(2nd video) We clean out this ABANDONED and rat infested 1948 Ford F5 Church Bus - It's so Bad! 😵😝😷

[@michaelcaraway2305]

I saw an interview recently with Derek from Vice Grip Garage where you commented he was your inspiration to start this channel. I would say he's a great mentor to have as an inspiration. I decided to check your channel after seeing your comment and this bus drew me in. It's great to see younger people wanting to save old iron from the scrap heap and keep it alive. Kudos to you and I will continue to follow your journey.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thank You! I really appreciate That! 👍

[@AbcDef-iq4no]

The last time I saw a nest like the one under the hood a possum crawled out of it. Also, I love the hair sticker inside, which is just too funny.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Haha! Hey Thanks!

[@laughingalltheway8399]

Totally feeling the camper idea. I could see it on a beach somewhere...all those windows open with the salty air coming in at night...yup, I'm here for it! haha!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Yes! I dig that idea!

[@robertburns3014]

Camper rebuild all the way!

[@davidr6585]

Some may think it a little silly to mop it all over with that Pinesol, but I'm with ya buddy!!! Don't mind the grease and grime and rust from workin' on it... but the squirrel, rat and whatever else poop gotta go!!!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Right on! Hey Thanks! 👍

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

It's not a Squirrel but several Rats!

[@joesprague1464]

I had a 292 y block in a 59 ford pu,the 292 y block had blocked oil passages and wouldn't allow oil to the top end.It was a common problem with the y block.I bought an oil by pass kit from a vintage auto parts store that forced oil from the rockers down.It worked.Came with two hollow valve cover bolts, one for each side that the oil flowed through.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Wow Awesome! I need that. This one isn't oiling well

[@joesprague1464]

@@CountryBoyGasGarage I have never been able to find an oil bypass on the internet or seen one since.However the only parts unique to the kit were the hollow valve cover bolts.You removed the oil sending unit from the engine block and replaced it with a needle valve to adjust the oil flow,ran copper lines to the hollow valve cover bolts.The hollow bolts had additional holes at the bottom of them that directed the oil flow to the rockers If the rockers started making noise you pulled over and adjusted the needle valve for more oil flow.

[@raykemry954]

I am the oposite. I would have to clean it off befor i start dismanteling . I Would not even waste time trying to start it. Take it to the frame . Your way makes for a good way to make more flicks. Keep on trucking. Jealous same thing me ànd the misses wanted to do 25 years ago but never did.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks for watching! I appreciate it! 👍

[@ramblerclassic400]

Body looks good. I’m an antique bus enthusiast and would put seats back in it.

[@aimeiler4285]

That sticker up above the seat 😂

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

🤣

[@corinnerobinson4949]

I admire you for cleaning up the mess inside and out,,because just sitting for years,,you can't it's been sitting there that long,,you did a good job too..👍👍👍

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks! 👍

[@timothyballinger6280]

Cleaning that old girl looks so gratifying! What a beauty! Really enjoying this series.

[@sleepervega71hill28]

Hello all! I like the 48'-50 Ford bus. Looks great body-wise

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hello! It turned out better than I thought.

[@timgreen2286]

When you first took me there I would have never guessed it had a bathtub. Great first video Love the music coming up your driveway.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

I know...right! Tim this is the second video. The first video is the exploration of the bus. Check it out! 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIrLdYpreKZ_d9k

[@valarievousden2821]

I love the vintage rounded body of the '40s vehicles! It's pretty nasty and corroded and that engine, man....that's going to need MAJOR reno or replacement. But yeah, fix it up, maybe paint it to get rid of the church bus logo. Probably make it better than the original person did! He was seriously living WAY off-grid, dude! Good luck and thanks for letting the public in on this awesome restoration. Look forward to your updates and sure want to see where you take it once it's road worthy!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Yeah its gonna need lots of work. once we get it running and road worthy we do plan on taking it to some great places so do please follow along! I will post more videos soon! Thanks!

[@patfink9557]

Go full Skoolie on it! Great bus!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks! 👍

[@michaellodge5456]

Found you channel on fb and alot of people really underestimated the time and work it took to get that old bus looking as good as it does now. Good job on the restoration

[@marvinalancornell8275]

First thing I would do is open all the windows power wash the HELL out of the inside! Then Do the outside, and the engine bay.....Get it cleaner than it was out there in the woods. I would put a Chevrolet LS 6.0 liter & 6L80 automatic transmission.....Make a sleeper RV.....

