Driving the 1977 Ford B-700/Superior Bus!

Organist 1982 and I go for a ride in the bus. We adjusted the float level in the carburetor to give good performance.

[@gajda1984]

that bus is doing very well for her age chad! can't wait to see more of it or any of your buses!

[@charliepianoman1290]

Hey Chad, I just wanted to say I have thoroughly enjoyed these videos in particular. I have always been a fan of old school buses.My older bros and sis went to school in mainly the old Ford blue bird and Wayne buses.I did too in the 80s and early 90s before they got taken out of service which is to say I've ridden on a superior like once or twice.I think they were produced in like 1974-75 and always used to stand outside and listen to the engines roar coming down the street in my neighborhood.

[@ford9572]

The Ford 390 big block is a REALLY great engine!!! A friend of mine had one in his 1964 Thunderbird convertible and another friend had one in his 1976 F-250 4 wheel drive pickup, Both had I think 850 CFM Holley 4 barrel carbs.

[@AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Amazing collection!

[@gajda1984]

i rode in an early 80s ford wayne, it had the same kind of dash. except the steering wheel was different and it's speedo went only read up to 75mph. which is actually pretty accurate!

[@haroldcarney9760]

Chassis were built at Fords Kentucky truck plant , Louisville 1969 -1998 before that at Norfolk VA assembly plant now closed. Kentucky truck now builds superduty trucks.

[@vwestlife]

Chad the bus driver! :-) I like the sound of the air brakes. Somehow despite all the hills in the area, my hometown school district never used buses with air brakes.

[@haroldcarney9760]

1975 ford ward 361ft 5sp 4barrel air brakes single speed axle . Took me to school from 75 to 84.

[@Trance88]

Nice job you guys!! You have so many buses now you could almost start your own bus line and have people rent them!

[@ArbokLover1618]

My Dad had one of those exact school buses and yes it was a B-700 superior.

[@busprowler]

Nice collection!

[@kjm1983]

Great work Chad, now you know those Holley 2300s inside and out. Looking forward to additional videos of getting all the buses in your fleet operational!

[@Righty736]

When it won't go into first like that, hold the gear shift so you are LIGHTLY pushing it into gear and SLOWLY let the clutch out. It should grab and pull the lever in gear.

[@johnblessing]

Wow thats awesome 390s are nice motors too probably has lots of power i like the video about the GMC

[@retrochad]

Oh I would never get rid of it. You can see it still in the field when we drive down there. I still have to replace the two flat front tires.

[@swedishlutheran]

Gotta start out in 2nd gear always in school buses with manual, including Ford, International etc. I used to drive one. :)

[@haroldcarney9760]

Unless on a hill then use low . 2nd on a hill equals burnt clutch!

[@stephenswift5531]

those are nice school buses from the 1980s

[@ericouellette5293]

My first bus was a 68 ford with a manual transmission. Rode that to school for a few years. The bus after that was a early 80s Chevy. The Ford I believe had a 391 and the Chevy had a 350. The Chevy was a automatic. Next bus after the Chevy was a new international can't remember the yr but think it was late 80s early 90s model. Rode the international up until I got my license and a car. I should say they kept the Ford I rode for many years after I started riding the Chevy as a backup bus. They got rid of the Chevy before they got rid of the Ford.

[@1944johndeerel]

sweet! that is your luctury liner right there!

[@BetaRates]

School Bus for the show TAWOG.

[@IDIDieselJohn]

Drop a Gear there Driver !! lol, nice old bus Chad!

[@kbub_elliott14]

Lol, I just found one of these in my woods!

[@retrochad]

@johnblessing Also it has a 2-barrel Holley carburetor.

[@retrochad]

It was built from the factory as a church bus so was never equipped with the warning lights.

[@maynardcat]

Thanks for the fun ride, that bus has turned out to be a bargain. You will have that in A-1 shape in no time. What fun you guys have out there on those 5 acres. Did you ever find a tractor you liked ?

[@retrochad]

@johnblessing It's a Ford 390 V-8 gas engine with points ignition, 5 speed standard transmission with 2-speed rear end.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

No solid state in 77?

