FREE: 348 with bus

1965CS · Guru

FREE: 348 with bus

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

That's an awfully big shipping crate for a 348 engine.

-- Edited by 73SC on Sunday 6th of December 2020 02:35:40 PM

DonSSDD · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I think he should be paying money for the removal of that thing.

66 Grande guy · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I think he'll have to eventually..

beaumontguru · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Interesting, i never knew that W-motors could exist in these style buses, more to check on at the junkyards!!!

65 SD L79 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

DonSSDD wrote:
I think he should be paying money for the removal of that thing.

thought i could sell my 72 motorhome with a 440 in it, cost me $600 to have it removed plus clean up the mess the tow truck left behind

seventy2plus2 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Interesting that he posts no photo's of the engine.

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

I think this is one of those situations where it is better to harvest the engine, and sell it on its own. Then use the money to clean up the bus.

Alternatively sell it as strictly a restoration project. The way it is now he is emphasizing the engine and then you have to take the bus, Thats a hard sell.

Prefectca · Poncho Master!

seventy2plus2 wrote:
Interesting that he posts no photo's of the engine.

This has been on kijiji a few times. The engine picture in the previous ad just showed a grimy 348 engine. It is a truck only block, so the compression ratio might be an issue. It would depend on the cylinder relief cuts. I have seen 409 truck blocks with huge cuts to lower the compression ratio. The truck blocks are good for blower motors.

Paul

MC · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Interesting find. You never know what you'll see on kijiji.

From the paint scheme, it looks like it was an Edmonton city transit bus - I have to wonder how many miles would be on the 348 and what kind of shape it would be in from all that stop and go driving combined with long idling times. That said, it would have been well maintained by the transit people.

1964 Edmonton transit bus.jpg

Too bad it couldn't be converted to a camper or, to think outside the box... a car hauler - years ago I remember seeing a few school buses converted to race car haulers around here. I suspect it's probably too far gone for that, and will most assuredly end up as scrap.

Examples found on the net:

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