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05-31-2015, 07:39 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Florida
Posts: 584
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: I.H.
Engine: DT360
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Smart way to tackle it. Are you putting the original windows back in or ?
I like it.
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05-31-2015, 08:22 AM
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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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a nasa engineer told me to do the lift the way you guys are...
Yall take great pics, you look like nice people.
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05-31-2015, 09:05 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Looks good so far......lots of glass going back in?
Are the dates right on the pics, you've been workin' on this bus for 15 years?
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05-31-2015, 03:44 PM
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#44
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Elk Creek, Virginia
Posts: 28
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REDD
Looks good so far......lots of glass going back in?
Are the dates right on the pics, you've been workin' on this bus for 15 years?
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haha yeah we broke the screen on the camera and havent figured out how to fix the date on it so its always wrong. we are going to sheet metal under the orginal windows
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05-31-2015, 03:45 PM
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#45
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Elk Creek, Virginia
Posts: 28
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HolyBus
Smart way to tackle it. Are you putting the original windows back in or ?
I like it.
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most of the orginal windows will go back until we save up some more money to replaced them with better ones.
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05-31-2015, 06:33 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Never seen a roof raise done that way before.
What did you lift the roof with?
Great pics.
Thanks for sharing.
Nat
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06-01-2015, 05:54 PM
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#47
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Elk Creek, Virginia
Posts: 28
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nat_ster
Never seen a roof raise done that way before.
What did you lift the roof with?
Great pics.
Thanks for sharing.
Nat
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After reading your thread I went with the scaffold to raise the roof. The leveling jacks that i got for the scaffold would only raise it 16 inches and we ended up with a 18 inch raise. the rood seemed to stay really steady and went up super easy.
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06-03-2015, 12:33 AM
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#48
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AtoZ
After reading your thread I went with the scaffold to raise the roof. The leveling jacks that i got for the scaffold would only raise it 16 inches and we ended up with a 18 inch raise. the rood seemed to stay really steady and went up super easy.
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Thanks for the feed back.
Glad it went well.
Nat
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08-10-2015, 06:55 PM
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#49
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Elk Creek, Virginia
Posts: 28
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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It has been a while since I have updated. Well we have most of the sheet metal on the sides of the bus done and all the holes in the floor sealed up and painted. Next project have I need to tackle is the transitions at the front and the back. We kind of want to do some kind of sky light at the front transition but want to make sure while driving down the road water isn't being pushed inside. More pics to follow soon!
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08-11-2015, 12:09 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Looks great.
Cool to see a different method again for splicing the body.
Glad your still making progress.
Nat
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12-04-2015, 06:04 PM
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#51
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Elk Creek, Virginia
Posts: 28
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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hey everyone it has been a while since i updated anything with the bus. we are still making some progress. i added 2 inches on insulation to the floor, my wife paint the back of the bus, done some framing, and put cedar siding up over the windows. i got really tired of metal and wanted a more organic look. here are a few pictures of what has been going on. hope you enjoy!
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12-04-2015, 06:13 PM
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#52
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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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Mmmm...cedar! And it'll keep the moths away!
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12-27-2015, 04:53 PM
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#53
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Elk Creek, Virginia
Posts: 28
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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hey everyone been getting some work done on the bus and finally got some of the pictures off my phone. Im trying to take more while im working on it but im usually not thinking about it until its to late! these pics are the front transition and some of the bedroom beadboard. hope you enjoy!
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12-29-2015, 06:08 PM
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#54
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 36
Year: 1994
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC/2000
Engine: Cummins 5.9TA
Rated Cap: 72
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hey that cedar siding is sick!
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12-30-2015, 06:21 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,437
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by human being
hey that cedar siding is sick!
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I'm an old guy, is that good or bad? Sounds like you don't like it.
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12-30-2015, 09:45 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Texas
Posts: 125
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Quote:
Originally Posted by somewhereinusa
I'm an old guy, is that good or bad? Sounds like you don't like it.
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Don't worry, that's a good thing. Think of it like, "Hey, that cedar siding is Awesome!"
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12-30-2015, 10:18 AM
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#57
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Spring Valley AZ
Posts: 1,343
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 2 elderly children, 1 cat
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlies.Contingency
Don't worry, that's a good thing. Think of it like, "Hey, that cedar siding is Awesome!"
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I had the flu and I felt AWESOME!! Like that?
 70 y/o in 5 days 
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12-30-2015, 04:50 PM
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#58
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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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71 in three days! Good to hear from another Aquarium. Or is that Sanitarium?
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03-24-2017, 11:54 AM
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#59
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Elk Creek, Virginia
Posts: 28
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Maybe 90% done now!
Hey all!
It has been a long time since Ive been on here we have moved around some while trying to finish the bus and have been really busy. We have been living in the bus full time since October 2016 and we have loved every minute of it. Still have some more work to do on the inside and I'm currently working on getting it road ready for our 400 mile move to the Cincinnati area in 2 weeks. Here are some pics of the outside and Ill be working on getting some of the inside.
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03-24-2017, 11:57 AM
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#60
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Spring Valley AZ
Posts: 1,343
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 2 elderly children, 1 cat
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
71 in three days! Good to hear from another Aquarium. Or is that Sanitarium?
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Delirium...
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