I Bought a School Bus and Here Are My Plans
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Yes, I finally did what I've been talking about for the past couple of years. I bought a giant drivable yellow brick to convert into an RV/car hauler.
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Drive it here. We can get it done in a weekend. At least that's what my stupid brain thinks
Tavarish Ain’t that the truth. You never have enough time.
Something much different from an exotic car build.👍
that would be a great collab!!!
You have to finish your own builds nevermind collaboration build, there is still time to do so since this guys plans are ambitious and need a lot of money to fund so instead of hopping on someone else's build project get your projects done ;)
@johnny smit shut up go watch blue Peter
Normal men in a mid life crisis: Corvette
This man: B U S
More like end life crisis haha oh God we're all going to die soon the end is near listen to the messages on long wave radio they will tell you everything 🍄
Bladed Angel: Gets a Corvette
Aging Wheels: Gets a massive vehicle that becomes a car hauler
*Captain Bob
I have been a RV owner for about 30 years so here's some advice.
1 there are RV junk yards out there. I'm sure you can scrounge around one to get stuff.
2 rethink the all electric stuff. Heat , refrigerator, and cooking will be huge power hogs. Your battery pack will have to be huge as in bigger then you want.
3 solar is easier then you think.
4 use solid state relays instead of solinoids, you'll thank me later.
5 new smart charger battery chargers are awsome.
6 not sure I would relay on just using your alternator to maintain your battery pack. Honda makes a nice small, quit generator.
7 use 12volt everything. Transformers eat up amp hours like nothing you`'ve seen.
8 led lights. They are cheap and don't use any amp hours
9 put a Cummins 12 valve in the bus.
10 back up cameras. One up high and one on each corner of the rear bumper.
11 add an airbag set up to the rear axle and while your at it get the biggest rear sway bar you can.
12 check your tires every time you go out at the first sign of cracking replace. They will dry rot. Wife had a blow out once. Was not pretty.
13 make sure if you use an awning that it is properly attached to the side.
14 widow shades. Please use window shades.
15 have fun good luck
Someting tells me he will do some of this but the windows are going to get insulated if there not used
Just a correction to a list I otherwise largely agree with. While I am very much in the “run everything you can off 12VDC directly” (I am an amateur radio operator after all and we love 12VDC), inverters (or transformers) do not “eat up amp hours like nothing you’ve ever seen” to nearly the extent you may think. A typical inverter or transformer setup is going to be around 85-90% efficient at any sort of reasonable load (efficiency is worse only when there is virtually zero load), so running a load off of a 120VAC versus implementing the same at 12VDC will at worst be the difference between consuming 100Ah versus having used around 90Ah (about a 10% penalty)....and some of those efficiency losses are actually made up for by the reduced voltage drop (also a source of lost amp-hours) in your copper conductors while also being able to use much lighter, and cheaper, wiring at the higher voltage - large loads require very large copper conductors at 12VDC...in fact, to achieve the same minimal voltage drop at 12V as at 120V you would need a copper conductor with 10 times the cross sectional area (a.k.a circular mils) which can add considerable weight and expense versus the much lighter conductor requirements at 120V. What this means practically is that one only needs to over engineer capacity by about 10% to accommodate typical losses and you can recoup some of that added cost through the reduced cost of wiring using lighter, cheaper, gauge copper wiring as copper is not cheap. So there is some loss in efficiency and, thus, consumed amp-hours when using inverters to generate 120VAC but the losses are not astronomical.
Great list except one. As much as I like and respect the Cummins 12V engine, the Caterpillar C7 is going to be just fine in this thing, and is actually a slightly better engine.
@@wolfman9999999 Wolfmann There isn't an engine better than the 12 valve 5.9 Cummins. There are engines bigger, newer, and many other thing but not better.
@@johntripp2028 I have nothing but respect for the 5.9 Cummins. I owned a Dodge Ram with the early 24valve version. In the case of this bus, it's simply not worth the expense as there is no gain over the Cat
*Arnold:"Please let this be a normal field trip"*
*Robert:"with me?"*
*Clones:"NO WAY"*
*Arnold:"Awww"*
You'd be surprised how many people don't get that reference.
