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06-03-2015, 08:29 PM
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#21
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
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LOVE then Ford pick-up in the foreground!!!! Had a '68 in California when I was in the Air Force..... MISS that truck!!!!
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06-04-2015, 01:10 PM
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#22
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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I found her in a field and paid $300. I'm the second owner as the old man who owned her parked her in a field and walked away in 05. I drove her onto the trailer and brought her home.
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06-04-2015, 02:43 PM
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#23
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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Two more cans of paint in. Neat thing about this stuff is it's primer and paint in one and dries within 15 minutes. Not too bad though it's not a showroom finish. It's pretty amazing for my skill level.
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06-04-2015, 03:03 PM
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#24
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
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I used Ace Hardware's Rust Stop rattle cans for the primary color on my bus. Goes on nice, and covers up nicely
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06-04-2015, 08:20 PM
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#25
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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I ran out of daylight
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06-05-2015, 10:49 AM
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#26
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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Where is the best box store to get the steel to cover up the windows?
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06-05-2015, 11:12 AM
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#27
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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There is bound to be a sheetmetal shop somewhere near by. Not much of anything at the Big Box stores. You might have some luck checking with a local HVAC shop to see who does their work. Best bet is to try and match the gauge on the rest of the body. Usually between 14 to 18 gauge on most. Blue Bird uses an oddball that is something like 15 gauge.
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06-05-2015, 01:28 PM
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#28
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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I love this site. Yall are a wealth of info
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06-05-2015, 05:26 PM
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#29
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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Well, she was stuck in the yard, buried up to the axles after the latest rain and wouldn't crank. A little foul language and gently feeding the carb from a 20oz DP bottle of gas and she fired back up. Getting out of the ruts she was in took a bit longer.
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06-05-2015, 09:27 PM
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#30
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Sachse, Texas
Posts: 50
Year: 1991
Coachwork: GMC
Chassis: G3500 Vandura
Engine: General Motors 5.7L 350 V8
Rated Cap: 17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frost
I need to find 4 bus seats. Does anyone have a few?
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We have a 1991 GMC short bus and we have some seats we have removed. We may not be too far away from you. If the sizing works, maybe we can work something out. Not sure if the mounting is the same. Shoot us a PM.
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mobile New Orleans style snoball stand conversion
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sno-ball
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06-06-2015, 01:49 AM
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#31
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frost
I love this site. Yall are a wealth of info
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Hey Frost,
I went down to Dallas last week, and on the way back through Colbert Oklahoma I saw a salvage truck yard with a bunch of buses on the front line....
trucks
Looks to be about an hour and 15 minutes northwest of Paris Tx.
Check out the website (buttons across top of page), he's "got a little bit of everything!, and FREE HAIRCUTS"
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06-06-2015, 10:31 AM
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#32
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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I have an email sent to them. I'd love to get a pair of semi truck seats for the boys to be strapped into
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07-15-2015, 05:37 PM
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#33
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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Okay, done with the blue. I am going to put a white cap on it but...this is a lot of rattle cans.
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07-15-2015, 06:44 PM
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#34
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Use a roller!
And BTW...Home Depot does carry some white elastomeric roof paint. It would probably be cheaper than 314 rattle cans.
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07-15-2015, 08:20 PM
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#35
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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I only used about a dozen cans of paint. I ran out of the good stuff I was using and got the same thing but without the Max label on it and was very disappointed in it. Paint and primer in one and I'm happy. Will that roof handle 250 ish pounds?
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07-15-2015, 10:58 PM
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#36
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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07-16-2015, 07:45 AM
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#37
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 28
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I've walked on my roof, and I'm 225. No problems. I think you'll be ok.
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07-16-2015, 07:49 AM
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#38
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,762
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Walking on mine would cause lots of bending of the sheet metal... gotta stay on the ribs.
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07-30-2015, 11:03 PM
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#39
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Paris, Tx
Posts: 25
Year: 1985
Engine: 454
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I walked around on top of mine today. No muss, no fuss and I'm pushing 250
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