We Bought an Abandoned Church Bus for $800, Will It Drive Home?

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@LuukvHilst 24 дня назад

Hi Bruce! Luuk from the netherlands here. Im a dutch truck driver working in the asphalt pavement. If you ever happen to come around you can hit me up anytime to show you my MAN TGS 510 10x5. I would love to show you this beast! Love you content dude! Keep it up!

@REDBIRD-95 24 дня назад

Bruce, are you going to take that bus to the Freedom Factory and enter it in the school bus races against Garrett and Jackstand Jimmy?😁 Have a great Sunday my friend👍

@Alex61742 24 дня назад

He should definitely enter that race

@FredrikOlesen 24 дня назад

Factory Freedom it Called😏😏🤣🤣🤣

@REDBIRD-95 24 дня назад

@@FredrikOlesen Oh Yeah, I forgot😆 Garrett wasn't very happy after seeing that they messed up his signs.

@FredrikOlesen 23 дня назад

@@REDBIRD-95It was so funny, they did not belive What they Where seening🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kevintakalo427 24 дня назад

Omg! I actually got one of these buses a few years back. Mine is an 87 Ford b700 with the Brazilian 7.8 turbo diesel. Mine has air start! Have you ever seen an air start school bus!? Lol! I love it! My bus had sat for 4 years. It was just parked because this native organization had bought a newer bus. I just rolled up with an air compressor to fill the air tank. That damn thing just fired right up! These Ford Brazilian motors are kickass!

@user-bu8bc6kg4f 24 дня назад

I've seen air starter but not on something as new as 87 must been a reason. Cold weather? As long as u air it will crank cant burn one up.

@cammos 24 дня назад

I love the mack v8 with airstart that we got here in aus im sure u guys had then hearing it start up is the absolute best sounding engine start up i love it airstart for the win😂😂😂

@user-bu8bc6kg4f 24 дня назад

@@cammos my grandfather had a old dump truck think it was a White that had a air starter. He also had an old bulldozer he used to maintain gravel roads on his property. It had a small gasoline engine ,that would turn and start that big diesel engine. These machines were still running in late 90s. I gave both to his neighbor and friend after he passed. He ran them another 5? Yrs on his property.

@kevintakalo427 24 дня назад

@@user-bu8bc6kg4f Yep air starts are more common on gravel trucks. This buses service life was up near settle. So im assuming it was for cold climate starts. This thing will fire in very cold temps no prob! It spins over fast! Love the sound too! remember the movie maximum overdrive? That movie had creepy semi trucks with air start! LOL!

@kevintakalo427 24 дня назад

@@cammos for sure! Love the sound of an air start! V8 even better!

@matts4290 24 дня назад

It’s probably an Allison AT545 (rated up to 30k gvwr & does not have a locking torque converter clutch). The 545 uses an SAE 3 bell housing. Your new Holland looks like it’s an SAE 2 with an adapter for the SAE 3 Allison. The heavier option is the MT643 or 653 (which has an SAE 2 bell housing and locking TCC). Older mechanical Allison’s use either an electronic or gear driven for a cable speedo output. The modulators can be cable or electronic- make sure you get the right one. The best thing to do is probably find a donor truck with a manual trans. That’s what I did with my bus- now it’s got an eaton 6 speed.

@markmcguire920 24 дня назад

looks like a 545 to me too.

@nunya6747 21 день назад

This is why I love youtube, free knowledge.

@Failure_Is_An_Option 21 день назад

This is all way above these trumptards pay grades...

@banditgrizzy1955 24 дня назад

😂 Bruce just can't stop impulse buying.😂😂😂

@notoriousbigdog 23 дня назад

ikr that's what i said buy shit at crack head price sell at dumb ass price

@vampericknight2692 17 дней назад

Warms my heart to see two guys immediately watching over the kid, so that he dont get tossed around. Big respect ma dudes.

@josephbugaj8149 22 дня назад

Not a bad find. Chassis is a Ford B700 with a Blue Bird body. School bus salvage yards might have the replacement windows you’d be looking for. Engine is a 6.6L Ford-New Holland I6 diesel (The engine was also available in a larger 7.8L displacement) with what looks to be an Allison AT545 transmission behind it. There are swaps available to other Allison units given the 6.6L is a mechanical engine. Common options are the MT643 and MT653 transmissions, or a manual swap can be done using components from a Ford truck equipped as such, but I’d stick with the Allison transmission. I myself own a bus, granted it’s a fair bit newer (2006 compared to 1989) but it also has the Allison transmission equipped, and I haven’t had an issue so far with it (it’s a 2500PTS which came after the AT545 in school bus applications). One other thing to look into is the gearing in the rear end, and see what gear ratio is equipped. Depending on the year, you might even be able to go to Blue Bird with the VIN and get the build sheet and see what options the bus was equipped with from the factory.