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Sounds like a great plan! I appreciate you watching and for the feedback! 👍

[@onceANexile]

He needed a rake....

[@noddybrown6281]

Just found you. Wanted to tell you vinegar is a good thing for cleaning if you use it in a bit of dish soap or nest.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks!

[@79tazman]

That holly must of came off a performance car or truck because most factory holleys don't have the metering block on the Primary side and that one does so whoever put that on there must of had that for something else because the old Y block never came with a Holley 4 barrel like that

[@SirDevious1]

Definately a camper...possibly a hotrod. :)

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Maybe Both! Hey Thanks for watching and the feedback! 👍

[@rogercamp6071]

Get it running of course then redo the camper part of it, love these old buses, first one I remember riding on was a '56 Dodge V8 and the last one was '71 International with many other makes and years in-between,we had a '50 Ford pickup which was same design as your bus

[@mikebrunner1577]

Mini motorhome all the way.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Right! Hey Thanks! 👍

[@josephgregorie2067]

Wow that little bit of cleaning made the inside look real good ! I would definitely be gut it in out and make a nice camper out of it !

[@DeadlyKnot]

There's a bus I filmed I think 2 years ago. Loaded with stuff inside. kind of makes me wanna see what is really inside now. The fact you cleaned out the bus is a good thing! Your giving me ideas now hahah.

[@charlieboyok]

Yeah , l would clean it out responsibility , dispose of all rubbish at recyclers including bath & dunny ( toilet) So gut it basically , shower & steperate toilet bedroom. at the back.opposite side kitchen with fridge. Moving up towards front Lounge/ Dining area. Swinging chair behind driver , so it's Bob's your uncle & fanny is your aunt 😀

[@luellalarsen9439]

Read your story in the RG Sunday paper and I'm hooked after watching the first video. So great that you and your family support each other on this journey ❤ 😊 💜

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thank You Luella! I really appreciate it! 🙏🏻

[@luellalarsen9439]

@@CountryBoyGasGarage I have to tell you I am not an avid KZbin user ( except for my sons) but I really loved your foresight of what could be instead of trash👏❤💜❤🌹💜

[@greg6895]

I would restore it saving the patina and the motor, trans and rearend if possible, keep the rims and restore them, l'd redo/remake the interior to make it into a camper bus.....on the other hand a 1200hp monster engine so you could do burnouts would be pretty cool too!......just saying!😁👍👍

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

That sounds similar to what I was thinking! Thanks for watching! 👍

[@skipstein744]

A good job of cleaning the ole girl up. A great project and bringing back to life. Onward!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thanks! I Appreciate you watching! 👍

[@walterrobbins4470]

Some amazing baths were had in that tub

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

@@walterrobbins4470 😆 🤣 I bet!

[@jimclement5637]

Very cool project! It will be fun to watch it progress. I hope you are wearing a good mask!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thanks! 👍

[@frankshimkets5000]

I'd use it as a hauler of sorts. Put a row or 2 of seats up front, and haul tools and equipment or whatever in the rear. Great vehicle for use on future "barn finds"! 😁

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

That'd be great!

[@raymondcoggins297]

I've seen 2nd one I can emagine the smell cleaned up pretty good I'd take tub out

[@stemc83]

Please wear a respirator! Beautiful van, subscribed to your channel after your post on the hidden things Facebook group 😊 looking forward to watching the restoration!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thanks for subscribing and watching! 👍

[@jonathanhairfield4693]

I would make a cruiser out of it give it a better power plaint and up dated brakes leave the rustic look

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Yes! That's what I was thinking!

[@Kitemakoto]

I'd pull it outta there with a wench/trailer and clean it all up at a shop/an area where you can better get to pressure washers hookups, I'd also keep the moss/ferns on the outside but that's just me. When it was all fancy, I'd haul it back out somewhere.

