03-04-2021, 11:03 AM | #1 |
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MH Bus
This keeps popping up on the local Craigslist. Interesting with the MH front wheel drive. Would be really cool if it was restored but looks like a ton of work. Not mine nor do I know anything about it other than what's listed. Lots more photos in the original posting.
https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/...285634633.html1941 Ford Marmon Herrington - $5,500 Rare 1941 Ford Marmon /Herrington front wheel drive bus ,flat head engine , approx 25 feet long , 68 wide , 8 high, aero dynamic body the grill is in the shape of a bell , (ma bell telephone co ) this bus was used in the field for service men and women to make calls home . There were suppose to be 2 buses that were in use and word is its the only one in existence. Bus has a lot of rust ..mileage is unknown
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03-04-2021, 11:10 AM | #2 |
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Re: MH Bus
Ultra coolness!!! It would be total bear to transport it!!!
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03-04-2021, 12:42 PM | #3 |
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Now that is cool! Deserves to be preserved.
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03-04-2021, 02:51 PM | #4 |
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03-05-2021, 08:56 AM | #5 |
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That would make a cool camper.
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03-05-2021, 09:06 PM | #6 |
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Yup, here it was way back in 2018 https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...=telephone+bus
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03-06-2021, 12:05 AM | #7 |
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I want to live in it......
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03-06-2021, 02:42 AM | #8 |
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Cool - Rare 1941 Ford Marmon-Herrington front wheel drive bus. |
03-06-2021, 10:10 AM | #9 |
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Looks like an important part of history. That bus must have been quite a morale booster.
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03-06-2021, 02:32 PM | #10 |
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Nobody has mentioned that sweet Greenbrier sitting next to it. Some people hold those in high regard now.
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03-06-2021, 06:44 PM | #11 |
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I thought this bus sold on ebay a couple years ago. sale must have not gone thru
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