In , Cassidy appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in a photo shoot that appeared to feature him semi-nude. Other members of the young cast acted out in various ways, causing tumult on the set and creating a good bit of chaos.
Finally, by , The Partridge Family wound to a close, with the final episode airing in March Although the show ended decades ago, the show continues to garner new fans on a daily basis, with many fans fondly remembering the glory days of the iconic show. One of the biggest stars of the show was an inanimate object. To stop freedom of speech. Right along with freedom of expression. Ring the phones at classic Chevy magazine. They d more then likely run another article.
I personally have judged classic original Chevy Belair thru stock class for over twenty years. If this is not the original it came off the same production line. Hell NO! Face it , the bus is as popular as any tv vehicle can get ….. I think most of us may have some deep seeded un-resolved school bus issues… …. I for one have followed this for months.
I wanna see how it plays out. The snow is gone boys… somebody go get pictures. One of you must live near this buried treasure…. First of all. Barn Finds is a private business enterprise owned by private citizens.
They have no legal obligation to keep anything on their site. If they wish to delete any post they are within their rights.. So enough of that. They also have no obligation to turn this thread into some nutty fan site for a lame tv show. I am sure in the vast netherworld of the interwebs there are plenty of web sites for people like that. This guy who keeps posting pictures of that lame actor and the show clearly has, shall we say, an obsession. Even after he has been proven wrong multiple times about the provenance of this particular bus.
I live in Upstate New York where the eBay bus was supposedly located , so my original offer still stands: If anyone can figure out exactly where this thing is, I will personally go and attempt to see it for myself by legal means, of course.
I tried to get a location from the poster back when the original ad was active, to no avail. Which is why this article interests me. David Cassidy. Had the freedom of speech. He kept saying. During his comeback your in the 90 s. He was looking to travel in the original bus. David Cassidy? The Partridge family? The bus? Just wow. Well my obsessed poster, this is not a fan site for any of your juvenile interests.
Profanity personal attacks. Enjoy reading hemmngs motor news. The long circulated story about the purported Partridge bus parked behind a taco stand has been debunked. The bus seen throughout most of the show was a Chevrolet series with a Carpenter bus body. The interior shot of Shirley Jones behind the wheel of another bus is a or How do I know?
The steering wheels on 55 and 56 Chevrolet and GMC trucks had a flat three spoke design; the models had an indented three spoke design. Also, another identifiable feature on Chevy and GMC trucks is the hood design. As for the existence of the Partridge buses, they more than likely do not exist. All that is know by former production staff is that the bus s were sold off when the series ended. The bus shown in the episodes was a Superior body, not a Carpenter. Terry Jul 6, has it right.
Yes, ribbed fins makes the PF bus distinctively Superior. Bob May 26, has most of it right. The never-ending correcting of what is not complicated is exasperating. An indication that the internet is going to forever re-hash info, with people who know little or nothing repeating the same historically incorrect info, requiring experts and historians, and those who were there to correct. The school bus body was mounted on a Chevrolet chassis. There was only one 1 TV show bus.
That bus never appeared in the TV show. That bus is the wrong year and make. The incorrect Wiki posting states the bus was a It was not. The had a flat hood, different steering wheel and badging. The numbers can clearly be seen countless times in the PF TV show on the front right fender. Hi,would you email me at movinonfan yahoo. I have new info on the PF buses.
Keep up the great work…. One more thing…or should I say regret…back in I was on ebay and a guy in Connecticut Stores CT was selling some van parts for my 68 Chevy van, I answered the add and went to see what he had….. Turns out he had several acres of junk cars in the woods behind his parents house which had to be cleared out due to them selling the property…again…. I dont believe this was a backyard replica too many model factors in this archive.
Thank you for the compliment paul. He was a painter for universal studios. I located this comment on Facebook. Might help with the bus history here. I mean no disrespect to your recollections Bill B. I believe the bus you saw in was the former PF Bell Records promotional bus.
It was a Chev and looked quite similar. Aside from being a different year and bus body make, it looked the same, down to hand-painted pull-down canvas window blinds with Mondrian paint scheme. Painted at same film studio paint shop. From what is known by , the real PF bus was gone. In its last few years prior to being disposed it had been repainted several times and no longer looked like the PF TV show bus After the PF show was cancelled in the bus once used in the TV show would not have been recognizable as the former PF bus.
As you describe, the Bell Records bus would have been in bad condition in By all accounts it was in poor condition 10 years prior in It was in such bad shape that it was rarely used. If it existed today imagine what it would look like 50 years later. The reason there has never been anything more posted online about that bus is because it was a tribute bus parked at a dairy bar for 3 decades then left to rot in a forest.
