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Furtherbus left Kesey Farm Thursday for Vegoose and AT40, got 30 miles down the road and the motor knocked them backwards to the bus barn to park and race to wrecking yard for another motor and this morning finds them still working. Will they leave today? Stay attuned.
Engine is installed. It is a Chevy 401, taken out of a running '61 school bus. Ready for startup but the bus battery can't crank it so Simon drives his Volvo into the bus barn and then the battery cables aren't long enough so they hook another set onto the first set and the engine still barely turns over so Zane has the whole crew push the bus outside where the Volvo can park next to the batteries and one cable used and after some grinding the engine catches, the cheers gThe engine was missing going over the Willamette Pass but they found it alongside the road and noticed the points were out of alignment so Simon lined them up and they slept and went on to Vegas freezing their asses because Dave the previous mechanic doof disconnected the heater when he was wrecking the engine to the tune of thousands and then the pan under the engine was leaking oil and it was spraying all over the exhaust so there was blue smoke fillling the bus and they had to put two quarts of oil in every time they got gas but they got to vegas okay and parked the bus in the parking lot next to the Vegoose thing and sold thousands of dollars of stuff and on Monday night had the acid test all night and skypilot Ian was dozing in the corner and security kicked him out because you had to stay awake till dawn and at ten the next morning everyone had to leave, it was over, so it was the long trip home. Whew, made it at last. Capn, o up and the bus is ready to roll.

A friend of mind had a 1967 Corvette coupe with one of these fire-breathers. A 427 tri-power (3-2 barrel carbs) with some L-88 parts thrown in for good measure. I was a Ford man but it was hard not to be impressed. I have never seen anything that could turn gasoline into horsepower like that car. Of course, when he put his foot into it, it was like the gas tank had a hole in it. And when the Arab oil embargo hit in 1974, this was not a good thing.

For those unfamiliar with the L-88 427 motor, here's what I recall. It put out something like 550 horsepower. And it seems Chevrolet only put them in cars that did not have a heater or radio. Presumably to discourage street use. I noticed on a site that only 20 L-88 Corvettes were produced in 1967. You can pretty well guess what they go for today.