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I haven't watched that shit..but I get the reference...
@@isaacsrandomvideos667 heheheheh
*CRUISIN' ON DOWN MAIN STREET*
*YOU'RE RELAXED AND FEELIN' GOOD*
*NEXT THING THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE SEEIN'*
*OCTOPUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!*
*SURFIN' ON A SOUND WAVE*
*SWINGIN' THROUGH THE STARS*
*TAKE A LEFT AT YOUR INTERSTINE*
*TAKE YOUR SECOND RIGHT PAST MARS.*
*ON THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS*
*NAVIGATE A NOSTRIL*
*CLIMB ON THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS*
*SPANK A PLANKTON, TOO*
*ON OUR MAGIC SCHOOL BUS*
*RAFT A RIVER OF LAVA
*ON THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS*
*SUCH A FINE THING TO DO!*
*SO STRAP YOUR BONES RIGHT TO THE SEAT*
*COME ON IN AND DON'T BE SHY*
*JUST TO MAKE YOUR DAY COMPLETE*
*YOU MIGHT GET BAKED INTO A PIE.*
*ON THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS...*
*STEP INSIDE IT'S A WILDER RIDE!*
*COME ON! RIDE ON THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS!*
Well Captain Bob, this is going to be a real adventure
To boldly drive where no one has driven a bus before.
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@@Crazy_Borg - Well, I've seen a Winnebago in space... Spaceballs!
2005 was not so long ago but the bus looks straight up 60's.
That's the US for you...
North America keeps the school bus style. Why change something if it works and is a iconic thing
@@AJDeere I always think long nose version is more iconic. There's no other place in the world where long nose buses to be found except in US.
Yeah but I mean the old look of all school buses. Flat nose and long nose they don't look all futuristic.
@@AJDeere i'm pretty sure they keep the design because of the ease of manufacturing and low cost where's everything made of flat panels. IMHO the most beautiful bus designs came from the 40s & 60s era.
For now i would look into what rear gearing you have, In New Jersey the buses were geared for flat lands, and were worthless in the Hills of eastern PA. They used the International T444E engine (powerstroke 7.3L v8) Also check the tires, some districts use 55mph tires that are called "goodyear metroliner". I wish you luck on this project.
I love the 7.3 one of my favorites
@@v8garage972 They're gutless in anything bigger than an F350 though.
@@tedfort1698 yeah that's true
Awh a darlek, that is so cool!
He did say it had a cat engine though.
Dear Captain Bob
Have you thought about keeping the entire body of the bus intact, and simply loading cars through the rear? You mentioned a soft top cover system, but you already have a really nice hard top system you can just section off from the rest of the RV stuff.
Also, nice bus.
Yours Truly, someone who wishes he was Captain Bob.
You'd have to take into account the wheel well humps, resulting reduced roof clearance from having to raise the floor...I suppose one might raise the entire roof to the same height to compensate for that. But even then I don't think you'd have enough space to actually exit the vehicle after driving it inside, unless perhaps you had the left side wall swing up or extendable. Probably too much trouble for something you'd still have to crawl in and out of.
That will be a nice idea, lift the roof 2 feet, and on the car hauling area it may be retractable vinyl walls, that way it will have a hard top it will keep structural strength and will still look like a school bus, which is the main reason we are watching this video. Good luck Capt'n
This is not Hollywood. Once the car is loaded he would have no more side room to open the door and exit it.
There has been several people to do this exact thing. Even put the back wall on heavy duty hinges so it could open the whole wall.
"small sticky people" 😂😂😂
Anvil Devil best definition of a child ever.