Rusted out and too far gone to restore. Hi,thanks for your reply. The story was not from myself but from a post I had found on the net.
I did find a guy on Facebook who said his grandfather worked for the studio and painted three PF buses while employed with there. In researching this I have found that there were in fact 3 buses! Two other buses were used after the pilot sold. The pilot bus has black stripes painted on the front hood emblem and on the top left of the roof you can see a different paint line versus the other two buses. The second bus seen after the pilot episode does not have the front bar but does have a trailer hitch.
I feel sure that at least one of the buses is still out there. Are you percent sure the bus in N. It looks like it was painted White over the PF design and it has a Cali plate which would lead you to believe it was driven from Cali to N. Are you familiar with the specific bus in question? I think that one of the other comments mentioned that there used to be a tribute bus parked outside of Schenectady, NY.
I ask because I live in Upstate New York, and have been trying to track down the Cohoes bus in the ad so we can finally have some closure on this thing. With the result almost certainly being that this thing is an old, fan-made replica.
Especially since the ad itself was written so incompetently. He has done a lot of work on this. I can tell you the Cohoes claim is a dead end. He did a search of the Cali license plate and it showed no connection.
Out of respect to Barnfinds, and for legal reasons, I will not name the person who posted the ad. The listing back in Jan. More like it was intentionally vague and misleading. I was told the guy is a convicted criminal with crimes including theft.
He did not own the rotted tribute bus in question — he took a picture of it. From what is said in the other Comments above, no one was ever able to make contact with the guy. The seller created his ebay name just prior to listing the bus. Then deleted his account after the listing ended. By misspelling he was saying nothing. Best explanation I read was he found out wire fraud is a felony. The lack of photos and details in the ebay ad says it all.
When you re-read the earliest BF Comments above posted during the week the auction was on-going, note how many people pointed out the obvious missing details. Common sense says this was another internet hoax. There were countless PF tribute buses decorated in the s. Several exist today. The PF show was cancelled more than 46 years ago. PF buses still existed we would know about it by now. I have had numerous conversations with some very hard core bus people on this page on the phone and over the internet and quite honestly if one of the three busses still was in existence someone would have come forward by now….
They are hard to find…. But look at the link below and let your imagination flow. Hi Paul,would you email me at movinonfan yahoo. Thanks for the information Paul the bus has been purchased… and what to our wondering eyes appear everything the seller described….. Come on Get Happy….. She s in process of restoration.. Become a member to add images to your comments. Keep me in the conversation via email.
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Comments KSwheatfarmer. Mike Mendoza. John Wood. Look at the curvature of the windshield. Mark Webber. People that bad mouth unions are not in unions. I was in a union, they are necessary to get a living wage. Veronica Sheridan. The link to the body of the bus shows a multi-coloured vehicle,I thought it was painted white? You are right good spotting. Only in America. Rex Kahrs Member. Rick A. Bell Records. Wishful Thinking. Douglas Gould. Classic Steel.
Two pictures, a 10 word description, and a seller with no feedback on E-Bay. Seems legit… 2. Johnmloghry Member. Scott Avnaim. Than marie osmond. Doug Gould. Hoos Member. See earlier post. Lol 2. Alan Michigan Member. Say it is the bus where does one park it?
What does one do with it? Maybe a bar does pub crawls buys it? Now my life has changed? Sell it for scrap and let a new Kia be made with it! Looks too far gone to restore. Rube Goldberg Member. Bob Baird. Amanda hatt. Who knows. Cool bus anyway. Jim Jardeen. NLX No real surprise… If anyone sent real money, they may as well have tossed it into a hole. Scam written all over this! The partridges have gone to ground!
Bill Affleck. Mark Steingass. One hell of a mystery… 9. Doug gould. My gut is telling me the archive has been found 6. Bill B. It was such an unexpectedly bizarre thing to see… kind of blew my mind. Unfortunately I had no camera with me or I would have snapped some pics.
What a day that was. Logan steiner. What an awesome find 4. Streamliner- Your input is very wise. I had not noticed the two windshield variants previously. Just my two cents 1. Doug 4. Looks like this pic is flipped check out the words on the back door. Will break that egg. So where is this magic bus now? I never understood why anyone cared…. Could you please shut down this thread.
Looks like a touched a few cultural cinematic nerves there : 2. Good question. I love a good automotive mystery. Say it aint so! It was a sunny day in the fall of when I happened upon The Bus lol.
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