If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know my disgust with Formula 1 drivers Nick Heidfeld and Jenson Button, Indy Car driver James Hinchcliffe; in addition to NASCAR drivers Elliott Sadler, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, Brian Vickers; and Casey Mears all being sordid Basketball guys.
And how all of the aforementioned men, in addition to some other NASCAR drivers should be transformed form being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight, be depleted of their athletic abilities; and come to realize just how much better the worlds of amateur and commercial radio and broadcast television are than the world of sports and fitness.
And all of the aforementioned men should also come to realize just how much more important School Buses are than sports and fitness.
Below are further examples of how much of a sordid Basketball guy Formula 1 driver Nick Heidfeld is.
Some time ago, I have written about Ford Broncos that were converted into a makeshift Suburban competitor by Centurion Industries in White Pigeon, Michigan; and Ford F-350 that have been modified by Centurion Industries.
We may or may not buy a Ford Bronco modified into a Suburban-type vehicle on a Ford F-350 Dual-Rear-Wheel chassis instead of a diesel Suburban in “Early Life And Continuous Livelihood”.
Below are a couple videos of Ford Broncos modified by Centurion Industries into a Suburban-type vehicle:
A Ford F-350 modified by Centurion by the way of grafting the rear of a Super Cab onto the rear of a Crew Cab so that the truck could seat up to 8-9 people.
You may remember a while ago myself having written a post about if any of the captains fishing vessels of the reality television program Deadliest Catch were casted in the Arthur movie for adults, including Sig Hansen (who was once casted in the Pixar film Cars 2 as the animated version of his own real-life fishing vessel, The Northwestern) and his brother Edgar as owners of Cabin Cruiser pleasure craft or motor yachts that are greater than 40 feet in length.
Though Sig Hansen has straightened himself up into being a decent human being, Edgar is the black sheep of the family who had gotten what he had deserved regarding his drug and alcohol addiction, and is an attractive looking stud otherwise; and Norman also seems to be a decent human being, it is despicable that each of the 3 brothers had spent their teenage years and early adulthood on flashy cars and modification systems-such as outrageous and noisy audio systems; in addition to drugs, alcohol; and were womanizers.
Maybe the 3 Hansen brothers, throughout the 1980’s; should have spent quality time in a 1971-1976 generation of GM B-platform station wagon rather than be addicted to drugs, alcohol, attractive women; and flashy cars.
And also, they would have been better off spending quality time in the successive 1977-1990 generation of GM B-platform wagons than partying, doing drugs, and being addicted to alcohol, attractive women; and flashy cars.
And they would have been better off spending quality time in the 1991-1996 generation of GM B-platform station wagon.
It is also despicable that throughout his teenage years and early childhood, that Phil Harris was addicted to drugs, alcohol, attractive women; and flashy cars.
Phil Harris, along with the Hanson brothers; would be better off spending quality time in a diesel Suburban than be addicted to drugs, alcohol, attractive women; and flashy cars.
Last, all of these Fishing Vessel captains should have been forced to listen to Adult Contemporary, Jazz; and Easy Listening music while spending quality time in the station wagon or diesel Suburban; such as the Blackbyrds song from 1975 “Walking In Rhythm” and Kenny Rogers’s song from 1980 “Love The World Away”.
A 1973-1991 GMC Suburban located in Dearborn, Michigan.
This one is likely to be a 1989-1991 model, produced during the tail end of production for this generation of the SUVs; because the dashboard has the faux wood trim in lieu of the satin trim found on 1973-1988 models.
I’d rather that this particular one be in better shape without there being any rust on the body whatsoever.
Though I am a Democrat, the focus of this post is CBS’s coverage of the 1980 Republican National Convention.
Again, though I am not a Republican; this political convention is far more interesting and is of far more importance than the Hockey games that normally take place at this stadium.