"Short sticky stupid people"
And the sign said "Short sticky stupid people, need not apply"
lul
@@1740BeardCare and most accurate
My worry is what happens when you have 3000 pounds hanging behind the back axel. If you ever road a bus like this as a kid you'll know that grooves in the road could launch kids. Also, a concern would be Cars/trucks > engine counter balance so you could be popping wheelies lol
If he's hauling a single car I'd imagine that he'd put the car directly over the axle or maybe slightly forward, and if he's hauling two it'll help distribute the weight. Just have to go slow over large bumps as to not yeet the rear most car
@@justinwest9429 although yeeting a car or doing bus wheelies would be pretty entertaining for us 😀
@@TheFalseShepphard tying something down doesn't make a difference in the weight distribution....look at the leverage a car would have hanging out over that back axel. That said, the weight of the RV part probably balances that on the forward end
Holy carp, the mad man did it! He went through with it!
Crap not carp
@@LDaniel_BDuce that was intentional
boi
invetegon Carp! Something fishy going on!!
“Short, Sticky stupid people”
*Is that what my parents think of me?*
Yes, my son. But I didn't want you to find out this way.
And that's when I hit subscribe.
Dude...hell yes! I am sure something like this has been done before and blah blah blah. But it's you doing it! If it turns out even a fraction of as good as the camper project did, this will be amazing. Please start this ASAP!
Haven't seen it as car hauler tho
I love this dude so much now. I originally saw him on the Car Guys Talk podcast and I wasn't particularly fond, but now I've warmed to his sense of humor, practicality and style.
Very cool. Would suggest keeping larger human storage area leave space for one car. People tow cars from RVs all the time, could be more practical and enjoyable. Also one request please do drag and motocross races bus vs Trabant. I am betting on the bus
Copy that
"Massive metal bread loaf." Love it.
I love how absurdly long the rear overhang on this is. We run 50ft LSTs in the UK with a 3m overhang over the rear steer and a 12.6m turning circle, they're about as long as you can get away with on a road network designed for horse and cart.
So you’re making the world’s biggest VanTruck?!
a ( Vuck ) yep
VUCK U
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@@basher50 hahaha good one :D
When loaded up with cars I would be concerned about where the centre of gravity will be. The rear overhang on that bus is simply enormous. With two cars one is going to be entirely behind the rear axle line. It's going to be very rear heavy, and I would worry about the lightened load on the front which might not be so good for steering and braking. It's also going to have a big pendulum effect going around bends.
You must have just watched "The Italian Job".
Idk if you know but personally fully loaded I wouldn't be worried about the pendulum effect or any of that cause I'd just go slow around bends. Extremely carefully and of course you would secure your load
@@nomadicscrapper2965 yeah... Don't blow you load
The massive engine, the front vehicle and the living quarters in front will counterweight almost any load behind the rear axle. It won't be an issue.
The bus is extremely front-heavy as is. Besides, he'll be adding weight to the front by adding the RV portion and the underside via the battery packs.
You legend. You actually did buy one!
That’s some genuine happiness right there.
Also... 👍 for the John Fogerty quote... bet a lot of CCR fans own a decommissioned bus 😂
Wow I can not wait for this new content!! This channel really deserves more viewers. $3500 for a 2005 that's unbelievably cheep considering what it must of cost new!
And rust free
I think this should be a full on project. Skip the next big Opel project and go full Honey Badger on the bus. It's a cool project and like you said could be used to haul lots of other cool projects. Painting it Patridge family colors is of course optional.
I would put a air bags on the back axle to lower the back. Do a review of the bus before you cut it up.
Yeah, if he got some bags out of a FL70 it wouldn't cost much. The fab work shouldn't be too bad either.
You could talk about all the quirks and features. You may go far with that.
I was gonna suggest air bags, not only for suspension, but also to help in regards to loading cars with a ramp.
I dont think they have much room to lower. I was thinking cut off the frame behind the axle and make it hinge down with hydraulics. Even if it only gets half way to the ground
@@jeep2003, that's a good alternative to make a ramp.
Regarding lowering with airbags, if you really wanna drop the height, there's always notching the frame. The same thing they do to minitrucks.