[@WthaHatchet]

Definitely steps in the right direction for sure! 🤘

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thanks! 🤘

[@jeaniepatterson2384]

Just recently discovered your channel. Love it

[@danielstrachan8988]

Oh definitely a cool camper.😁😁👍👍

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Yes! Thanks for watching! 👍

[@shelleybelly66]

Looking forward to the next video - you made SO MUCH progress!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thanks! I will keep the videos coming! 👍

[@SoyersWorld]

wow know that is an old abandoned school bus very cool

[@teddybearm7779]

would so make this your personal over the road family camper. u put so much work into this bus . i have watch many vids u made and u going the church . i was so happy for u made it . i am still going back and lookin. at some over again.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thank You!

[@ianallen2]

Seen one of the latest video's and decided to watch from the start. Even subscribed to you. I would turn it into a camper. I love the style and shape of the bus. Well worth saving.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks Ian! 🙏🏻

[@haroldgetchelljr3264]

It’s a good keeper

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Nice prep for getting ready to move it out and shows the potential at the end better... time for episode 3!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Your just getting to the fun Stuff! 🤣👍

[@josephfranklin9787]

I like your shows and that bus.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thanks! I appreciate that! 👍

[@michaelhucker2417]

First thing I'd do is get it running. Then I would tackle the interior, and clean it out and pressure wash the interior and get rid of all the filth that is present. I think I would probably turn it into a Tiny Home on wheels and travel and live in it. Nuff Said.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Sounds Perfect! Hey Thanks for watching and the feedback! 👍

[@goodlookinglady7536]

Clean the bus, get it to run then bolt in 2 bunk beds in the back for sleeping, add some bench seats so you can carry passengers and add some storage then got a decent camper

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Exactly! 😁

[@patrickbryant5224]

I'm surprised that you didn't clean the outside too so you could work in more sanitary conditions but you did a great job inside.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Outside clean up coming soon! 👍

[@TheJosevr]

I can’t wait to see it all done

[@guymonsgarage525]

Umm a few months late definitely going to subscribe this is an amazing KZbin channel but I would turn the bus in a camper bus and travel the U.S with my family!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks! That may be what we do! 👍

[@hillbillyswamprt]

Jason this pretty cool find especially in our neck of the woods. I find the link in a group we are both a part of and decided to check out your vids.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks Thomas!

[@franknursery6906]

Keep on rocking this bus, you're doing a great job! Edit: Definitely a camper!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thanks!

[@mikebrunner1577]

Love this bus.

[@thevinylcollector3472]

awesome video

[@akafrosty6175]

I have been searching for one of these for a while. Being Canada most I find are rusted out and are beyond repair. I want to open a mobile video store where I sell movies and retro video games. Much like a bookmobile. 3 things I would do 100% Bathroom, roof and dash a/c and an engine repower to something modern.

[@RangerMascara]

Found you through “things I’ve found in the woods” on Facebook! I loved watching the pile of sticks come out and I thought it was funny when you just decided to dump the whole bottle of pine sol in the bucket haha

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks! I really appreciate it!

[@JimmyCandFriends]

Once its running & driving I'd be gutting all the other guys handy work so I could start with a clean slate. Besides that Tub is just to much extra weight to haul around. It would look better as a planter in the Front yard.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

I'm thinking the same thing! Thanks for watching and supporting! 👍

[@JimmyCandFriends]

@@CountryBoyGasGarage My pleasure

[@Gadgetman1989]

New to the channel, I'd clean it up, make sure everything is good and make her live as a camper, I had an old 72 Dodge Champion myself but had to sell it after it proved too much for me

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Sounds like a good plan! Hey Thanks for watching! 👍

[@sleepervega71hill28]

I would very much like to have that 48' Ford bus for my own camper

[@reneezimmerman4907]

Daily driver to the bus garage...that would be so cool pulling that into the yard

[@davidsmathers5621]

I would restore it and make a camper out of it awesome good luck

[@zacharykeith5464]

I'd return it to service as a school bus

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

🤣...Hey Thanks for watching!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

🤣...Hey Thanks for watching!

[@Dani65ful]

I would clean it up and get it moved to where I live and restore and or turn it into a RV like bus.. I am curious is it a Blue Bird or an old Ward school bus?

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Sounds like a great plan! It's a Superior bus. Thanks for watching!

[@myfavs253]

Camper! With solar, lithium batteries, kitchenette, bed, garage space, leave the outside vintage and the inside 2021. Watch some videos on YT of van builds.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Great ideas!

[@evanbouley6126]

This is really cool

[@NVSRides]

Great video just found you off of the live stream.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks! I appreciate that! 👍 I'm gonna check out your channel as well!

