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11-25-2017, 08:25 PM
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#381
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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11-25-2017, 09:06 PM
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#382
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,850
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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wow is this bus lookin great!!!.. ill bet youll be much warmer in it this winter than last too!!!
-Christopher
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11-26-2017, 06:39 AM
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#383
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Yall keep up the good work, that bus is looking good!
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11-26-2017, 06:51 AM
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#384
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Looking great 
Some of those angles and curves and wood... 
Bus looks warm and inviting. 
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11-26-2017, 12:20 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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That is definitely Minnesota thick insulation in the walls. Looks great to this Oregonian.
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Nobody's Business
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11-26-2017, 03:04 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
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Really digging this thread and your conversion. Totally impressed with the craftsmanship and the dedication. Thanks for sharing!
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11-26-2017, 03:51 PM
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#387
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
wow is this bus lookin great!!!.. ill bet youll be much warmer in it this winter than last too!!!
-Christopher
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thanks chris! lol its so much warmer now, and so cozy.
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Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Yall keep up the good work, that bus is looking good!
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will do eastcoast. good to see you are rollin another one, and we hope all the best for eddie.
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Originally Posted by Rusty
Looking great
Some of those angles and curves and wood...
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at least you guys get it about the angles and curves lol. The transition was a killer and combined angles and curves in some points and had me cutting one board countless times.
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Originally Posted by Robin97396
That is definitely Minnesota thick insulation in the walls. Looks great to this Oregonian.
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keeps us really warm now! we're ready for the north. lol
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Originally Posted by PolymathAtLarge
Really digging this thread and your conversion. Totally impressed with the craftsmanship and the dedication. Thanks for sharing!
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awesome to hear that poly. we'll keep sharing. staying with a bus build definitely takes a lot of dedication.
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11-26-2017, 04:25 PM
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#388
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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I still vote you as the most dramatic bus build I've seen. Still impressed.
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Nobody's Business
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11-28-2017, 04:14 PM
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#389
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin97396
I still vote you as the most dramatic bus build I've seen. Still impressed.
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I like your opinion! haha  just wait until we are done!
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11-30-2017, 05:15 PM
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#390
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Got some drivers side framing up. its looking so awesome (to us.) from right to left it goes passenger swivel chair, slide-out couch, shelves, kitchen cabinets/cupboards, and then more storage for food or miscellaneous objects. There will be a small table at the end of the couch for the passenger chair that isn't built yet.
still have a bit of it left to do but the vision is there.
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11-30-2017, 05:40 PM
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#391
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,850
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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those RV windows sure look nice !!!
-Christopher
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11-30-2017, 05:48 PM
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#392
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
those RV windows sure look nice !!!
-Christopher
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they really do! lol the two in the living room are huge. Our back cushion on the couch will raise slightly into one, but thats alright still plenty of window left. lol.
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11-30-2017, 05:50 PM
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#393
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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That's looking good. That ceiling looks great.
Much easier than the full sheets of ply that I forced onto my ceiling.
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Nobody's Business
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11-30-2017, 06:36 PM
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#394
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin97396
That's looking good. That ceiling looks great.
Much easier than the full sheets of ply that I forced onto my ceiling.
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thanks, once you have something to fasten it to, it is pretty easy! it fit the curve of our bus just right. 
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11-30-2017, 07:01 PM
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#395
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,850
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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have you driven it to see how the extra weight of the wood feels? and flexes without popping out and such? in always curious about wood interiors on the road.
-Christopher
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11-30-2017, 07:07 PM
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#396
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Yes, and it looks much better than the plywood cheap paneling look that I achieved.
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Nobody's Business
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11-30-2017, 07:28 PM
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#397
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
have you driven it to see how the extra weight of the wood feels? and flexes without popping out and such? in always curious about wood interiors on the road.
-Christopher
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Yep, i move it around every now and then and i havent even noticed a difference at all yet in the way it drives or sounding bogged down. Weigh station not far from here been meaning to get to just waiting on new tires! The flexing part we'll wait and see, i've been leaving gaps at the ends and sides of the walls/floors to allow for exapnsion and the gap will be hidden with trim.
I also metal fastener + liquid nails every board, even the back of every ceiling and wall board had caulk. Just as a precaution. Haha.
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12-01-2017, 05:18 AM
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#398
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Looking great, but needs more burl !
Some nice figure on the floorboards, but can't wait to see the counters !!! 
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12-01-2017, 06:49 AM
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#399
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty
Looking great, but needs more burl !
Some nice figure on the floorboards, but can't wait to see the counters !!! |
Lol. I wish i could get some burl in here, went to price a piece the other week and it was $800 for a tiny slab of about 2'x2' so unreal. Im more or less a burl peasant now.
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12-01-2017, 07:39 AM
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#400
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,850
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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what is Burl?
-Christopher
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