You should make a ramp so you can put all the fiestas you want in there
(Edit) you should just remove the rear of the bus, THAT WAY you can keep your vehicles INSIDE
Itz_gray_ 2019 That would be pretty cool. He could build a bulkhead to separate the living area and storage area and it solves his problem of making the setup weatherproof.
It would be like the Ecurie Ecosse transporter (on a budget).
And there would be plenty of space for tools and for working on the cars.
Because at some point, you will indeed be working on the cars.
Was a WINCH ever a thing in the planning of this bus? Imagine being able to do your own recovery work. "FREE SAAB, MUST PICK UP THIS WEEK" would be a piece of cake if you had a winch.
Do an Italian Job
This is going to be amazingly cool.
Imagine Stake-bodying the rear section too would look sick and maybe useful.
This raises a couple of questions:
1. What do you plan to do with it once it is completed? Track events for little cars?
2. Why building it for 2 cars instead of one and having a bigger living section?
3. Why an open deck instead of cutting holes in the sides and covering them up with acrylic glass so you can show off your valuables while keeping them dry and safe?
Hmm... I might start with the interior without cutting it at all, that way you could build the sleeping area to perfection and then cut it up.
Also for the car ramp, you should take a look whether or not these things have had adjustable air suspension as an option (like in stock delivery trucks like MB Actros). You could make the car hauler portion tip back by lifting the front to the max height while dropping the rear to the lowest it can go, which could reduce the ramp length - and if that side profile is like I think it is, could basically leave the rear to about 50 cm from the ground.
Wonder if the ramp could have optional use wheels? Like extendable section for the second car allowing for longer camper section?
@@dirkbonesteel I would not extend the back at all - that weight distribution would make the front too light, which could cause issues with handling.
A cheap option for air suspension may be out of an old smaller semi, like a FL70. They have a dump valve, I don't know how low they can go though. But even a small amount will help with the ramp length situation.
@@yt0097 I would not rely on anything suspensiom related that was not up to the task of handling all that weight. I'd imagine the air suspension must have been an option - if it does not already have air suspension.
Though, I have only seen these kinds of busses in movies and that one "how it is made" episode, so I can not really estimate how it was built to begin with. But I would think that it probably is not too much different to a delivery truck's suspension.
Very valid point. Was thinking with front engine and all the mods there will be big balance change and a trip to a truck weight scale would show what can and can't be done. @@lBonaCl
Two ideas on the bus build;
1) If you raise the roof of the bus keep in mind the height of places you might frequent like drive thrus, underpasses on the roads, etc.
2) For the ramp idea, what if the ramp lowered but started right after the back wheels. Maybe half of it could retract like normal pull out ramps and the other half would be the hauler floor lowering in the back. That way the ramp doesn't fully extend out the back of the bus making it the length of Massachusetts since half of it is the floor of the hauler bus. Just a thought there and probably a crazy feet of engineering for a single person to do. I do see the exhaust goes all the way back but you wouldn't need it to go that far because you don't have any small sticky humans back there. It would only need to go as far as the back of your cabin area so it wouldn't get in the way of the lowering hauler floor idea.
I want to see bus build videos! I like watching your little crazy foreign car videos but I think I speak for a great majority in saying the bus would be something we can all more relate on since we see busses and car haulers almost daily and most Americans see Peugeots almost never. I think if you look at it as a means to do the little cars the bus build could drum up some great publicity for the channel.
I can't wait to see more on this. Best of luck!
Finally...transportation for your clones.
Hey, awesome project! If the bus has air you can control the rear suspension and let out air to lower the back. Making it easier to load a car. If you want to chat about buses. ✌️
"I Bought a School Bus and..."
"Yes ok"
"Here Are My Plans"
"I don't like where this is going"
were you drunk by any chance when you bought this bus?
It’s to collect children.
(But you’re not a school bus driver?)
Yes I know
I lost it when you edited out the back half of the bus. The popping noise sent me.
Can't wait to see what you do with this thing.
