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PostPosted: Sat May 25, 2019 1:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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It makes a potato chip look solid. On the left is that the under-ass to it or has that already been said?
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My thought was- you don't have to look far for Trans/frame horns ect.
Let me guess: they were going to use it in a Dune Buggy...... Confused
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PostPosted: Sun May 26, 2019 4:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Yes, it lost its transmission to a dune buggy probably around 1986. I brought in the transmission and frame section. They did unbolt the transmission and not just hack it out, that's just how I had the pieces sitting
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:36 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Someone go save this. Seen in a facebook post.

Dawson City, Yukon, Canada

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:39 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

peecee69 wrote:
Someone go save this. Seen in a facebook post.

Dawson City, Yukon, Canada


I need to know what those peak windows are from. Haha... They look familiar.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:42 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

can you hear it?...... "I'm going to restore it one day".....
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

So after about 12 hours of driving we made it home with our new original Turkis paint bus. What I thought was going to be a 1 hour recovery turned into a 4-5 hour ordeal. We first met with the owners daughter who we followed to this small goat path type trail after driving a few KM on a dirt road. We proceeded to follow her with my truck and trailer (big mistake) once we started in I quickly realized the trail was narrow with tight turns. We made it in about 100' from the bus and could not make the last turn. We are now in about 1/2 km or so. Well only option is to back out at this point. I got backed out about half way and could not make a turn so we had to cut a trail to drop the trailer for the time being. I took my winch and put in the receiver of the truck and headed back. There was only 1 more obstacle, an old volvo blocking the path. Well that ended up being an easy task with winch. with the car out of the way we then made it the rest of the way. Now the fun can begin. We actually lucked out with only 1 front break stuck on. I used my drum puller, pulled it off and we were good to go. We installed 4 roller tires to make the rolling easy. After 30 years of sitting in that resting spot(last plated in 89) it was finally going to roll again. Now 1 issue was it has no breaks and we are up on a hill with lots of tight turns. I did not want to tow it because I knew it was going to run into the back of my truck. We got it onto the slope, gave it a big push, I jumped in and it rolled almost all the way back to my trailer. At this point I just decided to tow it out to the road so with Tyler steering we made our way back through the goat path. All in all with all the new scratches on my truck, bent fender on my trailer I am very happy with this bus. It needs inner and outer rockers, both rear jack points, rear corner and passengers front floor. its very complete and only missing the rear bumper. There is another bus there that is very rotted but tons of good parts. There is also some 60s volvos, a morris minor, Ford Anglis(probably spelled wrong) and some old trucks



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Congrats..that's a sweet Turkis bus..that mirror arm extension is the best
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

d-rick wrote:
Congrats..that's a sweet Turkis bus..that mirror arm extension is the best


Thank you
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

So maybe someone can chime in, Just doing some research and it looks like I have a "Canadiana" camper kit on this bus. From the bit of reading there is only a couple original know to exist??
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:03 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Looks like a Canadiana camper to me. Cool!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:33 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

what a beauty !

saved at last
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:26 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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Looks like a Canadiana camper to me. Cool!


That is definitely a Canadiana camper. Congratulations ... I think that's one of only two (maybe three) survivors in the world. Your bus just became a lot more valuable.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:06 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

peecee69 wrote:
Someone go save this. Seen in a facebook post.

Dawson City, Yukon, Canada

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That takes our dear friend Lind's first bus- the "greenhouse bus" to a whole new height.
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I wonder what the nut looks like.



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:09 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

mtnbus wrote:
what a beauty !

saved at last


I sure would love to be the guy working the hot pressure washer on that bus. I can just imagine the joy of making all that Turkis come alive!
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I wonder what the nut looks like.



'62 L390 151, '62 L469 117, '63 L380 113, '64 L87 311, '65 L512 265, '65 L31 SO-42, '66 L360 251, '68 L30k 141, '71 L12 113, '74 ORG 181

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

The 64 turkis bus has the 64 only WHITE seat frames up front.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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I am now checking for wood ticks. Even though I wasn't there, this photo makes me feel them everywhere. Dammit!

Nice find. A very cool bus with an interesting kit.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

nice bus!

Any pics of the volvo? how old was it? lol
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

hitest wrote:
mtnbus wrote:
what a beauty !

saved at last


I sure would love to be the guy working the hot pressure washer on that bus. I can just imagine the joy of making all that Turkis come alive!


I can’t wait, wash and wax it back to its original shine
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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That's rad.

Anyone know the corresponding MCode for that?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

ryans65 wrote:
nice bus!

Any pics of the volvo? how old was it? lol


No pics. The owner is going to send me some of all the cars there. There is more than 1 volvo and the are 60s era and wagons
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