Look at current RV buses and they all have these wild mind-bending paint jobs. Maybe when they first came out, the swoopy geometric shapes were pretty flashy but, now it just looks cliche' and cheezy. Classy styling never gets old.
Talked to An old Grey hound driver .. HE remembered driving busses from Winnipeg CANADA to Vancouver to be put on boats for AUSTRALIA , they had to take a course to drive these buse with steering on the right side .
I am thrilled with the several videos you put out in the last few days. I am also so very happy to watch you building your dreams on top of Bus Grease Mountain. Such well thought out improvements implemented efficiently...The open pit undercarriage repairs and Kelly's greenhouse to name just a few...I wish old Phil could have visited . That would have been a fun video. RIP Phil !
Really good looking bus. Curious to see the inside. And on this video I happened to have my guitar in arms reach and played along on the closing music. Good stuff.
One of the first things I checked on my flx was ride heights and the whole torsalastic system. It feels soft but I think its just me. Levels was good. Everything is in great shape. Just feels soft. Dans new one is a good looking ole girl.
cost of torsalastic must be incredibly high and electrical gremlins can drive a sane person to madness. i lust after a vl100 but my current problem free, cheap to fix, late model f150 trailer combo is so easy to live with. after many years i've come to see the dream is far better than the reality in most cases.
Tornadoes 100 miles north of here in NZ damaging buildings and houses, mainly only got heavy rain here thankfully. Enjoyed the video guys. Safe travels
@@BusGreaseMonkey I've seen quite a few buses climb that hill of yours in great big clouds of smoke. This beauty, not a wisp of smoke even up the hill. Impressive.
I love this bus it's very familiar to the city busses I rode on as a kid in New York in 74. I think you called them fishbowl type bus? anyhow those busses the sound and the ride will always be ingrained in my soul, I've dreamed in having one fully deck out as a motor home, but since those dreams are far away I've settled for watching you fix them,,Happy Easter to you and yours and keep them running. 😅
I noticed that the wiring could use soldered connectors instead of crimped. Also, though it's a bit of a project, I wonder if there's an air shock that's available for the torsilastic gas shock. Extra air lines, etc., but it would allow for ride height and attitude adjustment. Probably a part from Daimler Benz.
I miss seeing you on the road doing repairs. With all the help you have these days will you be able to? It's not just you and the wife now you have others that work there now. Is the plan to have them get capable and confident in certain repairs and leave them at the shop with work to complete while your on the road? I know you said road trip repairs are still something you plan to do .
Are the torsion bars the reason that it's called Flxibile? If not, it seems like that name wouldn't inspire much confidence in a big bus. Maybe it was between that and the Bendomatic. Thanks for the video!
Don't know, but what i do know is that the system first showed up in Tucker cars back in the 1940s, who co-developed it with Firestone. The aerospace division of BF Goodrich further developed it for use in buses, and I believe Twin Coach was the first to use it in that application.
Lol nope. Flxible and Eagle buses used the Torsilastic suspension for 30-40 years. That's a big reason why Eagles were so popular as entertainers, they ride a lot smoother than the airbag buses. Flxible started out as a motorcycle sidecar company in 1915, they invented one that leaned with the bike - That's where Flxible came from.
Wikipedia claims that their first product was motorcycle sidecars that leaned with the bike, hence "flexible". Not sure where the "e" went, though; NYC used Rohr Flxible busses when I was a kid (70s) and the spelling always bugged me.
Hello. You all shared a video sometime ago, it was a custom rear Exhaust Stack that was done. Is there any way you can send it to me, I’m interested in seeing how it was done. Thanks!
Have y'all ever put the front axle guts and 4wd back on the tornado truck? Any progress on the mustang? I know y'all said you have been super busy doing busses and all this other stuff y'all do. Just wondering.
@@dadesigns4u that's what I wondered about? No 2-cycle I thought that had a Cummins inside of it. That's a rare swap though for the most part most of the time it's usually still an old Detroit. Very cool. They were kind of like checker motors of the day weren't they they utilize a lot of GM things?
IMHO The torque alastic suspension was a major fubar . Especially in the rust belt. If you had to repair or replace it. It was a loaded gun if you did not know how to adress it could hurt you bad. As a dealer tech i delt with many of there issues on Kenworth semi tractors. Just my experience
Interesting. The conversation over the Torsalastic suspension made me remember the hard riding city buses in Chicago, many decades ago when I'd go down there from Great Lakes (Great Mistakes) Naval Training Center. Those Chicago buses were BRUTAL in their ride quality. They had to have had the most crude leaf spring suspension in the back because the bus SLAMMED every time it went over a Chicago pothole.
@@BlackPill-pu4vi while the many suspension options ar this time in history. It was a choice and there were few.air ride or air spring assited air ride did not exist.. Scott will rip me up and thats OK. He knows his history..As a retired peterbilt tech of many years…Y’all are lucky to have the option to have someone to work on these neglected rag azz stuff.