Ambitious. I like it
I’ve worked on the blue bird assembly line. Buses are super easy to work on. And now as a bus driver I approve of this plan. I dream daily of the fun things I could create with my bus.
Definitely get yourself a Peugeot 405, absolutely fantastic cars.
yep true
lasts 400000 miles too
@@vampy625 4000* with out electric problems
He is in the us
gavin vennemann i had a mi16 , in the usa
@@robertedwardlee8227 its a joke
those cars are shite
Godspeed, Captain Bob. Godspeed.
Wow I knew you would have a BUSy time ahead of you with a bus. But wow you got big plans! So I am in! you do the videos and I will watch them as soon as they pop up! It's a deal! Thanks bro Anthony Kent
You may have enough frame behind the back wheels to dove tail the last few feet of the frame for easier loading height. Great project. I just converted an International 4700 crew cab into a pickup truck and I thought that was a big project, this is massive. Good luck.
I always wanted to do this- but I would have to get a new costly and time consuming license (about 4000€) and maintaining such a vehicle here is way too expensive. Diesel is getting banned- and gas engines aren't even a thing for bigger vehicles- mostly because a full tank would be worth about more than the vehicle itself...*cries in European
"Diesel is getting banned" Wow, the VW scandal had a much wider effect than I thought.
Diesel itself isn't being banned, but 10/15 year old filthy diesel buses will be banned, or taxed to high heaven.
For loading cars: Rather than a ramp or lift, Have you considered a tilt-bed like many tow trucks use? Combine that with air-bag suspension so you can squat the ass-end when loading/unloading, and it should work.
FINALLY I CAN HAVE SOME GOOD SCHOOL BUS QUALITY CONTENT WITH A RUclipsR IM FAMILIAR WITH!!
That is an awesome project! :D
I was thinking, instead of removing the roof over the car-deck you could only remove the walls. Then you would add some pillars to support the roof, of course. By doing this, you could keep the cars on display, and still protect them a bit from the environment.
Such a shame to cut a perfectly usable garage off the back of it when it would keep the cars safe and dry. Much easier to convert the back panel to a folding ramp and keep the exotic profile. Great project.
As for the rear deck, I would suggest finding an old 3 car flatbed truck and mounting the bottom part of it onto the bus frame. You might need a power takeoff unit, but it's not impossible to find one considering Allison transmissions are designed with industrial applications in mind. Also, for the inside of the bus, I'd recommend a Dometic sleeper cabin HVAC system. It may cost more than a mini split air conditioner at a big box stores, but it'll last longer on the road, which balances the cost. Other than that, your plan is very well laid out, kudos to you.
Your videos are so much fun to watch... your editing as amazing lol
Now I see what you meant about needing space for your bus. I’m very excited to see you take on this challenge.
That settles it, if I live long enough I'm going to do something similar to this. I've got grand(stupid) ideas for an EV conversion, solar roof, huge sound system for parties..
It doesn't help that I started writing this halfway through the vid before I started furiously researching the ideas xD
Folding rear roof:
Make 4 or 5 metal U-shaped supports.
Build a track along the edge, and put the metal supports (with wheels) on the track.
Get a really strong, durable, and bendable canvas or other material, and hook it up with the metal supports.
You can also have a zipper-style door, like on most of those tent-style car garages.
“It probably has a serial number but i don’t care”
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Jeez, you got a whole lot of plans for that thing. If I had it all I would do is clean it, add a divider between the drivers seat and the passenger area and add insulation. Then stick all you want into it and live in it.
Keep the engine. Possibly replace it with something stronger/better, a Detroit Diesel for example or a bigger Caterpillar. Powering something this big with electric motors will need a very serious battery and just like salty tesla owners learned, they dont last long and they are ridiculously expensive to repair/replace. Nothing can beat a good old diesel engine in reliability and maintenance.
A Detroit 60 series wouldn't be a bad choice. Parts are cheap and they are plentiful. Not the most powerful, but for a bus it would be plenty.
just go with the locomotive approach. Attach a large alternator to the motor and then use that power to drive the electric motors.
