Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:43:37 -0700
Reply-To: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject: Re: interesting find on ebay.. (f)
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On 1/21/05 4:42 AM, "Darren Lastfogel" <dlastfogel@PLYFORMS.COM> wrote:
> Wow!!! thanks for the math tip I almost bought into that. I just figured
> the cows and chickens had there way with it.
>
> Darren
>
A while back I went out on a salvage trip for a bus that was supposedly a
good project. It had been used to raise fancy chickens. "hose it out and
it will be ready to go" is what I was told. The chicken droppings had
severely corroded everything out of direct sight. The wiring was chewed up
from rodents. There were mouse nests and severe corrosion behind every
panel. I told the lady that it wasn¹t even worth my time to tow it off and
find out if the transmission was any good. The engine was on a bench in the
garage where it had been since it was pulled out almost 20 years earlier.
It appeared to be good so I was really suspicious of the transmission after
that. I gave here the number of a guy that would come and get the hulk if
he got the engine with it.
After that trip there is no way I am blind bidding on anything found in a
barn even for ten years.
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jimt
Planned insanity is best.
Remember that sanity is optional.
http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info)
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