@chloethelab 23 дня назад

Its actually a ford b700 chassis with a blue bird school bus body. You got one hell of a deal. Its got a stereo too i saw it mounted under the switch panel. I'm frickin jealous though. Also greetings from Kissimmee, Florida. Also to get the loading lights up top to come on. Turn your warning light master on and there is usually a push button called warning light start. Also you might have to remove the stop sign since its no longer being used as a actual school bus per state law. Add some air conditioning to the bus so you dont burn up on a hot Florida day lol. For windows contact blue bird who makes the bus body and see if you can replacements I'm pretty sure you can get replacements easy. Transmission is gonna be a 4 speed Allison at545 swap the trans with a mt643

@scottcol23 22 дня назад

You know he's just going to destroy that bus right?... lol But if they keep it, parts are easy, they didn't change the design for almost 50 years. I'm sure he can get parts practically free from the scrap yards he knows. But if he keeps it, for AC just get an old RV AC or 2 and mount them in the escape hatches powered by a Harbor Freight generator. EDIT: Oh its too old, Just noticed it doesn't have the emergency hatches...

@chloethelab 9 дней назад

@@scottcol23 i hope they don't wreck it. These old Fords B700s are getting harder and harder to find. You could also just run an A/C unit off a big inverter too.

@aaronswafford4441 24 дня назад

Love that brake noise!

@RobertDickens2002 22 дня назад

This brings back so many memories I started kindergarten in 89 and my first bus I rode was identical to this.

@maxiethefoxxie 20 дней назад

I bought a 40ft 2004 Freightliner FS-65 with the Thomas high roof. Had it for a small amount of time. But, owning and driving a School Bus is SO MUCH FUN! What an experience driving something that large though. I miss it a lot!

@69Nova250Six 18 дней назад

I uncle Don owned a 1973 Ford F600 Bus with a 5 speed & a industrial gas big block engine with a 4BBL Carburetor. It had a Big Rear End. it sat in my yard for 8 years it did ran when he parked it. I sold it for $500 i only got $400 dollars i also got to watch & ride with the tow truck driver & haul it to mom's friends house. the 3 ton tow truck was shaking down the highway. it was a heavy bus. i played in that bus when i was kid & climbed up on top of it.

@focus82grothm.84 23 дня назад

Excellent purchase, just replace the necessary things + a good wash and she's sweet 🤩 A train horn would be cool on the school bus 🔊😁

@coondogtheman 7 дней назад

Watching this video brought back memories when I rode the bus to school. Also my mom drove a school bus and that one shot of the person driving brought back memories when I'd sit in the seat behind the driver. I remember most of the parts like the vents, those fans that could chop up a pencil and the control panel to the left of the driver's seat as well as the funky door handle hinge.

@markgloverville 23 дня назад

My Grandmother drove one very similar. Love this.

@jus10dun 23 дня назад

Now you got me work on uploading my bus video series. Thanks for the kick in the butt Bruce. Great video.

@bigskunk801 23 дня назад

You know it’s a good video when it starts with a BANG!!!

@ShapdCrusadr 24 дня назад

I got a Leatherman Multitool ended up getting it for nothing. One day while my mother was checking the mail at the post office during one summer. Someone dumped fish by the side of the road next to the post office and must have dropped the Leatherman Multitool. My mother ended up giving me the Leatherman Multitool god it stink so bad. Got a tub of soapy water + bleach and ended up soaking the Leatherman Multitool took for a bit. Afterwards cleaned off and placed a few drops of oil on it. It's working like a champ.

@ChrisHarding-lk3jj 17 дней назад

Those ford ignitions are so easy to pick, for the rookie it's best just to run a drill bit down the center so the wafers drop out and any key works. It's also easy to unbolt the ignition switch from the lower end of the column and operate it with your hand.

