A Rear Engine TC/2000 with the Cummins B-platform engine and the Allison MT-643 transmission.
The transmission is fine by me, but I would prefer if this bus had the Caterpillar 3116 instead of the Cummins B-platform.
1992 Bluebird School Bus (16-3749 BthlSD403) SF (AtAgencyLocation) – State of Washington Surplus Operations Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1712603
Stacy Schiff, who had grown up in Adams, Massachusetts; not foo far from the Vermont border, is an author of 5 books and has written many essays and articles.
Stacy Schiff had also spent much of her childhood skiing in the mountains in Vermont.
Below are some of Stacy Schiff’s books.
General Motors had probably brought out this trim level on their Heavier-Duty pickup trucks to compete with the revived Power Wagon name on Dodge/Ram’s Heavier-Duty pickup trucks.
We are not interested in neither GM or Dodge/RAM’s off-road oriented trim levels on our own Heavier-Duty pickup that we will use to tow our Fifth-Wheel RV trailer.
GMC today introduced the 2017 Sierra HD All Terrain X, the most off-road-capable model in the Sierra HD lineup, and one that matches its enhanced capability with trail-ready style and the brand’s signature refinement.
A Chevrolet 1/2 ton pickup with a Big Block V8 from the factory, dubbed the “454 SS” as it’s trim level; is a sport pickup truck that is only one of two 1/2 ton pickup trucks to be produced with a Big Block V8 engine-the 454 cubic inch Big Block V8 engine. The 454 SS GMT400 pickup also featured the heavier-duty TH400 and it’s electronically-controlled, 4-speed successor: the 4L80-E; another rarity for a half-ton pickup, and the only other half-ton pickups and SUVs to feature the TH400 and the 4L80-E were those with the 6.2 and 6.5 Liter Diesel engines (both built by Detroit Diesel), also a rarity for a 1/2 ton pickup truck or SUV.
The 454 SS GMT400 pickup featured a combination of blacked out trim and red trim, to make it distinguishable from an ordinary GMT400 Regular Cab Short Bed pickup truck.
Also, one of my two favorite colors of a vehicle interior; Red (the other is Blue) , was the only way the 454 SS GMT400 pickup came as.
The only other 1/2 ton pickup to be built with a Big Block V8 from the factory is a performance-oriented version of the 1969-1972 generation of GM truck that was produced with the 402 or 427 cubic inch Big Block V8s.
A picture of a GMT400 “454 SS” pickup truck:
Beginning in 1992, the 454 SS GMT400 pickups were also offered in Summit White and in Victory Red, in addition to the Onyx Black exterior color they were offered in from the very beginning. Also beginning in 1992, the 454 SS GMT400 pickup began to be offered with interior colors other than one of my personal favorite interior colors; Red. Below is a 1993 model pictured in Victory Red.
You may have read about my interest in Russia/Soviet Union and in the Soviet Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan; and Turkmenistan.
Travels To Places Like The Former Soviet Central Asian Countries And Xinjiang, China
Siberian And Far Eastern Sections Of Russia
The City of Volgograd, Russia; once called Stalingrad from 1925-1961, when the administration of Nikita Khrushchev had changed the name of the city to it’s current name; had been called Tsaritsyn beginning in 1555 during the Czarist era, and up until 1925 during the Soviet era. You heard right, the city began to be called Tsaritsyn in the year 1555.
The European Trans-Continental Highway E40, beginning in Calais, France; passes through Volgograd, Russia; passes through the Soviet Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyztsan; and ends in the Kazakh town of Ridder, located near the Kazakh-Chinese border. Calais, France is the highway’s Western Terminus; and Ridder, Kazakhstan is the highway’s Eastern Terminus.
The Motherland Statue, in Volgograd, Russia; has been declared the largest statue in the world, and is built in memoriam to the Battle of Stalingrad that had occurred during WWII to cripple the Nazi German advance into Stalingrad.
The beautiful and eye-catching Kazan Cathedral:
The Oblast Duma (Duma is the Russian word for government building):
The Volgograd Regional History Museum:
The Cossack Theater, where entertainment is put on by Cossack peoples:
Electrical lines for the Trolleybuses:
I like just about everything about this bus-the body, the International 3800 chassis & cowl, the Dayton wheels; and I could make do with it having a Spicer 5-speed manual transmission in lieu of an Allison automatic transmission.
The one and only thing about this particular bus that I don’t like is that is that it has the T444 diesel engine and not the DT466 diesel engine.
1999 International School Bus – McDowell County Board of Education Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1711978
NHL player John Richard Peverley, known by many as Rich Peverley; is one of many men who I don’t like following the current trend of sporting a ridiculous Undercut haircut. And I don’t like Rich Peverley having worn many different haircuts throughout his career.
Rich Peverley, like many other athletes, actors, and models; should be transformed from being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight.
