Old bus graveyard (part 2)

A friend of mine found a collection of school buses that had been used for storage near where he lives, I'm going to try and see if maybe they may be interested in selling some of them to me. There are some going back to the late 40's or early 50's. For some reason all of the buses had the tires and rims removed.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• old
• school
• buses
• junkyard
• chevrolet
• 6-cylinder
• 1950's
• ford
• ward
• wayne
• superior
• carpenter
• GMC
• dodge

[Brandtalones]

"What you boys think yer doin' out here?"

Looking at the jury-rigged locking set-up on that one bus, I got to thinking of how things are secured. (No, I aint gonna steal one.) But, did buses (do buses?) have locking mechanisms on their doors? All I remember from the past is a simple latch. You could lock yourself in, but you couldn't simply walk away.

Curious Cat

[retrochad]

Ha Ha...we did get permission from the owners to go look at the buses. No, most older buses did not have any locks. If the front door handle was in the closed position, usually the front door could not be pushed open but you can still get in through the rear door.

Also the hoods did not have any locks either. (many of my buses they added padlocks to the doors and hoods but unfortunately vandals busted the locks off on the two latest buses I got)

[batterymaker]

So, which ones are you gonna try to get? Any of the earlier models?

I forgot how well-preserved most cars and trucks stay down there in Texas. Up here, most of that stuff would be reduced to rusticles. :-)

[retrochad]

I'll just have to see what they are asking...one of the ones I would like to try and get the most is the early 50's Chevrolet 6-cylinder, the one which silll has the battery. If I do get any I'm going to have to at least get some tires and rims mounted on the rear axles so they can be towed home.

Yes even on my 1958 or 59 Ford bus there is no rust damage at all except for very light surface rust. There is no salt used on the roads and it almost never snows.

[batterymaker]

Just the same, it's fun to watch people try to drive when there's an ice storm down there... LOL!!

[retrochad]

Yes you are so right. On the rare chance there is ice and snow there is no snow removal equipment and it just stays on the roads...especially in the country it's real dangerous. The only snow equipment here is sand trucks to put sand on the bridges (don't think there is any salt used)

[BranislavDJ]

You have best hobby :3

[9751asd]

Is the 1983 international still around if yes how much is the guy selling it for?

[bjbuschman2]

345 cid in the superior bus

[tamrarauch]

I have a 1963 International Wayne Loadstar that we converted into a motor the motor is all original she runs great, but we only get 5 miles to the gallon. and this one is for sale. Look on youtube and just type in 1963 International wayne school bus and it will come up I put a video on there

[MrAmerican76]

The COE Bus is a 1940 or 41 Chevy they had a 305 streight six in them

[USATrainsGScaleGroup]

Some townships, states, cities, etc will only consider a bus storage if the wheels are removed. Some even want the axles removed and the body dropped on the ground to be considered for storage. Some are getting strick and will not allow vehicles to be used for storgae at all today.

[pedronavaja64]

Thanks for this video Retrochad i love old school buses Wayne, Ward, Superior, Blue Bird etc.

[beome]

i ahvent seen a superior in years.on 234

[johnblessing]

they smaller but 350s have a lot of power

[ford9572]

@TheBoatdoctr These buses are in Texas about 32 miles south of Midland, If you have a YouTube account, Go to Retrochad's channel and tell him what you're looking for and maybe he can help you out.