@danwilson7776 23 дня назад

Solid purchase great deal

@jamesbarrow4688 10 дней назад

This is James Barrow this bus is Cool and it's needed to clean up and New windows and New seats and still starts

@brucemcgee2281 21 день назад

Hey Bruce... Bruce here! That truck is just great. The transmission looks great. First timer.

@RyanAumiller 20 дней назад

2:29 - was that unintentional ASMR? as a former frequent rider of one of those exact buses that door sounded spot on, like instant flood of nostalgia.

@dannyhannah2487 23 дня назад

Awesome job! You got it going in no time!

@caleblance07 21 день назад

You could fix it up and paint it and donate it to a church in need of a bus! That would be really cool! I grew up helping my dad get kids to church on a bus. Most of them have those memories forever and looked forward to Sundays especially if they were from less fortunate homes. Enjoyed the video.

@BryceCBS 17 дней назад

That’s nice you got this Ford/Blue Bird school bus running I wish you can get my transit bus started

@robertrabhudsonhornet5869 21 день назад

You need a slide hammer with screw on the end of the slide hammer. But if the string wheel is not locked and I seen the shifter moved so all you need is run a wire from the battery to the coil

@devingibson9201 20 дней назад

Dude, you should turn it all the way up hood stacked, and drop it! Low riding school bus burn out monster!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Amurica.63 14 дней назад

Great to see another will it start😊

@LSRG-YT--LandonSRobloxGaming 10 дней назад

Interesting fact, back in the old days, GM and Ford had a collaboration with BlueBird and this is the type of buses they gave us. They were normal car brands but on a bus chassis

@tnolan3176 24 дня назад

Just park it next to the other projects that are sitting waiting to be finished !

@simonleavesley3986 17 дней назад

Twin turbo viper v 10 , hood stacks , paint her black , mirror the windows , polish the chrome , put department of correction decals on the sides , last but not least , bag her 👍👍

@VintageCR 21 день назад

man thats so cool! imagine getting the whole family/friends group together on that bus and do a road trip😂😂

@danw1955 17 дней назад

Well now, that was quite the deal! The bus body isn't worth much since insurance is almost unobtainable if you try to turn it into an RV, but that running gear is solid, and a guy could shorten the frame a bit and turn it into a nice flatbed with a standard cab off of another 700. The Allisons are pretty bullet-proof if you don't try to shove 900 hp. through them, LOL!😄👍👍

@justincausey8287 24 дня назад

Would it been easier just to pull the steering wheel to remove the key ignition

@jaygraham5407 24 дня назад

Yes.

@AlfredHawthornBennyHill 22 дня назад

One school that I went to in '88-'89 had a Ford diesel bus like that. I think it was an '86 and it was loud and clacky 6 Cylinder just like that one. The only difference between yours and the one I remember is the rims. It had the six spoke truck/bust rims in the front and I think it had regular five spoke truck / bus rims in the back. It also had tinted windows too. Idk why I liked it but I did.

@gaelenspirko2527 13 дней назад

That's awesome this buss came from the neighborhood I grew up in

@chadha1412 13 дней назад

I'm jealous. I want to buy the bus I use to ride when I was a kid. I'm looking for the same thing as this Ford Bluebird but a 85-86. I'd keep it original as possible. Maybe beef up the motor. Put a better transmission it like you said. Very cool find!

@jmac217x 24 дня назад

Oh yeah!! 89 Bus! That'll start

@jamesthetrainman6457 17 дней назад

Hey I just wanted to say great find. I have a 1987 bluebird that's what bus body ur bus is. I don't have a ford front I have an international front s1700. I still have the folding door. I converted mine. Into my man cave. Mine still drives and it's a stick shift.

@ThatCloneSvt 23 дня назад

Put air ride, visor, window chops, lugs and legacy seat and things mint

@huggy1712 24 дня назад

Bruce cool bus can’t wait to see what you do with it

@mahatma171 21 день назад

These old Ford diesels are pretty tough. I like ‘em for sure…. Right up there with a good old dt466

@johnnyo7621 24 дня назад

Should Fix it up and sell it to Mr McFarland so he can use it as a courtesy / shuttle bus for the freedom factory to take people who park a slight distance from the entry gates to the arena.

@robertsilva5041 17 дней назад

The spring fell off when you first got it out. I saw something chome or silver fall off from that spot. 😂

@paullalone4718 23 дня назад

Killing me with that ignition next time take a 3/8 drillbit and drill right down the center that will cut kick tumblers out. Then you can take it turn it enough to pop it but it made good content.

