Wednesday, March 18, 2015

1957 School bus auction ending in about 2 hours

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  1. Let's talk about how stupid this is. $6300? Are you kidding me? I wouldn't pay $630 for that, and I can easily recall similar units going for $63, or for free, if you were willing to haul it away.

    What would you be getting here? - A (probably not running) straight six, rusted/frozen/worn suspension, steering, and brake parts, old brittle wiring, six volt electrical system, 40 old (minimum) hard, dry rotted, bad tires (with those widow maker split rims), drum brakes on all four corners, roached out interior, and (probably) no title. This thing would have a hard time fetching $6300 if restored to original specifications, and if you wanted to turn it into a safe, dependable, hot rod, all you would have to do is replace the motor, transmission, brakes, steering, suspension, wiring and electrical components, upholstery, wheels, tires, exhaust, and give it a paint job. This would cost about $30,000 minimum, and at that point you might be able to get $25,000 for it, if you found the right buyer. What a deal.

    Alternate plan: - You could sink about $5000 more in it and make rat rod that you could maybe get about $5000 for, on a good day.

    That's a lot of money to spend when you could get a halfway decent pick up truck (much more desirable in the collector car market and much easier and cheaper to repair and restore) of the same vintage for about the same price.

    If anyone pays $6300 or more for this, then a short bus is the perfect vehicle for him. He probably rode a short bus to school when he was a kid.

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    1. if a person had a lot of money and very little brains they'd snap this up and put it on a Chev 3500 dually chassis, or Ram 3500, or F350. If they have lots of brains, they wouldn't have anything to do with fixing up cars... we all know it's a waste of money. The body and glass are what this is all about... the rest isn't worth the trouble to try and repair, I completely agree.

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