A Thomas Mighty-Mite On The General Motors P-Chassis That Has Since Been Repainted In A Three-Tone Gray, Black, And Blue Color Scheme; And Repurposed As An Activity Bus By It’s Previous Owner And Operator, That Sadly; Has Been Converted Into A Motorhome.
Sadly, idiots who convert School Buses into Motorhomes not only can’t comprehend the fact that School Bus chassis were never designed for the Highway driving that Motorhomes encounter.
The School Bus body might also be rusted out to a point where it is beyond repair and rehabilitation.
Because Hoekstra Truck (the Thomas Distributor for the entire State of Michigan) had the lowest bid for a smaller-size, lighter-duty Bus that is built on the General Motors P-Chassis; when compared to the Carpenter Distributor for the entire State of Michigan, as of the 1984-1985 school year; John Roeck, on behalf of the Warren Consolidated Schools Public School District that serves the Detroit suburbs of Warren, Sterling Heights, and Troy, Michigan; had ordered Thomas Mighty-Mites instead of Carpenter Cadets this particular school year. Beginning in 1990, John Roeck would begin to order Blue Bird Mini-Birds on the General Motors P-Chassis.
John Roeck would order Blue Bird Mini-Birds again in 1991, would revert back to Carpenter Cadets in 1992 and 1993 (only to discover that Carpenter’s fit, finish, and build quality had greatly deteriorated by this time), and would continue ordering Blue Bird Mini-Birds from 1994 up until 1999; when General Motors had already sold the design and intellectual rights of the P-Chassis to Workhorse by this time; and Workhorse would cease to offer the School Bus provision package on the P-Chassis, and in part and parcel; offer the P-Chassis to School Bus coachbuilders by this time.
Carpenter would go out of business in 2000, and the School Bus market had largely moved on to Type A School Buses on Full-Size Van Cutaway Chassis for their small, light-duty School Bus needs by this time.
Matthew Parij 
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