAMN!(And I mean that in the best possible way. :D )I'm glad you didn't part her out.

I grew up in 'Cuse, BTW.

Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:45 pm

Thanks everybody, this Bus really turned out to be a keeper after all. In fact, I do still have it. It's terribly rusty but it's still sound enough for at least one more season. It's in storage right now but I will have it out before the end of winter, hopefully in time for the True Canadian Winter Bus Campout in February, 2014. Life has been pretty hectic lately but this is so much more than a Bus at this point, it's part of the family. It won't go on forever but I'm gonna rock every mile I can out of this thing before it gets retired.

Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:30 am

Awesome!

Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:57 am

I'm reading through your post and it gives me hope for the pile I'm building up here in rusty Wisconsin. Glad it's been so good to you! Oh yeah.... I wish the body on mine had been as good as yours when I started on it. Would have been a lot less work. Love the side door...
Keep it rollin....
WilliamA

Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:30 am

Awesome. Cosmetically challenged, mechanically bullet-proof.

M

Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:46 am

Friggen' awesome bus, and an even better story.

Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:49 pm

Talk about keepin' on truckin'...

Wed Jan 01, 2014 3:57 pm

Vdubtech great story I love it Awesome.. Dave 1973 Bus

Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:03 pm

Drive that thing till the wheels fall off. Great to see cars "recycled" and utilized. Keep it up.

Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:15 am

Thoroughly enjoyed this thread. About 10 years ago I got a similar bus for free. It was even a Champagne Edition, but I didn't understand the significance of that at the time... Anyway it was completely rotten and had been sitting in the local Marina parking lot for years and was so full of old boat garbage, that you couldn't even get inside. Just for fun we thought we would see if the old bus would run... The ancient fuel smelled like turpentine and the points were covered in green fuzz. Cleaned up the points, hooked up some jumper cables, reached in past the garbage and turned the key. Bellowed into life after 3 cranks and even idled! Lots of funky smelling smoke but it actually ran! Cleared out just enough junk to sit in the drivers seat and stuck it in gear. It moved! The brakes were crap but worked a little so a highly illegal test drive took place. The trans happily had all of its gears, and was quiet too! As this bus had serious structural rot, and no papers its destiny was for parts, and it gave up a lot of good stuff to help other buses stay on the road. Wish I had kept the interior, because it was all there including the middle seat.... DUH!!! Best wishes at keeping the Rusty bus on the road as long as you can!!!

Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:39 pm

Hey, Vdubtech,

That bus ever make it to kansas in your travels?