[@JuliaCV9]

SUPERIOR Sheller Globe Corporation died in 1988

[@retrochad]

Hello, I am now using a marine fuel tank inside the bus but I now need to replace the fuel pump as I am not getting fuel to the carb.

[@stephenswift5531]

wait a minute is one of those from 1978

[@eldoradoboy]

do you still have this Bus? if you do and want to sell it, I'd love to have it.. ive been searching long and hard for one of these with air-conditioning in it...

[@haroldcarney9760]

Actually it is a 391 ft series v8. Heavy duty truck version of the fe series car engine. 332/361/391/428 ft. Series for medium duty trucks as apposed to the car and pickups 352/360/390/428 fe series fe meaning ford edsal series. The Ft was replaced in 1978 , with 385 series 370/429 HD medium truck engine. The car and pickups (f250 /350 use 429/460 385 series versions of this engine. They are not interchangeable and neither are the Ft and fe series

[@haroldcarney9760]

Ease clutch pedal out untill Clutch just engages and then push pedal back in it should go in gear . what happens you have the two gear teeth lined up preventing engagement , by releasing clutch pedal you allow the gear to spin so teeth are not lined up! Letting vehicle roll will accomplish this also. Must be a 4speed , because on the 5speed where 2 is on the 4 speed is 3rd on the 5 speed ,which would have been to high for such slow speed, unless you have. a 2 speed axle in low range.

[@chad5240275]

We had a ford Superior when I was in high school and, since I live in Iowa, we had a Dodge Superior too, how rare is that?

[@PGHammer21A]

I've seen examples of both in Maryland (both in Charles County in fact) (the Dodge/Superior was the older of the two - Dodge/Superior was rare air in Maryland in general; Ford/Superior was more common, however, Superior bodies (and Thomas bodies) were most common with International Loadstar (and later S-series) 16xx/17xx/18xx) in Prince Georges, Montgomery, and Charles County). Prince George's and Montgomery are county owned.

[@appleeimac]

nice

[@mzuzunagha21]

dear retrochad I have a question about the 2002 chevy and gmc cv200 s my district owns some I ride a 2002 chevy blue bird why do the those buses make loud noises when they stop and every time when the gas is applied the buses make a poping sound

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Two speed axle on a bus?

[@SpiritsoftheWolf]

@cole3481596, davidsfarm is no longer on YT, YT terminated his account on december 11 on multiples violation of the TOS GUIDELINES, just in case you didn't know :)

[@mauser8mm192422]

is it still burning oil or did that clear out?

[@rick3912]

Is the wire hanging down for the fan?

[@haroldcarney9760]

2nd gear forward towards dash Clark 5speed. 1st towards seat and rear I road ford ward 361ft 4barral Holley 5 speed and air brakes

[@JuliaCV9]

keep that bus

[@matts4290]

Why doesn't that ford have any warning lights on it?

[@PGHammer21A]

Likely due to starting off as an activity/church bus - the four-way/eight-way flasher system is not a requirement in an activity bus. While activity busses use identical chassis to school busses, the requirements are not identical; further, while a lot of churches purchase former school busses and convert, some also purchase theirs straight from the factory that way - or from local and state governments. For local and state governments (in addition to the national government), there is a specific contract for such purchases - GSA's BARB (Busses All Ready To Buy), and is used mostly for purchases of activity busses (NOT school busses). Recreation departments, rural-county transit systems, departments of corrections work-release programs ALL are sources of activity busses that later get sold at auction to folks like matts4290. While there are whole state governments (the Carolinas, for example) that purchase both school AND activity busses (they also operate them in the case of South Carolina), it's usually due to volume discounts (purchasing one hundred busses at once is cheaper on a per-bus basis than purchasing a mere ten, for example) - that is also why you have multi-county school-bus contracts in addition to the big state contracts.

[@johnblessing]

Whats the specs on that?

[@haroldcarney9760]

1st use to start up hill

[@teaganpickett1506]

Cummins OR Gasoline

[@haroldcarney9760]

1st us

[@haroldcarney9760]

1st is super low