1987 BLUEBIRD ALL AMERICAN ON BLUEBIRD CHASSIS..SOLD

[mokibrabrant]

I just sold my All American on Ebay in less than eight hours. Of course as is the case most of the time, I didn't recoup my investment. Then again, I never expect to, most of the time. But I Loved this little coach, and the time spent with it gave me so much enjoyment and Peace...I will surely miss her........with out Regret. She is gone..........and my Energy Now Moves to My Crown. For those interested I will provide the URLS both to the Bluebird...........as Well as the Crown. Another thing I would say is the 427TD is a sweet engine in this Coach, it was never under powered. A little expensive in terms of fuel. Maybe 8-9 gallons on the Highway, as it was geared in the 8's at the rear axle, and appreciably less MPG around town, with the stop and go metro maze. This AA has the Allison MT643 transmission, for the size and weight of this Transit..........it appears to be bullet proof. Here's the URLS......Over and Out.......Mokibra



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... OTORS:1123



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... OTORS:1123

First Link is the All American..........Second link is the Crown.

[Rudy]

Brant, If you can sell anything in today's economy, you are doing well. I am glad for you. Tell us if you are a tennis pro. Rudy

[mokibrabrant]

Here's the deal with the tennis. I have been Number one singles and doubles in Hawaii, in various age divisions, for the last now 16 years............Do I make money playing tennis, yes I have in the past: However Now I am 61........and like Buses, it usually cost me more to play, even when I win. This year I will be ranked 16 in the World in Men's 60 Singles........it should be Higher, but living in Hawaii, traveling and playing more tournaments is really expensive. The Tennis is all about me, it is a selfish endeavor that keeps me fit: One thing about me is that I'm pretty grounded, I don't have a lot of flights of Fancy. I have my Work. I have my Tennis. I have my surfing, I have my Bus.....and Occasionally a Woman in my Life. However, she will be In My Life, and will and does understand from the onset....I have these passions, they are what constitute who, and to a certain degree what I am. These things, that consume my Breath are not areas I trifle in; they have my life's breath therefore I do them as well as I can......I find my honor in that..........if I can't really care about what takes the fuel of my breath, I would prefer to not do it......I know this may sound pompous, and I do that on occasion.......but it's not intended to be that way. I just have a tendency to answer forthrightly. I learned a long time ago that anyone who says they "don't care what others think" is either a sociopath or is lying. We are social mammals. We care. However, on the same hand, is the knowing the Art of Living is Caring what others think, simply not Caring enough that it would Prevent you from being who You need to be.To often we are carried down unfulfilled paths: the result of living to the coercive nature of the expectations of others..........so that is that on that..........I play tennis........it is about as close to punching someone out without laying a glove on them. It is a discipline that knows no perfection. The only test I can find for my discipline is at the National level, there I am tested by the Best in the World in my Age.......That's How I Roll...........Aloha............Brant

[Rudy]

61????? Brant, my eyes MUST be getting bad. From looking at your photos next to the Blue Bird, I thought you were in your mid twenties. You sure are fit and trim. It is cool that you are really good at tennis. The only sport that I dominated with was being the undefeated wrestling champ in ninth grade. Of course, I didn't weigh much, and only had to wrestle people in my weight class. Back then it was real wrestling, not like this fake bullshit that you see on TV nowadays. I did have the opportunity to wrestle a woman about 12 years ago. She outweighed me by 25lbs. It was at her suggestion. She just about kicked my ass. The match lasted 10 minutes. It took all I had to finally pin her. By then I was almost out of breath. She was one tough character. I should have married her.
It is great to have a new guy on the forum. We regular posters have a kindred relationship. This site is well maintained by Sharkey and TMAX. I feel safe here, and I am sure that all the "bus family" will attest to the same.
A few more questions for you, (if I may be so nosy). Do you play a musical instrument? How is it that you are still single? You don't have to answer that one if you do not want to. Do you live in Hawaii? How are you going to get your bus there?
I lived on the island of Guam for a year, so I know about the tropical weather and beautiful beaches. It is a treat hearing from you. Thanks for participating on the forums. Rudy

[mokibrabrant]

Rudy that is so funny.......wrestling the woman you should have married.........I don't intend for the Crown to come to Hawaii. If we still had the Superferry which was the sweetest addition to the Islands, then I would consider it............Shipping the Crown would be about 8 grand. So that's not going to Happen.........The crown is too much of a statement for the Islands: I live in Waikiki..........and there's hardly parking for a car much less a Nice Crown............I will retire in a year..........and then all bets are off as to where I go, for how long, and if I ever return...........What I am sure of, is that I now Own the Holy Grail..........properly maintained it will get me where I want to go..............and I have a blank canvas to create whatever I desire. And it's mine..........it's payed for.............It's a 400 sq. ft. mobile Condo.

