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11-25-2007, 10:48 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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new member 1965 chevy
hi im new to the bus thing and have wanted one for a while to fit in with the rest of our older collection so last week we bought a 65 chevy 30 foot bus it has a small block chevy and a clarke 5 speed with a 7.20 axle this is an older comversion with a phillips inverter roof air and heat and a cedar interior with diamond tuff ceiling i think it has 5 coats of paint on it will be going through the bus this winter and will get pictures on as soon as i can figure out how this bus has 10 lug nut rear wheels and 5 lugs on the front i think they are splits what wheels will fit this bus in a newer version we think this will be a great part of life and are looking forward to bussin
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11-25-2007, 06:31 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 263
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
pictures?
sounds nice.
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11-26-2007, 08:08 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
hi pete thanks for the post i will get pics on as soon as i can yesterday we tore the froor up and took it to the steel looks good it had 1x8 cedar deck in it also the inverter is a convertor not a inverter got alot of the goodies working also i will prevail and get the pics on shes a beast!
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12-03-2007, 09:28 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Central Iowa
Posts: 1,839
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
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12-03-2007, 11:56 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Posts: 109
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Amtran
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E 3800
Rated Cap: 36
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
I LOVE IT!! How did they ever do all that wood inside?? It's a great project, good luck!!
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12-03-2007, 06:11 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Saint James, MN
Posts: 2,669
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
I'm a sucker for tongue and groove...
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12-03-2007, 07:38 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 263
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
when you paint it, copy the firechicken from the TA next to it on the hood.
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12-03-2007, 08:23 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
hi all and thanks for the posts and thanks to steve for posting the pictures for me as for how the wood was installed i have no idea the pics you see are the day we bought the bus turns out the motor has only one trip to alaska on it from vancouver island bc we now have it home and it is running great however it has not been on the road since 93 the people we bought it from owned it since then and lived in it for some time they moved away and put it in storage then decided to sell i found it in the storage compound next to where i work and paid 1000 cash for it will have to do the brakes since the wheel cylinders leaked. we even got it reggyed in our name it is reggyed as a motorhome and yea im liking steves bus THANKS ALL!
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01-06-2008, 11:16 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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01-12-2008, 06:22 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
hi i just thought id ask again for any advice on the phillips converter any comments or suggestions will be appreciated thanks all timbuk
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01-13-2008, 01:24 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
hi chuck i guess in wondering if this unit should be an invertor not a convertor i do not know how old this unit is and am wondering if it is deemed obsolete it seems to me that when not on shore power i should be inverting not converting? or do most use both? thanks for replying chuck!
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01-17-2008, 11:55 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern BC Canada
Posts: 538
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
that is just a converter, it will charge your batteries. Most of your lights are probably set up as 12V so no need for the Inverter.
If you start adding new things that need 110V then you need to get an Inverter if you want to use them when not connected to shorepower.
I really love all the tongue and groove, mine will get a bit of that too.
You say you have it registered as an RV in BC, do you mind me asking how much you are paying a year? What kind of coverage?
I'm still trying to decide if it is worth jumping through all the hoops to have mine registered as an RV. If I keep it as "Bus for Pleasure use only" it costs me around $1400.
We should organize a Western Canada Skoolie meet
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01-19-2008, 07:23 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
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01-20-2008, 07:18 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern BC Canada
Posts: 538
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
Quote:
as long as yer not bringing any of those furry things that live in yer moter
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darn, i tought I could just bring them along and let them hop ship (bus)
For the registering as RV in BC, according to our ICBC office its not that easy, because according to them everything has to be inspected and certified according to todays standards. Which means a certified electrician for electrical, certified plumber, certified gas fitter etc.
I'll just do my ow conversion and then see if I can find somebody that will certify it or register it without to many questions. If that dont work I'll leave it as pleasure use bus.
A friend of mine just picked up a Thomas in Campbell River, it cost him $170 for the ferry ride from Nanaimo to Tawassen.
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01-21-2008, 10:14 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
wow what a pile that is maybe a rv tech could do it all? and your right a need a floating bus over here could be more on fuel though.....
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01-24-2008, 09:11 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
ok i have been wire wheeling the paint off the bus an the panels under the windows i wire wheel down to metal then primer the area 1 area at a time the panels around the old window openings have a wood grain simulation in them and do not need to go to metal that helps i will be busy for a while but will do it in stages im finding it easier to take the corrogated areas down to metal with the aggresive wire wheel than trying to sand and leave the last layer on theres alot of paint on there but after all this bus is the same age as me and problably in better shape
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04-06-2008, 01:53 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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04-06-2008, 01:54 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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04-06-2008, 09:04 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: South of Indianapolis Indiana
Posts: 89
Year: 1987
Coachwork: blue bird
Chassis: Conventional
Engine: Gas
Rated Cap: 66
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
what are the plans for paint?
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04-06-2008, 09:33 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: vancouver island bc
Posts: 1,028
Year: 1965
Coachwork: thomas
Chassis: chevy
Engine: 350
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Re: new member 1965 chevy
the roof gets a gray rubberized coating the black stays as that is a prefinished metal panel and the grey primer will get a silver grey enamel got a ways to go yet but its getting better looking a bit at a time
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