Yes... My converted '50 VisiCoach weighs 20,460# (6160# steer axle, 14,300# drive axle)complete with w/90gal fuel & 100gal water. My bus is heavy... it was...
This is a repost from another group I belong to. Everyone is welcome! Good Afternoon, All I am just posting to let you know that a couple of us started a new ...
The 1947 Clipper in picture #42 of the FOI photo archives no longer exists. I just got back from Kane, Pa. The bus had been cut up for scrap about 2 yrs ago....
... sight, but the one at www.flxible.net photo archives. ncgm13 (575) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new...
I understand what you mean when you say its a sad case but, I find myself in the same situation. I have an old bus that isn't really road worthy as the motor...
... The last (and only) one I got was the Jan-Feb issue. ncgm13 (575) ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new...
Should you decide to parts it out, I would like first dibs on the handle and mechanism that operates the door, and the bulkhead (the half wall in front on the...
Never say die! 20 years ain't long for 12-ply tires! And if it runs,
it can very likely limp along another 1000 miles or so! Why not
advertise it in the...
... Yahoo doesn't show attached pictures. You need to go to the Yahoo Flx webpage http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/flxowners/ and go to Photos and use the...
Vista Liner? As in VL 100? Our 1955- 28,000 pounds. HEFTY HEFTY HEFTY!!! (not wimpy wimpy wimpy!) (somewhere I hear Tim Allen in the background making his...
Hi Gang, In the Jan-Feb FOI newsletter, Chet Laws had spotted 2 Clippers on Highway 14 in Lancaster Ca. Has anyone been able to check this out? I'm looking for...
I'm looking to re-power my 1952 Visi - the 471 just doesn't cut it at our high altitude. Has anyone put a 8V71 in a VisiCoach? Will it fit without any...
My 42 has a Caterpillar 1160 v8 (same as 3208) and an Allison mt42 6 speed and it just fits like a glove. whoever installed it, decided to put the radiator...
I've seen these busses up close... One is a VisiCoach Glasstop, restoration underway, with a 6V92 silver. The other is about a '48 Clipper... 4-71 diesel, bad...
... From: Kasidy Kristoffersson Vista Liner? As in VL 100? Our 1955- 28,000 pounds. HEFTY HEFTY HEFTY!!! ... Hay, I recognize that picture. How did things go...
Hi Mike, It turned out that the starter was totally kaput. The one good thing we found was a good mechanic up in Peakskill, NY---We plan on going back up...
Hey, Mike!!! First of all, it was in Lake PEEKskill, NY, a once- resort community NOT known for wide roads, but WELL known for WINDY HILLY switchback...
... (a) Call some local glass shops. Getting custom curved side/rear glass should be easier/cheaper than getting curved windshields since the glass does not...
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I think Ken has got it right (is it Ken that is 505?) I have successfully done this in someone's front yard with a sheet of lexan (brand name for polycarb) DO...
... From: <bus-0099@...> (c) I have seen curved replacement windows of polycarbonate. There are all sorts of problems with it -- it scratches easily,...
Just wondering if anyone is interested in acquiring a straight 8 Fageol Leyland diesel pancake. I have one which came out of a Twin Coach "57" HPO that my late...
Ed, With an engine like that, why don't you check over on the Detroit diesel board. There are lots of guys over there that collect the 'REAL' antiques. Someone...
