That 60 YO bus did better this week end than a couple of the new Ford GTs did at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

 

How did the GT`s do?
This is an awesome thread!

 

What was their fence doing in the way of your lumber operations anyway?

 

Awesome! What a great adventure.

 

Ya' know, I never thought of it that way. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Glad to hear the bus made it to it's new home.

 

You need to call the guy and buy the bus so that you can drive it back to Wisconsin.

 

Here's a video of them arriving. I must say the bus looks and sounds better in the video than I anticipated from the photos.

 

LOL on the animals scattering! It does sound really healthy. I bet the new owner is one sore guy.

 

Hey, but one happy guy!

 

Kinda off topic but here it is Read and weep:

Top-finishing Ford GT is 31st, a distant 32 laps back of GTLM class winner

The well-known racing adage “there’s no replacement for race conditions” proved true for the two-car Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT team, who debuted the No. 66 and No. 67 at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Both Ford GTs suffered gearbox issues that quickly set them too far behind to catch up.

The news was better for the two-car Ford EcoBoost-powered Prototype team until the No. 02 Target/Claritin Riley was sidelined twice with brake problems in the overnight hours. A third brake issue put the No. 02 into the tire wall with just 2 hours, 40 minutes to go with Kyle Larson behind the wheel. Meanwhile, the No. 01 Claritin/Target Riley remained on the lead lap until early Sunday morning until it was sent to the garage for a quick check-up with five hours to go before returning to the track four laps down.

The No. 01 Claritin/Target Ford EcoBoost Riley was Ford’s highest finisher, at fifth overall -- 11 laps behind the winning ESM Honda HPD Ligier. Brendon Hartley took the last stint for the 01 team. The No. 02 crossed the stripe with Scott Dixon behind the wheel at 13th overall (seventh in class, 28 laps back), while Dirk Müller and the No. 66 Ford GT was 31st overall (seventh in class, 32 laps back of the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R class winner). Richard Westbrook brought the No. 67 Ford GT to the checkers at 40th (ninth in class, 162 laps back of Chev



Read more: Ford GT strumbled out of gate at Rolex 24 at Daytona

 

That guy and his son must have rested up and recovered somewhat. He posted a story about the beginning of the adventure. It's definitely worth reading. Start reading here near the bottom of the page and then it continues on the next page. It was much worse than what he was posting at the time. I can't believe he continued on, and I am really surprised he made it 1100 miles. It sounds like it almost puked out in the first 30 miles.


https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/fo...109517/page27/

 

That was a great thread to follow! Watching his progress on the map was very interesting.

 

I was looking for Bob to get out of it at the end . I could see he and Chris doing something like this

 

If anyone has gotten the bug to build a project bus there is one sitting in a rural area about halfway between San Diego and Yuma. I posted this some time ago but the bus is still there...

 

It would have been a lot closer drive for Bob and Chris than the father and son that bought it.