04-21-2018, 12:54 PM | #21 |
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Re: 38 Ford Bus
I have to agree it's ugly as sin. But that's part of it's charm. Wonder how fast she'd go?
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04-21-2018, 01:04 PM | #22 |
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Agreed it's ugly. Looks like the North end of a South bound cow.
But it has a strange Cool factor to it, and being the only one left on earth puts it in a class of its own. I'm less then 200 miles away, and am thinking about a road trip to see it. .
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04-21-2018, 01:49 PM | #23 |
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Looks like the Messerschmitt co decided to make a bus,ever see a Messerschmitt KR 200?
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04-21-2018, 04:38 PM | #24 |
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Well let's see, it weighs almost TWICE what a Ford coupe weighs, and it has the aerodynamics of a medium-sized barn, and I'm sure the rear end ratio starts with at least a number 4, or maybe even a 5. Odds are that you won't be gettin' very many speeding citations! Cool ol' bus, though!! DD
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04-21-2018, 06:26 PM | #25 |
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looks like it should have train bogies on it....I thought it was a rail-car at first glance.
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04-21-2018, 06:56 PM | #26 |
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04-21-2018, 08:15 PM | #27 |
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Hmmmm......do ya recon that maybe we should think twice (fearing the "Alkaseltzer effect") before taking any future rides on Ford Trimotors, B-17s and B-24? I'd venture to say that their exterior aluminum skins are (for the most part) originals to the airframes and have certainly gone through much more stressful conditions than that ol' city bus (with paint protection) ever did! DD
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04-22-2018, 12:41 AM | #28 |
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Aberdeen sd is just at the edge of the dry west. another 100 miles west and vehicles preserve very well. but still, its in a better environment than much of the country. cool thing, but rare and valuable dont always go hand in hand, the supply and demand theory works better
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04-22-2018, 12:50 AM | #29 |
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My first thought was the wood, not the metal. I wonder the amount of wood framing there is. At least that is the norm of the time.
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04-22-2018, 07:27 AM | #30 |
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Ugly is the new cool. Wish I had the room.
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