[@NVSRides]

@@CountryBoyGasGarage thanks I will check out more after work. I only had a lunch break

[@ben11141976]

It’s back for viewing!

[@NBMSbullpups]

That’s amazing!!! Especially the bath tub. What are your plans for it?

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

We want to make it an RV and travel in it!

[@NBMSbullpups]

@@CountryBoyGasGarage Heck yes!! Are you planning on keeping the bath tub or is there too much damage and you plan to remodel the entire inside? I think it’s amazing you bought it!

[@arlohaack9966]

Make a camper cruiser

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

I think i might!

[@slantos2668]

are those asbestos tiles on the floor?

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Oh shoot! I'm not sure but very possible.

[@josephfranklin9787]

I would get it going and clean the bus out as you did and redo everything by scratch and drive it.

[@emilymiller6145]

How did you find this bus??!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

It was only a 1/4 mile into the forest from my home. Someone told me about it so my wife and me went for a walk and Hello! There she was. 😊

[@quinceyfoose4276]

Definitely a camper it's just the right size for a family

[@brianaroe]

Restore it , not a Ford guy but nice bus!👍

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Same! Thanks for watching! 👍

[@throttletherapy9998]

I would definitely put it back on the road

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Yes! Thanks! 👍

[@Peter-hg5qd]

Let's go!!!!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Let's Go!

[@THEMOFODRIVER.]

I've never seen that much rat poop in my life

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

It was horrible...lol!

[@MrJeep75]

Is that a clawfoot tub

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Yes! 😂

[@MrJeep75]

@@CountryBoyGasGarage nice, you could sell that.

[@mikeyoung5211]

Burning and Cleaning

[@mry82]

That's a lot of poop... :)

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

It was bad...lol

[@mry82]

@@CountryBoyGasGarage glad the channel was saved... Puddin sent me.

[@michaelcole1592]

you asked what we would do i just kept saying replace the floor first then you said you guys plan on ripping everything out i was thank god

[@JPVolvo]

I’d turn it into a party bus with huge speakers!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

That'd be Awesome!

[@brotoubrotou3164]

Nice channel. I would never sit on that driver’s seat. No matter how much you vacuumed it out there is probably tons of urine in it and god knows what else. I would drape something over it to protect yourself and anyone else who wanted to sit down.

[@jaizulic1892]

I think maybe a paddock basher a.k.a. property basher like a Farm bus

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

👍

[@jaizulic1892]

Thank you country boy gas garage

[@geraldphillips399]

Pressure wash the inside!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

I Do! Eventually...lol!

[@MrJeep75]

Nothing a good deep cleaning can't take care of

[@johnsecord9697]

I just subscribed. Love the bus. Find a similar size RV trailer, cheap of course, and transplant the interior. A take out 351 would be cheaper than a 312 rebuild. From what I heard in the drive out video, that is not the original howlin Ford 4 speed. Keep up the videos and check out the Bus Grease Monkey on you tube.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hey Thanks! Sounds like a great plan! Ok I'll check it out!

[@johnsecord9697]

@@CountryBoyGasGarage The font clip on the bus is in really good shape! The chin pieces on the front fenders are perfect. The rest of the bus appears to be mostly rust free. A great find.

[@AutobusMX]

Great job !! i´ll be watching for the restoration process updates ! sub and like

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Thanks! More videos coming soon! 👍

[@ABANDONEDCARREVIVALS]

Ya gotta keep the tub or put in a hot tub or sauna?!??

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Right! Something like that!

[@jonesammueljs3722]

Hi bro

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Hi!

[@MrJeep75]

Party wagon/camper

[@2pikbone]

Squirrel my ass, I think that's a raccoon house.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

Lol....I don't know why I thought squirrels...lol. It turns out to be a bunch of big rats!

[@zachevans7861]

I would make it a bus. Not an RV. I think if the bus is that old, turning it into an RV destroys the history in it.

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

I'm thinking of just a bed in the back similar to how it is now. Maybe a another seat ot two for my family to sit but not a full rv conversion. Thanks for commenting and watching! I should be able to fix the clutch this weekend! 👍

[@jayo9627]

That's disgusting?

[@codybm321]

Camper build

[@AlfredandLinda]

Camper !!