@@Species-lj8wh - That would take 100 hours to engineer. Remember, he would have to do all of that... It would be much smarter to put a higher HP tune on the ECU, and go from there. I'm not sure why he suggested doing that in the video.
If you left the roof the 40 feet you could have solar panels the entire length and it would keep hail and snow off the bed. Also if the bed is empty and you are camping the kids can "camp" in the enclosed bed and let daddy play with mommy. The speed limiter can be removed so you can get to 70 easier.
you got me hella jealous. that could be an insane party bus! i'd turn it into a mobile recording studio tho
Wouldn't the sound ruin any recordings?
A massive weekend project of great grandiosity. What could go wrong? One thing is for sure, you needn't worry about how entertaining the videos will be. You're a natural.
I always wanted to make a school bus rv. Such a cool build! Wow what an amazing build. Don't forget to put a trailer hitch on it. You could hual 4 cars and sleep in it! Super awesome. No make this your main project!
I drive a mini school bus 2003 GMC cut a way I made into a service truck, I call it a tool bus now.
The thing is 40' long already and you want to add a trailer that can carry another two cars? Do you really need four cars for two people that badly?
The retractable roof system can be had off the shelf. Look at a flat bed semi trailer. To reduce loading height, use air bags on the rear axle and motor home leveling jacks to lift the front. Also look at a " Power Dove Tail Trailer " This is a system where the back of the trailer lowers to form a ramp. . . . Lastly, changing the wheel base if needed is easy due to the straight frame rails, just unbolt the spring brackets, move everything and remake the drive shaft.
Still likely to be completed before Project Binky :)
This sounds way cooler than anything I've ever heard about a School Bus, ever. Makes me think of getting one now and turning the whole thing into a massive RV for camping...
Give up on the idea of hauling two cars. It'll never happen. Just allow for one big one and make the living space larger. Otherwise you're going to limit your comfort for the RARE possibility of hauling two cars. Also, how are you going to get the car past those duel rear wheels?
We're talking a Trabant and a Fiesta together, not really all that big. Also, it looks like the load floor will be fully above the wheels, so no issue there.
I bet a Trabi and a Mini would work. :P
@@theothertonydutch You can park a Trabi and a Mini on a postage stamp and still have room left over :)
@@HotrodelectricThis guy gets it!
First things first, make sure that bus is up to snuff 100% mechanically. A lot of the reason school districts replace their buses is due to deferred maintenance or there might be a huge service coming up in the next few thousand miles. IE don't be surprised if it needs brakes, a suspension overhaul, new tires(check the date codes and speed rating) within the next 10k or 20k miles. Also fleet managers kind of know when engines or transmissions will fly apart, what year/miles that happens so they sell the buses before then. School bus miles are pretty hard miles too, constant stop/go, its not like a semi-truck where its turning a constant RPM on the highway 12 hours a day and you might come to a stop 10 times during that 12 hours.
If you decide to buy 405 I can help out with finding some parts in Europe :)
I'll second that, I'm a Peugeot/Citroën nut from the UK with some contacts ;)
Not sure if you watch Roadkill, but check Mike Finnegan's channel and the reason why he bought another ramp truck (regarding your open deck idea).
If this diesel engine is available with the higher power output, just research what is the difference and replace the parts to this high power output specs, probably even the fuel economy will stay the same.
I remember riding a bus like that in elementary school . It broke down.
I rode a bus like that in about the 3rd/4th grade with a church camp group. We got about halfway there and the thing overheated. On the side of the highway. They literally had to take back some of the Costco water bottles they had handed out to fill the coolant tank enough to get us to a gas station
Friendly tip, Ive seen someone paint this black and put the classic sheet metal with the lines in it (like a greyhound from the 70s) and it looked nothing like a schoolie conversion, it was super classy.
I guess you are going to repaint it with different color. Best luck to you.
By law you have to I believe.