CBS had Storer-owned affiliate WJBK-TV feed the coverage to the network at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City, and the Broadcast Center in turn; had fed the coverage to the rest of the affiliates nationwide, including the Storer stations in Cleveland, Atlanta; and in Milwaukee.
Walter Cronkite had interviewed Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States; regarding Ronald Reagan nearly choosing him as his running mate in lieu of George H.W Bush. This had never materialized.
This was also less than 12 months before Walter Cronkite had retired in 1981, and had ceded the position as the anchor of the CBS Evening News, and as CBS’s lead anchor to Dan Rather.
Even though this International 3800 chassis & cowl has the engine that I don’t like powering a Medium-Duty truck-the 7.3 liter IDI Turbo Diesel or the T444; the chassis & cowl is mounted with a dealer plaque from Weiland International of Bay Cay, Michigan with the International Harvester “IH” logo.
Weiland International dates back when the company was still International Harvester, as the Weiland family had first opened the dealership when the company was it’s former self.
School Bus 95 – Au Gres-Sims School District Surplus
This article by PBS’s News Hour talks about the Democratic Convention of 1992, during a better time than the present day; when compared to the Democratic Convention of 2016.
This week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia will have a “back to the future” feel as another Clinton readies to become a presidential nominee.
Though again, I am not fond of the Freightliner FS-65 chassis & cowl, this particular chassis & cowl is one of the last school bus chassis to be produced with a manual transmission.
The manual transmission, along with the Dayton wheels; are features that seemed to disappear on School Bus chassis in the early 2000’s.
2003 FREIGHTLINER – Braxton County Schools Surplus
Even though I am not fond of the Freightliner FS-65 chassis & cowl, this is one of the body lengths and seating configurations that I would prefer on a Ford B-Series or International S-Series and 3800 chassis & cowl.
A current-generation International 3300 chassis & cowl with a current-generation Ward/AmTran/IC body, a 2005 model year already being auctioned off due to it having the problematic VT365, one of the two diesel engine that Ford had ceased using in their Super Duty pickup trucks and in the Econoline; along with the equally problematic MaxxForce 7, and had designed their own 6.7 liter Turbo Diesel V8 engine to utilize instead.
Also, this bus is already being auctioned off likely because of the problems that are very common with a Ward/AmTran/IC body- an underbelly that is very prone to rust out and does not hold up well to corrosion, the wooden part of the underbelly that forms the floor of the inside of the bus rotting easily; and these bodies also being susceptible to structural problems over time.
As of 2016, the school district should be able to get at least a couple more years out of this bus.
IC School Bus 06 – Au Gres-Sims School District Surplus
A Front Engine TC/2000 that was produced 4 years prior to the TC/2000’s discontinuation in 2004, and this is one of the last buses to be produced with the Dayton wheels before all School Buses seemed to be produced strictly with the Budd wheels beginning in the early-2000’s.
I personally like the Dayton wheels better than the Budd wheels, mainly because I like the way the Dayton wheels look on a School Bus or on a Medium or Heavy-Duty truck better than the way Budd wheels look on a Class 6-8 vehicle.
STRU – 2000 Bluebird Wheelchair bus # 12 – Ohio Schools Council Surplus
One of my favorite generations of Passat-the B3 as the wagon/estate variant, and a Ford Cargo Medium-Duty truck both located in Belgorod, Russia.
The Ford Cargo was jointly developed by Iveco, and in the United States; it had supplanted the Ford C-Series cabover model that was produced from 1957-1990.
Located next door to these vehicles is a very typical version that you would find in any rural Russian or Ukrainian village-an elderly woman wearing a head scarf doing work outside of her home.
A late-1960’s Mercury Montego wagon and a T300 Dual Rear Wheel Dodge pickup truck both located in a repair shop in Phoenix, New York.
This repair shop looks like it might have been an automobile dealership during the early 20th century, and might have even been a horse-drawn carriage dealer prior to becoming an early automobile dealer.
Matthew Parij 