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“Camper Bus” Also Hauls Truck
In Poplar Grove, Ark., Nick Ashcraft transformed a 1989 Bluebird bus with a 5.9 Cummins diesel engine into a camper and car hauler for vacations and weekend trips.
After removing all but the driver’s seat, he used a reciprocating saw to cut off the back panel and a good portion of the bus shell.
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“Camper Bus” Also Hauls Truck SCHOOLBUS CONVERSIONS In Poplar Grove Ark Nick Ashcraft transformed a 1989 Bluebird bus with a 5 9 Cummins diesel engine into a camper and car hauler for vacations and weekend trips After removing all but the driver’s seat he used a reciprocating saw to cut off the back panel and a good portion of the bus shell “I left enough room for a passenger to ride and two twin size beds ” Ashcraft says He welded the back on to the shortened bus beefed up the remaining bed with channel iron and welded 6 by 6 mild steel plates to hook straps to “I added a 1987 Chevy pickup bumper to the back of the bus to pull a trailer ” he adds “We took a trip from southern Arkansas to southern Missouri pulling a 20-ft trailer with an ATV on it and a Chevy Blazer on the bus bed ” With 7-ft ramps Ashcraft can easily load and unload the Blazer “It only had 70 000 miles on it and it has hydraulic brakes so I don’t need a CDL to drive it ” he says “We got a good deal - less than $1 000 for the bus and just $200 to convert it and we have a living space and hauler ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Nick Ashcraft bigcreekbodyart@gmail com
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