Group, I'm dealing on a bus that I need some parts from. Windows, bumpers, tires, etc. It runs well, but I haven't had a chance to drive it yet. From what I've...
I don't worry about the campgrounds that have size restrictions, there are plenty of others around that have more room. A lot of the state campgrounds were...
Hi: Just came back from a long weekend rally. One of my admiring neighbors at the rally asked what I have for power, I answered an 8V71TA.... He replied Oh! an...
The truckers used to call an 8V71 a "318", since that is what that engine was capable of. Except that the only highway vehicles that actually had the full...
A-arm type front suspension on the RTS's until 1986 I believe. I have never seen a "good" riding early RTS...... In a message dated 6/1/2006 4:20:30 P.M....
I am surprised no one else jumped on this info. Can you tell us what movies we might have seen one of your RTS's in? I see them in movies all the time. The...
This is so true. You can never see any movie that plays in a US city without an RTS in it. Wulf ... From: "Chris and Joy" <cpeters1@...> To:...
Wulf P. Ward
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The terrorism movie you are thinking of was Speed The bus that blew up wasnt an RTS but was a Flxible. And he supplied all the buses in the movie. His buses...
I never saw (or so my brain tells me) a RTS in my life until I saw one for sale on eBay and bought it. Now I see them often. Commercials, movies, even the...
I am one of the largest suppliers of city buses for use in motion pictures on the West Coast.I have been in this business for about 17 years now. The Waltrip...
hi geoff, thanks for the tank lead. question: how are you treating the two forty gallon grey tanks - as one unit or two? if one, how did you connect them in...
... I think they used four-five different fishbowls (GMC New Looks) for that movie which weren't all exactly the same type, and from what I remember reading, I...
I did some digging and the movie was called The Siege with Denzel Washington. They have an RTS in the beggining full of people and it blows up big time. ... ...
AJ, The Detroit 8V71 engine dominated the trucking industry for a considerable time. The most common configuration was set to produce 318 HP, so truckers and...
gary t'berry I searched high and low for months trying to find a single tank that would fit in the wheel chair section. The three tanks I used fit exactly...
But it was a Fish-bowl that was used in SPEED and not the RTS. The RTS was around for a long time before that movie. I did find it a little strange to use a...
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You got ahead of my posting. Your write Sean, it is Speed. I thought it was a GMC, but the Flxible looks about the same. I blind man should be able to tell...
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... considerable time. The most common configuration was set to produce 318 HP, so truckers and others came to refer to it as a "318" engine. ... keel cooler...
Arnie, The 318 was "A" timed and ran N-65 injectors @ 2300 RPM. I had one back in the day and it was a peaky engine for pulling heavy loads.The "A" timming...
I was in Indianapolis In today and on the corner of oliver and south harding there are 2 parts buses in a fenced in area. I just thought i would post this for...
... way it did?<< I've never heard any transit bus called a "hatchback" (which would be common on a Volkswagen Rabbit). The '79 RTS had a "slantback" (the back...
I feel the movie bus discussion has run long enough. I feel the bus / movie in question has taken the group away from what we are here to do. I cannot see what...
Hi; It's that time again when setting up and knocking down my 10' X 10' canopy every night gets old. Does anyone use the Zip Dee curved (contour) arms on their...
Your right again. It should be all saw dust and grease. Let's not get side tracked by a little fun and laughs. Straight text-books, no novels. You know I...