I will use it this spring for a couple of weeks, and probably this fall for a couple of weeks. It's bad for me to get away, and have the Peace and the joy that I experience in these machines............It took me a full month to set aside the Wonder and the Peace I felt in my All-American. I could have hung in that space awhile longer...........it cost me cash..........but I felt free. I'm just beginning to explore the possibilities for the Crown...........I know only that I want it to be, interior wise, as open a space as is possible. The windows will never be curtained or drawn.................I may come up with a circular type of tracking to attach to the ceiling..........that will enable me to close off a sleeping space, from the peering prying eyes of the Police, when they find me in the midst of some Pricey Neighborhood so they can't see me there sleeping, and they can rap and tap at the windows or the doors all they like.........and I can just lay low.

But that would be the only reason............just to not have to talk to some dude with a side-arm at 3:00 am just to answer some question like "what are you doing here"...........as I answer the door in my underwear, and sleepy eyes. Just don't need it. As you probably know, unless your boondocking......there is an infinite art to planting your coach somewhere for the night. There's a lot of intuition and thoughtfulness that comes to bear to bed down, not offend anyone, and equally important, if not more so, not be offended.................Aloha.........moki

[Rudy]

Brant, I am quite familiar with how and where to park a vehicle in which you live. I have done it in Los Angeles, Seattle, Northern Cal., Conn., and Tenn. I call it urban camping. I have been "busted" by the cops many times. I did learn how to avoid that situation. The major rules are to NEVER park on the same street two nights in a row. Always have black-out curtains, and always use headphones to listen to music.
You still did not answer my questions from the last post. I am just being nosy. Rudy

[mokibrabrant]

I do live in Hawaii. I have not married because I don't believe, especially at my age that it is required.....for that matter I don't believe it's mandated for any age.......It's simply a condition established by a matrix of conventional proposed "norms' that all are expected to unquestionably participate in.......If some one comes up to me with a proposition, business or otherwise, and tells me right up front he/she needs my investment, time/money.........sells me on the program.....and then hesitantly informs me at the end........."Oh by the way....this proposition has about a 50+% chance of failure"...........I probably decline. Well that's marriage isn't it. No musical instruments...........I hope I have now satisfied the scope of the Inquiry.............Aloha............

[Rudy]

Yeah OK, You have satisfied the inquiry. No more personal questions. I also feel the way you do about marriage. It does seem that it is a social more (moray) (there's no slash to put above the e of more on my keyboard) Again, marriage does seem like a social more that one is expected to uphold. I've been married twice and failed at it both times. Is it my fault? I don't know. Maybe I am selfish with the time I have on this planet. I sure get lonely though. I have to keep on playing my accordion just to maintain my sanity. Your tennis must be the same thing that keeps you feeling like you have a purpose on this earth. Well, enough of that! I will stick to bus talk, unless, you want to talk about cooking with a crockpot!!! Rudy

[mokibrabrant]

Last comment on this: I am selfish. I confess it. If I do not love myself, then I offer my love to another, what do I offer. So it is about loving one's self. Again contrary as you say to the more's. Also because humans are dissuaded from loving themselves they are then prone to seek out another who is there to embellish or embrace or fill in the "emptyness" they feel. Whereas, if they were connected to their passion, their worth, their significance they could move on. A disproportionate energy is spent in this quest to fulfill artificially imposed doctrine coupled with "guilt" "shame" of not fulfilling it.........It's a sordid little pageant.

I don't want to incorporate another entity, life, human, personality, into the Reality that is mine..........lest I believe at the deepest level we will together embellish one another. We come into this World Alone and we will depart the Same. There is a difference in being Alone.........and "feeling" lonely. Though we enter and leave Alone......while here we are never alone. This is the art of the pageant. Understand that this general discussion has nuance and relevance at many levels........I do not feel in the least bit alone. Even when I am with myself. My Bus trip was ostensibly spent alone.........I never felt lonely. All of this emanate from the substance that each of us are made of..........we each contain a different library composed of genetics, experiences, truths, betrayals, and the myriad of emotions that constitute a soul. It is from these self-held apprehensions that we move and pretend to see and awaken from.

It's like this...............The electron has never been viewed in a truly static state........it is constantly changing, moving. In other words, the very act of viewing it.......alters it...........and so it is with truths......OK? No more. It's all within you............all of it........the further you move from what is in you......the more circuitous route to the Truth.............mokibra