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| Mike Everard (Meverard)
Registered Member Username: Meverard Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 98.210.8.135  Rating: |
I recently received my Golden Ticket to join The Board. I purchased a 1960 GMC PD 4104 back in July, and have been following The Board since then. I am quite impressed with the amount of knowledge that seems to be out there. I hope to get involved on a regular basis so that my bus conversion/maintenance becomes second nature. I have read alot of recent, and archived threads. However, I can spend many more hours with all of the information contained here. Hopefully, one day I can offer some helpfull information to a fellow nut. Thanks for having me, Mike Everard | ||
| Roderick W. Chandler (Rod)
Registered Member Username: Rod Post Number: 72 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 173.185.3.211  Rating: N/A |
Welcome Mike Feel free to ask questions. You will get answers most of the time. Not always good ones or even answers to the question that you asked but answers none the less. Pick and choose the one that fits your needs. Please post any solutions that work for you as some one else will probably need it also. Rod. | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 1235 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.55.4.4  Rating: N/A |
Well Mr.Everard, First you are from California,have on OLD coach [not as old as mine tho],have been snooping around and checking out the site,and you want us BUSNUTS to welcome you?? Well Guys what do ya say?? WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BUSNUTS!! Gomer | ||
| joe padberg (Joemc7ab)
Registered Member Username: Joemc7ab Post Number: 478 Registered: 6-2004 Posted From: 66.38.159.33 Rating: N/A |
Welcome Mike 1960 was a good year for coaches, don't let Gomer try and persuade you otherwise. | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 480 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.128.245  Rating: |
 ......aboard! Were GLAD to have you (and you WILL be had at some point down the road!) Anyone here will tell you it is worth 10 times the price of admission alone. We want your perspective, input, ideas & questions (and a dedicated bunch expects your humor as well) Speaking for myself only... I hope you are the type who plans on integrating with our Community & has aspirations of camaraderie .... You re-enforced that hope by your thoughtful opener. Please don't be one of those who thinks this Forum is full of experts ON CALL for FREE ADVICE..... to solve his continuation of mechanical malfunctions.... once he has his answer... POOF GONE until his next emergency pops up. We are THE FREE SOLUTION to his problems and NOTHING MORE.... We've all been down the same road you are pulling on to, and if there is one prevalent goal here... it is to see that no one else makes the mistakes we have. Dive in, find a Buddy, enjoy the banter & info and don't forget to have fun! .and don't be bashful.... | ||
| Mike Everard (Meverard)
Registered Member Username: Meverard Post Number: 2 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 98.210.8.135 Rating: |
I have learned, in snooping as Gomer puts it, That this forum is a source of humor as well as information. I hope to be a part of it to the fullest. I am not going anywhere and expect to be a part of it until, Poof, I'm gone. My wife and I love our bus, as most of you do, and look forward to many years of enjoyment. I hope in the future to meet some of you in person. However, until then, I will continue to Listen, Laugh, and Chirp in when the time is right. Thanks, Mike P.S. I have a sense of humor and believe we all need a little fun made of us once in a while to keep us grounded. | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 2007 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 174.91.143.212  Rating: N/A |
Grounded? Did he say keep us grounded? We have posts and more posts on that! Welcome Mike! happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Bill Gerrie (Bill_gerrie)
Registered Member Username: Bill_gerrie Post Number: 429 Registered: 3-2006 Posted From: 216.198.139.38  Rating: N/A |
Welcome Mike to the greatest bus board there is. Bill | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1457 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 97.213.145.242  Rating: |
Hmmmm... "Speaking for myself only...I hope you are the type who plans on integrating with our Community & has aspirations of camaraderie...Please don't be one of those who thinks this Forum is full of experts ON CALL for FREE ADVICE.....to solve his continuation of mechanical malfunctions....once he has his answer...POOF GONE until his next emergency pops up. We are THE FREE SOLUTION to his problems and NOTHING MORE...." *************** Gosh, Mike.....Not sure I know ANY on this board who fit that precise format,(and can't begin to imagine such an"approach" to a "new comer on this board)..... ... but should I, I would have to say they are most probably very appreciative for the "expertise" of solving (resolving)"mechanical malfunctions", and other coach related topics provided. There is a wealth of information on conversions, coaches, buses, engines, transmissions, etc, Mike, as you already know, coming from a bunch of folks with "expertise" that most of us do not have. Many from years of experience in a trade, in the business, and...yes, from hard knocks. I, for one, do not have much to offer, except the hard knocks part. The Archives have information on most any and all subjects...perhaps some you might not have thought to ask about. After 10 years in this "hobby"...and converting ( yes, still..  ) a 1964 coach, I can offer little about the subject that was not obtained, in one way or another, from folks who voluntarily answered questions, offered helpful and meaningful suggestions and supplied valuable supplier information on this great source...Bus Nuts.Many thanx again to Ian, who puts up with us! Personally should I be interested in "banter"...(BS?, diatribe-tripe? and such), ...well, guess I would search the web, or other source for "such". Happy to have you "aboard", Mike. Sift the chaff, as my ole' Grand Pa would have said. RCB | ||
| George Martinez (Foohorse)
Registered Member Username: Foohorse Post Number: 372 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 72.144.61.124 Rating: N/A |
Welcome Mike. You will find this place very informative, useful and I'm quite sure entertaining, I have, plus I made some good friends with quality individuals that I feel are the REAL value here. After all information can be purchased. | ||
| RJ Long (Rjlong)