Rich Peverley should comprehend just how icky and yucky both Hockey and Soccer/Association Football, like any other sport is; and that the worlds of amateur/ham radio, commercial radio and television; and the automotive world are much more important and more interesting than the world of sports and fitness.
https://twitter.com/alain_aubin/status/736571580298448896
Rich Peverley should be barred from dressing to the nines.
Instead of that ridiculous Undercut haircut, Rich Peverley should be forced to wear his hair like the boy pictured below.
Rich Peverley should have never been allowed to get a #0 buzzcut haircut, even for charity purposes.
Instead of listening to the wierdo music that he listens to, Rich Peverley should be forced to listen to Adult Contemporary, Jazz, and Easy Listening music; such as the Bee Gees’ song from 1977 “How Deep Is Your Love”, Neil Larsen & Buzzy Feiten’s song from 1972 titled “Malibu”; and Andrew Gold’s song from 1980 “Kiss This One Goodbye”.
For your information, Andrew Gold is well-known for recording the theme song for the television sitcom The Golden Girls as a standalone song in 1978, before the television show had ever been conceived; titled “Thank You For Being A Friend”.
This Rear Engine TC/2000 was obviously repowered with a Cummins C-platform because only the Cummins B-platform and the Caterpillar 3116 were the available engines in the Rear Engine TC/2000.
And both the Allison AT-545 and MT-643 transmissions were available in the Rear Engine TC/2000.
BUS 18 – Wood County Schools Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1700764
An article with more information on the Richezza Williams muder case.
See this earlier post https://mparij.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/murder-of-richezza-williams/ for more information.
Kwame Henry is a drug dealer without a conscience whose lifestyle was more important than the life of a girl he murdered, a Northampton County prosecutor said Thursday.Henry, with help from two…
An article with more detail about the murder of Rachel Kolorutis.
See earlier post https://mparij.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/murder-of-rachael-koloroutis-and-a-few-of-her-peers-in-clear-lake-texas/ for more details.
Christine Paolilla was a lonely little girl, ostracized, bullied and without her father who had died in a construction accident when she was two years old. Her mother Lora began using drugs and eve…
In 1996, Richezza Williams; a young African-American girl, was murdered in the town of Easton Pennsylvania, located not too far from the Pennsylvania-New York State border.
Richezza Williams was 13 years old at the time of her murder, having been born in 1982.
This murder was the subject of an episode of the television program Forensic Files.
In July, 2003; teenager Rachel Kolorutis; along with her peers Tiffany Rowell, Marcus Precella; and Adelbert Sanchez were murdered by Christine Paolilla and Christopher Snider.
This murder was a case of an association with classmates in school having gone wrong. I do not blame Rachel’s father George Kolorutis being so upset that he had felt compelled to rush home, and then cross the crime scene tape; only to be threatened by Police Officers on the scene that if he were to walk any further beyond that line, he would be arrested and would be incarcerated that following night. Then one of the officers tells Rachel’s father George to allow the authorities to do their jobs, and then this same Police Officer counsels George Kolorutis on the murder of his daughter.
Rachel Kolorutis, of Greek descent; was murdered by Paolilla and Snider out of jealousy over drugs, and Paolilla and Snider planned on stealing the drugs that were kept at the Kolorutis residence, but Snider reportedly got into an argument with Marcus Precella which led to the shootings of the four teenagers.
Christpoher Snider looked like a low life, sleazy guy as depicted in the picture below. At the time of the manhunt for him and his eventual suicidal action; he was wearing product in his hair coinciding with his awful-looking hairstyle, and his hair looked squalid. If Christopher Snider were still alive today, captured and imprisoned; he would probably be sporting one of those ridiculous Undercut haircuts. By looking at this picture, he looks like he’s the type of person who would commit suicide in order to evade being caught by the authorities.
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/photos/miss-irresistible-murderer-8650483/image-12509784
This murder case was the subject of an episode of the television program Forensic Files.
In December, 1993; 19 year old Rose Larner, a native to Albion, Michigan had been murdered.
This murder was the result of a drug quest of her childhood friend John Ortiz-Kehoe, and her childhood friend by the name of William Brown. Both John Ortiz-Kehoe and William Brown were drug dealers and users.
The fact that Rose Larner, John Ortiz-Kehoe, and William Brown were all in the shower together simultaneously is morbid; let alone the fact that they were all in the shower together just prior to her murder. Then once they had mauled Rose Larner, John Ortiz-Kehoe and William Brown had cremated Rose Larner’s body in a firepit on one of the kids’ grandparents’ property; and then the two young men had put Rose Larner’s ashes in a sack and had allowed Rose Larner’s ashes to blow out of the car and onto the side of the road as they were driving back to Lansing, Michigan.
It is such a shame that Rose Larner’s mother, Rose Markey has to spend the rest of her life living through the grief of losing her daughter to two young, punk teenage boys on a quest for drugs.
This murder investigation was the subject of an episode of the television program Forensic Files.
Matthew Parij 