@@dominick253 No, as long as you aren't impersonating a actual school bus. If you buy an old cop car the only thing you have to do is remove decals and red/blue lights. A bus is no different. (We've bought one before, only removed the decals). And he has already removed the decals and painted over the lights, once a bathroom is installed he will likely get it re-registered as an RV.
Air ride and have the rear half of the deck pivot down. So when you load/unload cars drop the rear suspension, raise the front and drop the rear half of the deck...Might be able to get away without needing a ramp off the back half. You could possibly use a flat bed tow truck deck and have the deck split and the back half slides back and lowers.
You have quite ambitious ideas for the powertrain. Hopefully you can figure it out and bring your ideas to life!
I'm excited to see what you do with this build!
Keep the cat they are simple to work on being they are mechanical as far as fuel delivery and most everything else on it also take it to a shop and have that slug cranked up to the 300-350 hp range that would be the most cost effective and reliable option and in my opinion it is easier to maintain than something like say a trabant lol
sound like you, and me both had the same idea, as my step brother's granddad did the same with an old Greyhound bus years back, drove it all over the US, and Canada with few issues that where not normal maintenance.
C-7 is an electronic controlled engine. They wont live long at that kind of horsepower. Hell they usually don't live long at 210 hp. The little cat engine's are horrible.
I appreciate the amount of editing and goofing around this video has compared to what a vlog-style channel would have in its place.
****LS Swapping intensifies****
I did this once, sort of I made the rear deck big enough for two fourwheelers, I made a few fold down cots mounted on the walls to save space, and used a bunch of copper tubing wrapped around one of the down pipes and a remote fuel pump for my shower water.
Wow I didn't know you were only 2.54cm tall. School buses have gotten smaller.
Make the car deck slope from behind the rear wheels. It'll make loading way easier and it will enable to load lower cars, use shorter ramps and all that good stuff
You're gonna need to learn to weld!
Looking forward to the videos on the bus. Oh and milk away but maybe not 100 videos ☺
Here's an idea for the rear section, make part of it into a "beavertail" where the very rear portion is sloped downwards. It would bring it closer to the ground thus you'd need shorter ramps. If you're unsure google image search "beavertail truck" I think it would be a cheaper and more practical solotion for the hauler section.
Short sticky stupid people. Love it, using that from now on 😂
Peugeot 405, lovely cars, had 2 of them.
Ian Grice and I’ve got a 205 with an mi16 inside!
Acquire a copy of CAT ET, adjust parameters as needed to get the power you want, trans is probably a 1k/2k allison, will hold up just fine as long as you keep a TES 295 fluid in it and dont abuse it. Cant wait to see the outcome of the project!
Someone needs to buy his Smart for two, so he has extra funds to spend on this project.
Hi Captain Bob,
This is going to be COOL!
Suggestion - you know how some buses kneel in front to make it easier to board? Forget the lift in the back, make it kneel in the back and use a small (Rhode Island size) ramp. Major cool factor.
A Citroen 2CV? A GS??? Style points to you. I've had both. I can assure you, they are not like a Trabant or a Smart.
@Lassi Kinnunen Drove an 18hp 2CV back and forth through San Diego- on the freeway for a few years. Drove a Dyane 6 between Los Angeles and San Diego on a regular basis for a few years more. No racing engines there- just a mind-set and an allowance for time.
My uncle loves those Allison transmissions, every time i see him, he's always talking about how great those Allison transmissions are.
"Right, so I got a school bus, now lets see how many kids I can kidnap!"
Idea for the ramp: have the floor behind the rear axle fold down on hydraulics and slide out ramps could make up the rest of the distance.
And as cool as it would look with the back chopped off, I feel it would be more functional to keep the back enclosed, and just replace the walls with something that rolls down.
Just turn the CAT up, do the other work. Then if you are still feeling froggy you can look into electrification, but you will run out of give a shit by then, and be glad you just turned up the engine.
Yeah, that CAT should do nicely turned up. I've heard that some required larger injectors and/or pump tuning (mechanically de-tuned).
