Bird of the Week Special

[Rose Mary]

Pappy,
thanks for taking the time to find the info...wow what a name for a company.
Remember many fond times in the Sawtooths with that bus as our home hub. When we
get back home will check photo albums to see if there are any more pics. It was
painted silver and blue.
Mom and I boondocked for nearly 3 months around Arizona this winter.

In Willits, Ca now for a couple weeks working a job. (Work for SE Pub doing RV
Park site maps), before heading toward home.
JP'S White Bird has been trouble free and great fun. Got a xantrex inverter so
mom could use her sewing machine while we boondocked. Next year hope to get some
solar panels!

Thanks all and Happy Easter!
Rose Mary & Clara
JP'S White Bird
82 FC 35

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@...> wrote:
>
> Pappy,
>
> Thanks for your research. Rose Mary will be very pleased to learn this when
she gets a chance to check the forum in her travels. If anyone else had come up
with the name "Kalamazoo Pony Cruiser", it would have been very much suspect!
In your case, it is taken as fact. I did Google it looking for pictures and
found that the company is still going today as Unifab making animal cages and
feeding systems. I didn't find any pictures of the Pony Cruiser in my casual
search.
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX - at Buckhorn Lake Resort
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "whistles_n_bells"
wrote:
> >
> >
> > Mike, Rose Mary:
> >
> > The mystery bus appears to be a Kalamazoo Pony Cruiser circa 1937-1940,
> > manufactured in Kalamazoo, MI. It was similar to the FitzJohn model of
> > the same size (13-16 passenger capacity). The Pony Cruiser was built on
> > a Ford truck chassis and featured a V-8 engine somewhere in the 90-95HP
> > range. I am still researching this item with the assistance of a few bus
> > historians that I have been associated with since the '50's. I'll
> > continue to follow-up on this and update any info I come across.
> > Interestingly, Kalamazoo, MI. was also the home of Checker Car Co., the
> > famous Checker taxi cab.
> >
> > Joe (Pappy) Hagan
> >
> > St. George, UT
> >
> > (Wannabe)
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "whistles_n_bells"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike, Rose Mary:
> > >
> > > I'm starting to receive responses on the bus I.D. I'll be back on
> > > tomorrow evening with additional (hopefully) results.
> > >
> > > Joe (Pappy) Hagan
> > >
> > > St. George, UT
> > >
> > > (Wannabe)
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "whistles_n_bells"
> > > whistles_n_bells@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mike, Rose Mary:
> > > >
> > > > I believe the bus is a circa 1935-37 Fitzjohn, possibly on a Reo
> > > > chassis. I'll try to research this further with my old bus driver
> > > > buddies that are as old as I am. The car appears to be a 1947 Kaiser
> > > of
> > > > Fraser.
> > > >
> > > > Joe (Pappy) Hagan
> > > >
> > > > St. George, UT
> > > >
> > > > (Wannabe)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" mbulriss@
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I love this week's photo! I believe our long term members, Rose
> > Mary
> > > > Smith and her mom, Clara, get the longevity in RV'ing award for this
> > > > week. I had to lighten the picture up some to see Clara a little
> > > better.
> > > > Anybody have any pictures to verify that they have been RV'ing or
> > > > camping longer? What a wonderful childhood summer vacation Rose Mary
> > > > had!
> > > > >
> > > > > Please read the attached email that Rose Mary submitted as
> > > background
> > > > on the picture. She is looking for someone to identify the car and
> > the
> > > > bus. Who knows what makes they are?
> > > > >
> > > > > Happy Easter everyone!
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike Bulriss
> > > > > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> > > > > San Antonio, TX - heading out soon for somewhere!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Mike
> > > > > Thought you might get a kick out of this old photo.
> > > > > Me hanging out the door, mom's head just showing at top.
> > > > >
> > > > > When I was a kid we would go up to the Sawtooth Mtns. near
> > Stanley,
> > > > Idaho. We lived like hillbillys I reckon, check out the wash board
> > and
> > > > ICE frig., wood stove inside the bus. There were 5 of us kids. We
> > had
> > > a
> > > > tent for the girls and a tent for the boys, while mom and dad slept
> > in
> > > > the bus. That was real boondocking! Ice cold water from a creek.
> > We'd
> > > > spend the whole summer up there. Dad harvesting poles.
> > > > >
> > > > > Trying to find out what that ole bus was? Think the car was a
> > Kaiser
> > > > >
> > > > > Amazing the roads/climb that bus had to maneuver to get up to
> > camp,
> > > > not to mention crossing Hell Roaring Creek.
> > > > >
> > > > > Don't know how they got the old milk cow Bessie up there.
> > > > > Horse was a necessity to pull down the logs to the landing.
> > > > > This was in the 50's (mid?) I'm sure the bus was an oldster before
> > > dad
> > > > bought it to convert for our summer use.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > Rose Mary & Mom (Clara young at 88)
> > > > > JP'S White Bird
> > > > > making our was north (noooo) from Arizona desert
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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