03-12-2007, 04:56 AM
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'50s - '60s vintage GM buses
Has anyone ever worked on one of these, particularly R&Ring an 8V71? I have chanced upon a 1956 Scenicruiser that I can have for almost nothing, but the catch is I have to move it from where it currently resides and the engine isn't in it. The whole engine bay area has been taken off the back which I am told is normally done when an engine is pulled. It sorta all comes out together. There is a freshly built Detroit turbocharged "silver" engine (whatever that is) that goes with it which the guy who owned it was going to try to mate up with a 13-speed Eaton-Fuller or something like that. But the owner vanished several years ago and the bus has been sitting at the garage that was going to do the work, and the business is closing up shop and the guy wants the bus to disappear.
I have no idea how involved it would be to put the rebuilt engine in with the stock 4-speed but I do know it's not something I want to tackle. . .just wondering how expensive it could get I suppose. Luckily the stock tranny and all related hardware is still there. I have no idea if this engine is a direct bolt-in or not. Supposedly it has a lot more HP than the 8v71. Then getting it road worthy to drive 200 miles to its new parking place, since it hasn't ran in several years.
Why do I have an interest in this old bus? Mostly for nostalgic reasons. This very bus I have personally ridden a few thousand miles around the NW in during the mid '80s because it was owned by the private high school I attended. I loved riding in it any chance I got. It was sold in 1993 and I never saw it again until just lately.
Vaughn
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Gone: '98 CC 4x2 SB 12v auto, 213,300 mi.
Daily Driver '96 CC 4x4 LB, 5-spd 3.54 LSD, PDR 175 pump, Hybrid 35/40, DDP Stage IIs, SB 13" Clutch 465,787 mi.
Rob Hanson, thank you for the memories;
RIP Nowel "HVAC" Thomas
Last edited by Vaughn MacKenzie; 03-12-2007 at 05:00 AM..
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