@tryngetme12ps4 24 дня назад

Imo would be sick to see it painted and put on newer air suspension or if it close to being the same size maybe use a semi frame swap it so you have better parts to put power to just my opinion with the out of the box build will watch regardless of how its build love the content

@charlie_nolan 20 дней назад

Surprised that it was still yellow with the full lights and 'school bus' decal, you'd think the church wouldn't be allowed to have it like that. If it were me I'd throw sick parties in it. Would be great for hauling friends to/from the bar.

@loganb5657 22 дня назад

Straight pipe mud tires and some power upgrades and I thought you moved to Tennessee

@sidgreen921 21 день назад

You might need to fix up those windows and put a powerful roof mounted air conditioning unit with ducts ran throughout the inside of the bus to stay cool during hot summer days while on trips. I remember back in elementary school.I actually had to go back and forth to school in a 1987 Ford B700 Blue Bird school bus. I remember riding on that bus during summer. Although all the windows was open the temperature inside the bus was still pretty brutal.

@TheEnclave_1 22 дня назад

its like right as I become a enthusiast of something creators start posting about that thing, interesting

@demon12792 22 дня назад

I'm guessing nobody brought a drill for the ignition switch.

@stylze5767 21 день назад

IDEA: Turn it into a toy hauler. Cut back, leaving 1 or 2 rows of seats, then flat bed the rest. Using the cutoff rear of the cab, build the back wall to your now "extended cab" school bus

@Koheeba 24 дня назад

When the door is closed like that you usually can push hard right by the hinge to pop the handle open.

@jeffreyzimmerman2553 22 дня назад

Turn it up and bring it to the truck pulls

@alaindore5988 24 дня назад

Sletpool schoolbus great idea I never seen that before

@scrotiemcboogerballs1981 23 дня назад

Thanks for sharing

@TowMater603 24 дня назад

Mrs.Frizzle is going to be mad ! lol

@lloydrobinson7081 24 дня назад

keep the clips coming

@cammos 24 дня назад

U got the wrong bus brucey! u need the short one with all the slobber marks all over the windows it wouldve been perfect nostalgia from when u went to school😂😂😂😂

@Ducky-ps3zt 24 дня назад

Hmm, I'd make a camper out of that. Who knows though might not be worth it. Bruce if you ever see one of those HEMMTT trucks around you should totally do a video checking one out. Keep up the good videos!

@cammos 24 дня назад

Yeah that will b next. Evry one copying evry one these days everyone is tryna b either Heavy D Sparks or Whistling Diesel and even The old Cleeter.

@Ducky-ps3zt 24 дня назад

@@cammos I just like those trucks I'd like to see his take on it. Same with Australian semi truck racing

@ChrisDunnMaine_420 24 дня назад

I don't know if it's allowed what's today's standards but to get that car seat in there personally me I would get four ratchet straps take two and put them strapping on the bench seat and take the other two and swing them over the top and use them as shoulder straps and if you got to get the kid out in the emergency use a seatbelt cutter

@kagome122885 24 дня назад

What transmission does this bus have? I like the older buses because the engines on them have no electronic controls. I would consider getting new tires since they were made in 2015. Tires begin to dry rot after 6 years, so it's better to be safe than sorry.

@LeamonPullens 14 дней назад

I would have called a locksmith ! He could have made you some keys.

@bigwilllll5311 21 день назад

6:35 ole son sprayed ya leg down 😂

@sheacole2 24 дня назад

Hopefully they will get this baby restored and working cause these newer buses are total SCRRRAAAPPP!!!!

@kagome122885 24 дня назад

Newer buses have too much stuff that can go wrong, especially the newer diesel engines with emissions systems

@AschTheWolf 24 дня назад

I clicked on this as soon as I saw it! Love the Ford B-Series buses from 1980-1994. The BlueBird body makes it even better. Windows for it will be easy to find off of any BlueBird. School bus enthusiast heaven here. It even has a jacknife door. As you can tell, I'm typing as I watch.

@JaxHutton 24 дня назад

I was told those busses are beast

@Ron-zi3cg 22 дня назад

Don't if you could use this process, but we used to just find the ignition wires and put em together and get it started like that but don't know if you can do that on this or not.

