Tour: 1980 GM Bus

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Ferdinand The Bus

2 ай бұрын

Here is the first look at the bus we will lovingly call Ferdinand.

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@shadabjamal7985 Ай бұрын

Nice bus! - Excited to see what it's going to look like with a fresh paint job and when it's all decked out! 😆.

@FerdinandTheBus Ай бұрын

Thank you! I think once we have paint on it, it will look like whole different beast.

@marcrodieck9038 2 ай бұрын

It’s already coming to life, the door opened! 🎉🎉

@FerdinandTheBus 2 ай бұрын

Right? I cannot wait to get it home to get to working on it.

@kingjames7273 2 ай бұрын

Bus grease monkey in the can help ya with anything detroit or mechanical

@FerdinandTheBus 2 ай бұрын

@@kingjames7273 thank you for that, I am subscribed to his channel

@mikeconrad454 Ай бұрын

Love it! If you are going to rip the walls out might I suggest u save some pieces as templates, those curves can be a pita replicate. Good luck with it!

@FerdinandTheBus Ай бұрын

I definitely plan on trying to keep them in tact as much as possible to use as templates.

@kennypayne9259 Ай бұрын

That is a PD 4905. The prior model was a PD 4903. I drove the 35 ft model when I was in college back in the 80s. They 4107 and 4108. Decent buses but make sure and check the firewall for stability. Rust can be a nightmare back there. Grew up around old buses so this will be interesting to see the end result.

@FerdinandTheBus Ай бұрын

Thank you for the info. We did check the firewall for rust and do not see any that isn’t surface rust, we will be digging into it further when we get it home though. I believe in 1980 they changed the model to the H8H but in all of the research I have done so far it is identical to the PD4905.

@kennypayne9259 Ай бұрын

@@FerdinandTheBus Didn't know there was a change in the model designation. I've only known them by the model numbers. I think the main difference in them was the drivers cluster. Don't remember which was which, but one was rounded while the other was more square.

@FerdinandTheBus Ай бұрын

I love the look of the rounded cluster. Mine has a more square cluster that is going to need some rehab. Hoping the “squareness” makes it easier to make panels for

@kennypayne9259 Ай бұрын

Makes it a perfect candidate for your own version then where you could even add extra gauges if you wanted.

@FerdinandTheBus Ай бұрын

For sure.

@user-bb2vn8vz5x Ай бұрын

Those do horrible on fuel. About five miles per gallon.

@FerdinandTheBus Ай бұрын

Yep, it’s a small price to pay for a cool old bus

@user-bb2vn8vz5x Ай бұрын

@@FerdinandTheBus how can you afford to spend thousands of fuel? Or do you just park it? Thanks

@FerdinandTheBus Ай бұрын

Once it’s fully redone, we will drive it. We will just budget for the fuel cost for trips we take.

@user-bb2vn8vz5x Ай бұрын

@@FerdinandTheBus I'm a musician and I'm looking into buying an old bus but I may just buy a slightly used RV to save on time and money.

@FerdinandTheBus Ай бұрын

That’s definitely an option, there are buses that get better mileage than these older Detroit’s and one thing to consider is that the busses are meant to be on the road full time where most RV’s are meant for occasional use and may not have the longevity that a bus will. While there are some Motorhomes built on bus chassis, for the most part they are not designed to be on the road full time. I say do what works for you and your budget, I personally would hate to buy something I couldn’t afford to use.