1989 Ford 20-Passenger School Bus / Pontoon Imagine a€” It's August 2002, and you've acquired a 1989 Ford 20-passenger school bus. What to do. Well, why not turn it into a pontoon party boat? Ah, if only Gilligan had had Jesse James and his team of monster mechanics around. a€¢ Jesse James, custom-bike builder/designer, West Coast Choppers, Long Beach, Calif. a€¢ Charlie Conn Jr., bus technician, A to Z Bus Sales, Riverside, Calif. a€¢ Jim Day, metal fabricator/sculptor, Inglewood, Calif. a€¢ Steve Furnish, fabricator, Wolff's Customs, Long Beach, Calif. a€¢ Tom Prewitt, custom painter, Damon's Motorcycle Creations, Brea, Calif. a€¢ Darren Shurig, engineering fabricator, Fountain Valley, Calif. a€¢ John West, owner/designer, Ultraboats, San Diego, Calif.