@@yt0097 there is no injection pump on c-7. It uses high pressure oil to fire injectors like 7.3 or 6.0 fords
@@Matt-ou1bg Ah, I guess then he would just need a tune to raise the power level.
What a fantastic project. Just as so many other youtubers are picking up wrecked Lambos - congratulations on keeping it quirky and interesting. Good luck with it all.
Can you drive me to school? :)
You inspired me. I'd still take some of the back off to make a towing deck, but for only 1 medium sized vehicle. The rest becomes an RV. Now you can drive to a campsite, unload the 'Towed' vehicle for around the town driving where a bus just is not that practical. All I need now is $20,000, a second car, welding and mechanical skills, and a cheap bus.
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Cool build. I have a 3 way refrigerator you can have for it. I also work On RV's, so if you have questions or need parts I can help with that. I know quite a bit about the current RV technologies available.
To kidnap kids? Jk but man you buy weird cars
Why not keep the sides and roof intact, and add a drop down ramp to the rear? Then you could transport two cars out of the weather. It would also retain most of the rigidity of the existing structure. You could also add a door to the rear of the living compartment, giving you direct access to the load, whilst keeping dry on a wet day. Equally improbable plans, but hey, ho; two can play at that game! Thanks Robert.
It's as much pie in the sky as your other ideas, but you should get an intermodal side-lifter. They're designed to mount on a trailer frame and pick up a shipping container by its 4 bottom corners but they could move a flat bed with a car or two on it just as easily. Plus if you ever want to move a shipping container you're set.
It isn't available on all engines, but look into installing an optimized idle system. Basically when the batteries drop below a certain voltage, it will automatically start the engine, idle it for 90 minutes, shut it off, and repeat that cycle until you take the key out or start driving. Putting it in could be as simple as changing the settings on the existing ECM. Idling a big diesel engine overnight gets really expensive really fast.
I wouldn't chop the back of the bus off, instead, leave a large loading door at the rear so you can drive cars into it (instead of on it). This will keep them dry during transport, and more importantly, you would have all of the amenities you got in the RV section so the rear end can function as a mobile workshop.
Also, I'd be very cautious of the cantilever behind the rear wheels when you're loading up big loads, so either lower the back section entirely (which I guess is possible if the bus is FWD) or have some supports you can raise or lower when you're loading up cars to move.
Tip for electrical: Grab an Auto Ignition system as found on certain Sprinters, Isuzu Fridge trucks, and etc which turn the engine over for pre-low voltage recharging from the alternator. It may be an extra mile but considering how you want to run EVERYTHING off electrical, unless you store a hell of a rechargeable battery system, its your best bet.
You could leave the rear side paneling and use a system similar to dump trucks, where they use arms to roll out a top to keep debris inside, just replace with like a tarp and you could easily get a nice dry interior that flaps like Marines on weekends going down the road
Idea for the car deck or better for the ramp issue:
Make the whole deck tilt, from the cabin portion backwards, with the fulcrum a little more to the rear, so the front part is heavier to keep the thing level on its own. The tilt mechanism can be two posts (maybe a butchered screw-type car lift from a repair shop) right behind the cabin.
For loading the cars, use the floor to create a nice downward slope to the rear of the chassis rails, like a ramp truck.
your the only one i know of that uses cuts of edits of himself to walk by in an out of frame that your in lmao that's awesome.
Ikr
Oh my GOD that's barely English.. Use full stops for gods sake 😳
@@bogbog you ok bud? you seem OCD'd out right now o.0
@@BeamerTheFox errr... Sure buddy. Perfect American English. Good on you.
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At 8 ft wide, leave the cargo area as-is. You will still able to fit the trabant/focus in it, plus it will give you a) dry b) lockable c) modular cargo area, where you store/repair anything, from car to motorcycle. Dont want to haul two cars? more storage. Dont want to haul any cars? RV bowling alley/bar! Clam-shell the rear section as a garage door, and call it "The Yellow Brick Barn Bowling Alley Pub"...YABBBAP