Got my '91 Diesel. (picture)

[OWC Jamie]

[quote blusubaru]Arg... BMV and local badges are telling me that it needs to be painted something other than yellow or white to drive it. What the!?!?
Ok, yellow looks too much like a school bus, but the bus companies here also charter them, so they have a charter sign for the front (where yours has white patch).
They also have to put some sign in the back window which states there are no kids on the bus.

I don't see color discrimination to drive it, maybe get around some kind of registration shortcoming. (seatbelts ?)
Looks like it has wheel chair access, too.

What's up with white ? Regional Transit ?

[blusubaru]

White is church bus color. Maaco wants $1200. I've thought about water-based, but it's raining here the next couple of days (kind of defeats that!). There's no way this thing will fit in our garage. It might if I deflate the tires.

[mikebw]

OK, get a hacksaw and turn it in a convertible bus! Sweet.

[GGD]

[quote blusubaru]Arg... BMV and local badges are telling me that it needs to be painted something other than yellow or white to drive it. What the!?!?
Perhaps that to keep someone from driving around to school bus stops and picking up young children.

[Pat]

It's a Bluebird bus, on a Chevy chassis.

Is it a V8? If so then it is a 6.2l GM diesel. They are known for decent mileage, not power. Pretty reliable if not pushed too hard. Original power plant for the HMMWV.

I don't know what other, if any, engine options Chevy offered on that size chassis, possibly a 5.9l Cummins if it is a I6.

[blusubaru]

It's not a Bluebird, it's a Thomas Built, but yes, a Chevy P-30 chassis (same as UPS trucks I believe)

[Pat]

My bad, I saw a picture that showed that body style as a Bluebird and stopped. Now that I know the correct info.............