mike6024 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/hayward-1934-ford-bus/7360493240.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) This one looks like fun. Another stalled project. Edited August 4, 2021 by JACK M (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercub Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Would make a great home office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 59 minutes ago, supercub said: Would make a great home office. 😄 Better yet, let's all chip in a 100 bucks each to buy it...and take a trip to Yellowstone!! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercub Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) Paint it crazy colors, and tour with Grateful Dead cover bands? Or do wine tasting tours in Yakima. Edited August 4, 2021 by supercub (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macsmopars Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 The hand crank to start the beast would take some training! The people that failed their first attempt would not try again I bet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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supercub Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I see the crank with the rag on it, no electric start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthcranbrook Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I can't imagine a V8 from 1934 not having an electric starter. Now working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Although RARELY used (except for servicing the engine, setting timing etc?), early Ford V8s were supplied with a means to hand crank the motor. They can be started that way, but it isn't generally recommended. Certainly a very interesting original bus. I spent most of my life in the San Francisco Bay Area, and know a lot of hobbyists there. Most of my long-time best friends are still there. I think I may have seen this bus once years ago? But as far as I know, I do not know the owner and am not familiar with the bus myself. All standard American Ford automobiles those years were factory equipped with a starter. However, sometimes they do fail. A surprising number of American and foreign cars could be crank started until after World War 2. If I recall correctly, Chevrolet cars were so equipped until 1948, and trucks until about 1951. My dad many years ago had a Chevrolet truck (1951 or '52?) that still had the original crank-able vibration damper/crankshaft pulley on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mike6024 Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 Is that a starter visible, lower left in this picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I think that looks like the starter! Been a LONG time since I helped anyone work on an early Ford V8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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