Registered Member Username: Rjlong Post Number: 1786 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 71.195.124.20  Rating: |
Mike - Welcome aboard! and Mama, too! I'm not too far away from you, in Fresno. Cold Pepsi's in the fridge, waiting to share war stories anytime you're in the area. There's several busnuts all within a one > three hour drive from you, so you're not alone. Not all are active on the BBS's tho. Sadly! FWIW & HTH. . . PS: What's the VIN on your coach? PD4104-XXXX? | ||
| Nellie Wilson (Vivianellie)
Registered Member Username: Vivianellie Post Number: 524 Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 66.87.0.149  Rating: |
Hi Mike - I'm just a girl and don't know anything. But feel free to ask and I'll give you my opinion. Then these guys will correct me... and then they'll correct each other... and if you can sort it all out ("sift the chaff") you'll have an answer (or not). Seriously, welcome aboard. It's a good bunch with tons of knowledge to share. Nellie | ||
| L James Jones Jr (Jamo)
Registered Member Username: Jamo Post Number: 175 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 74.71.202.72  Rating: N/A |
Welcome Mike... I like to see another '04 owner here. I bought mine in '07 and we'll be ready for the road this summer (I hope)...1953 4104-204. Guess we're on opposite coasts, but that's only 300 or so gallons of Diesel away, eh? Enjoy, learn, and most of all share... Jamo | ||
| Steve "Spanky" Aune (Spanky77707)
Registered Member Username: Spanky77707 Post Number: 40 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 64.234.16.147  Rating: N/A |
Welcome Mike, enough said...! Spanky | ||
| Laryn Christley (Barn_owl)
Registered Member Username: Barn_owl Post Number: 679 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 153.2.247.32  Rating: N/A |
Welcome | ||
| Dave Walker (Chrome_dome)
Registered Member Username: Chrome_dome Post Number: 207 Registered: 3-2010 Posted From: 67.174.144.159  Rating: N/A |
Welcome to the madness Mike From a fellow Northerner, Antioch, I used to fish right below the Bridge(the Old One)for Strippers and sturgeon. We are up in Sacramento Area, Citrus Heights. These are all a great bunch of guys with a lot of good info and some is even the correct Stuff, even Gomer, LOL Dave (Message edited by chrome_dome on February 14, 2011) | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 1237 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.55.4.4 Rating: N/A |
Thanks PAL!! LOL Gomer | ||
| Mike Everard (Meverard)
Registered Member Username: Meverard Post Number: 3 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 98.210.8.135 Rating: N/A |
Thanks All, RJ, I may take you up on that visit. I have some childhood friends that live in Clovis that I haven't seen in 40 years, and we've been talking about getting together in the future. I will let you know if I'm heading that way. My Vin# is 4104-4520. I have a picture of the bus as it looked years ago and it was blue and grey. I am assuming it started out as a Greyhound. I look forward to what you can tell me. Mike | ||
| Gary Stacy (Stacytruck)
Registered Member Username: Stacytruck Post Number: 27 Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 96.39.165.114  Rating: N/A |
Welcome Mike................ | ||
| RJ Long (Rjlong)
Registered Member Username: Rjlong Post Number: 1787 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 71.195.124.20 Rating: |
Mike - You've got a West Coast Car - PD4104-4520 was delivered to Western Greyhound Lines, headquartered in San Francisco, CA as fleet number 7542. It was part of a 75-bus order that arrived on the property during February and March of 1960. Probably spent the majority of it's WGL life running up and down 101 between the City and LA. Wouldn't be surprised if it made a few trips through Fresno, too! Back then, Greyhound had an excellent maintenance program, considered a model for others to emulate. (Sadly, not that way today, tho.) So, for at least the first 10 - 11 years of it's commercial service life, it was well taken care of. Greyhound back then traditionally sold off coaches when the summer peak season ended around Labor Day, usually after their 10th or 11th year with the company. From WGL, who knows where it went - I can't help you there. If you haven't been here in awhile, you won't recognize Clovis. It's almost 100K in population itself nowadays! Give me a call - number's in my profile - if/when you point the '04 south on 99. FWIW & HTH. . . | ||
| Mike Everard (Meverard)
Registered Member Username: Meverard Post Number: 4 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 98.210.8.135 Rating: N/A |
Thank You for all of the info. RJ | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 369 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 98.20.51.73  Rating: N/A |
Running 101 and 99 wasn't always a good thing.... I had a 58 Rambler that spent it's life doing deliveries between SF, Ca and Yachats, Or. about a year after I got it the front frame members turned into rusticles. The whole engine dropped out the bottom and split much of the wagon the rest of the way apart. Just being from the west coast doesn't guarantee a rust or corrosion free chassis or body, which is a popular myth perpetrated by many that have 'penguin' leanings! Many of the smaller bus companies that ran the coast routes and were later taken over by hound and TW, were moth eaten and salt diluted units. | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 497 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.128.245 Rating: N/A |
A Native Tucson GearHead wouldn't give a Cali car a second of his efforts.... I have a Body Shell that arrived from Sandy-Eggo.. original owners sold it to me It sat in a carport with the Passenger side facing West guess which side is solid & which is Swiss Oxide.....? Ever see a car whose Roof was half eaten away by salt..? the lower body is fine...funny enough! | ||
| Jim Sanders (Sandy)
Registered Member Username: Sandy Post Number: 33 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 69.199.96.250  Rating: N/A |
Guys i agree to salt water NO NO NO. I learnt that my years Boating..I thought I loaned a 24 Pace arrow to a frind spent week end park on beach. Could drive down on beach. GOD at the memories that brings back GALVESTON sand and beach!!! ITS HELL TO GET OLD | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 506 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.128.245 Rating: N/A |
NAH..! not at ALL..! It's natural & fun . . . ---hold that thought--- . . . . . . . . ------ OK, here it comes...... . . . . . . . to watch others think it is tho...!  |