@wadelevan1787 24 дня назад

6:34 look at the kid snot all over Bruce's legs lol

@rodger996 24 дня назад

Why you looking at his legs

@wadelevan1787 24 дня назад

@@rodger996 that’s what you got from that? Your mind goes to gay places in a hurry.

@chriskalkman3815 21 день назад

I remember riding in one of these, except it was 2008, and the model year was 1994.

@S733l_Hyp 24 дня назад

I'd make it top-notch shape, all needed repairs and offer myself for service, if i was you, Bruce. Consider that as side business for community and all children near you, who goes to school :)

@user-gj6ke6su4t 24 дня назад

All aboard the magic school bus

@Partnerthedog 17 дней назад

All you had to do was take a drill bit to the lock cylinder, drill it out and then hammer in the flathead and itll turn

@Partnerthedog 17 дней назад

We need a pressure washing video next

@FredrikOlesen 24 дня назад

Take the bus to “Factory Freedom” 😏😏🤣🤣🤣

@OFFICERYUSUF56556 5 дней назад

This school bus is so worth for that prize and it is work so well.

@StevenFranklin-fo8vh 23 дня назад

I would love to see if you could make that bus into an rv.I would love to see what your ideas are

@justinfreeman6091 23 дня назад

He said “Don’t get they hopes up” 😂😂

@lowsonpearse 23 дня назад

"Y'all be Quaaaat!!" 😂😂💀 What a steal for 8 hunnid..

@alanclark249 22 дня назад

hi bruce you could take all the seats out and have it has a mobile workshop for you qwade bike put a tail lift on the back end drive in drive out and fix it

@TrainboyRR 24 дня назад

I love the new bus

@user-fw2gj3ks6y 18 дней назад

I have the same green flat head screwdriver.

@misc_ 24 дня назад

Bruce has bought and sold many stuff... I've lost count😂😂

@42luke93 21 день назад

Cool to see a column shifter on a full sized school bus. There is always a story and I wonder why the church stopped using it.

@42luke93 21 день назад

23:00

@elcamionologoprod.8639 23 дня назад

15:48 hear the roar of Diesel.

@chrismclain8587 24 дня назад

I say slam it on air ride now that would look amazing.

@RobertDickens2002 22 дня назад

With semi wheels

@ThomasBus8516 23 дня назад

A big fat wiring harness connector was only about a foot away. You could easily started it without destroying the ignition tumbler…

@jimmclaughlin9362 23 дня назад

I agree, I think he tears up too much stuff, but how boring would that be? He does all that shit for content.

@NAYR-kd7lo 24 дня назад

I fucking clicked so fast! So exited to see this bus go!

@timmymeme1071 19 дней назад

17:22 love it

@gkkes 23 дня назад

Clear out the yellow jacket nest under the windscreen scuttle, you don't want any moving in...

@samanthavanwitzenburg5479 22 дня назад

1989 Ford B700 School Bus Model Child restraint devices are required for children through the age of seven (until 8th birthday). Safety seats must be properly used and approved to meet Department of Transportation standards.

@mattybooth3212 24 дня назад

You could use it to practice recovery roll overs

@TheBurcham1 22 дня назад

you don't need somewhere special to find windows for that, just like a 379, 389, and W900 you can measure what you need and get it at any glass shop with it being flat glass

@WilliamHencey 23 дня назад

By the way, Taking this opperatunity to shoot an idea passed ya Bruce; You ever thought about making an American Truck Simnulator Gaming experiance using the Cab of a Truck? Maybe launch it with Tv monitors inplace of the windows? HAVE IT with actuators where you are bounced around as per the Trucking Game you play? RENt IT OUT to schools to train Drivers?

@elijahharris6582 24 дня назад

Can you try to restore the Ford blue bird bus?

@GrnArrow092 24 дня назад

This bus needs a good pressure washing.

@mattsceilingfansandmore2573 22 дня назад

Bruce I believe what you have here is an 89 Ford B700 Bluebird with Jacknife doors

@gamervaze1 11 дней назад

is the bus powered by 12v batteries? because i really need the horn it sounds so good

@Zaelon_James_Guillory 12 дней назад

Nice 1990s bus💛🧡

@LilyandOllieTv 24 дня назад

That is my favorite school bus I rode in one same model from elementary to high school 1989 bluebird Ford b700 school bus that is probably one of the best school buses they ever made and only Ford product I ever liked I'm not a Ford guy but that bus was the shit