This is the blog post of the year 2016.

The ruins of San Ignacio Mini in Paraguay:

I do not like Ford using their motorhome chassis to build a parade float on.

The motorhome chassis should only be used for its intended purpose-to build a motorhome on.

People should realize that the chassis is THE most important aspect of any bus, motorhome; or step van; that the concept of a commercial truck body built by a third-party manufacturer being installed on an OEM’s chassis is another important aspect of any bus, motorhome; or step van.

Ford using their motorhome chassis to build a parade float on is like how School Bus drivers should be barred from decorating the insides of School Buses and motorhome owners should be barred from decorating the inside of their motorhomes.

This especially holds true for School Bus drivers employed by the Warren Consolidated School district in Warren, Michigan; where they should have eternally been barred from decorating the inside of the buses that they’re assigned to drive, that School Bus drivers employed by this school district should also be barred from owning a Full-Size Pickup Truck, SUV, Van, or Station Wagon; and they should also be barred from owning a Volkswagen Polo, Ford Fiesta, Ford EcoSport, Volkswagen Golf/Jetta/GTI/G60/R32, Ford Focus, current-generation Ford Fusion/Mondeo, Volkswagen Passat, current-generation Ford Edge/Lincoln MKX, Ford Escape/Kuga, Volkswagen Tiguan, Ford Transit Connect, Fiat Doblo/Ram ProMaster City, Volkswagen Caddy, Lincoln MKZ, Audi A6, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Lincoln MKC, Audi Q3, an Audi Q5, an Opel/Buick Cascada, Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet; and a Volkswagen New Beetle Cabriolet, because they don’t have any respect for the tranquil and unflustered nature of a Full-Size truck or station wagon; and they also don’t have any respect for the European nature of the current-generation Ford products (including Lincolns), Volkswagens/Audis, Mercedes-Benzs; and the Opel/Buick Cascada.

Saying that School Bus drivers employed by the Warren Consolidated Schools school district would treat these vehicles as poorly as they do the buses that they’re assigned to drive, and they’ve always thought that the P-Chassis (that the Type B buses that the School District once owned) is a Chevy truck that is to be neglected just like the GM Full-Size pickup trucks and SUVs that some of those drivers own.

Shame for any other School District around the country and any School Bus contractor, such as the one in Kentucky that’s the subject of this incident Mother of School Bus Crash Victim: ‘I Complained About The Driver In August’ for treating School Buses and their personal vehicles like this.

How do you move the world’s longest and heaviest parade float and deliver the reliability needed for one of America’s storied parades? With a highly proven truck engine known for its hauling and towing capability – Ford’s legendary 6.8-liter V10 gasoline engine.

Source: Lucy Pet Products Goes Surfing with Worlds Longest and Heaviest Float Powered by Ford at 2017 Rose Parade | Ford Media Center

As I have said before in other posts, I am not fond of smaller, lighter-duty Type A Cutaway School Buses and Type B School Buses on the GM/Workhorse P-Chassis; and I am only fond of heavier Type C Conventional and Type D Transit-style School Buses.

I am writing this post because I am amazed in just how good of a condition this Blue Bird Cutaway on the GM Full-Size van chassis & cab with the 350 cubic inch Small Block V8 is in.

Chevy School Bus – Alton Community Unit School District #11 Surplus

Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1760869

The SENTECH Meyerton, South Africa shortwave transmitter site.

The towers on this site are part of a curtain array.

An abandoned tractor in the town of Porto Murtinho, Brazil; located not too far away from the Paraguayan border.

I’m not sure as to which make and model this tractor is, probably a Ford from what I can tell from the design of the steering wheel.

It is such a shame that somebody had abandoned this tractor and let it rust out the way that it has.

A Thomas Conventional on the International 3800 chassis & cowl located in the town of Belleview, Florida.

I am not sure as to which engine and transmission this International 3800 chassis & cowl has.

https://www.bing.com/mapspreview?osid=c6c9c1d6-a50f-4b14-b44c-60d620557683&cp=29.043961~-82.045515&lvl=19&dir=118.2865&pi=-0.6367134&style=x&mo=z.2.83&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

A sordid Basketball guy, a retired player named Sebastien Bellin, an American of Belgian-Brazilian descent; was injured during the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium.

Sebastien Bellin had gone to college at Oakland University, a Community College located within Oakland County, Michigan; and later at the University of Michigan.

Sebastien Bellin was in the process of checking in for his flight and going through security procedures when the terrorists, Europeans of Moroccan and Syrian descent; had detonated the bombs that were hidden inside of suitcases.

Sebastien Bellin was in Belgium on a business trip at the time he was at the airport, about to embark on a flight back home in the United States; in Michigan, to be exact; when this terrorist attack had occurred at Brussels Airport.

Sebastien Bellin should realize that Basketball, like any other sport, is icky and yucky; should be transformed from being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight, needs to understand that the automotive world and the worlds of ham/amateur radio and commercial radio and television are more interesting and more important than the world of sports and fitness.

Last, Sebastien Bellin should be forced to listen to Adult Contemporary, Jazz; and Easy Listening music.

Video of an episode of the CBS News program 48 Hours about the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium and Sebastien Bellin falling victim to these terrorist attacks.

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-long-road-home

In the late 1980’s, the Chrysler Corporation had purchased 504 acres of farmland in Auburn Hills, Michigan and built their headquarters and technical center atop this property.

I wish this property had remained farmland, the entire municipality of Pontiac Township/Auburn Hills had remained rural; and that the Chrysler Corporation had remained in Highland Park, Michigan rather than move to Pontiac Township/Auburn Hills and contribute to the urbanization of this municipality.

Below is a video of Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles commemorating 25 years of their North American business division being based at this location in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

I do not like Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles beginning this video with the burning of the rear wheels and tires on a Chrysler LX platform vehicle.

I think those so-called ‘burnouts’ being done to a vehicle are morbid, senseless; and a burden to society. And those so-called ‘burnouts’ should be outlawed in this entire country.