Tancook 685

[ermracing]

Started on the ceiling installation today. Finished up about a third of it before calling it a night. Might be able to finish it up tomorrow.

[Seriousracer]

Hey fellow rallier
I do Mazda s.
I have a former Millen 323 gtx.
Plus a few shells laying around
A formula Mazda and building a gt3 rotary powered car.

[Rsquared]

If you tape your seams with foil tape in that insulation, it'll work a whole lot better.

[ermracing]

Originally Posted by Rsquared

If you tape your seams with foil tape in that insulation, it'll work a whole lot better.

The ceiling boards are doing a good job holding the insulation in. Made more progress today. One more day ought to finish it up.

[ermracing]

Finished the ceiling and the trap door for the air horn. I figured I would need access to the air horn switch and mounting bolts at some point.

[ermracing]

Removed the remaining seat tracks and ripped up the flooring where the living quarters will be (16.5' long). There isn't too much rust to deal with so will probably use Ospho to treat it. We only live about 1/2 mile from the town transfer station so I simply drove the bus up the road to dispose of the plywood and rubber flooring once it was all removed.

Next step will be to finalize and mock up the layout before laying down the insulation and sub-floor.

[ermracing]

The floor has been painted and I filled in the bolt/screw holes with windshield goop. The furring strips are going in now.

[ermracing]

We're not letting Mother Nature slow us down. This weekend I installed a dead bolt on the rear door, key lock on the outside and twist knob on the inside. I should also be able to complete insulating the walls with 2" foam board. Looks like a blizzard out right now so good thing I took the bus to Home Depot yesterday. It still has steer tires on all positions so we have to plan our supply runs around the road conditions. Hopefully we'll get good drive tires in a few weeks.

[ermracing]

My wife and I painted the bus this week, inspired by the 1969 movie The Italian Job.

[Seriousracer]

This is the wrap I am going to do to my
Bus you might want to do it to.
Minus the rear of the mini.

[ermracing]

Hoping to make some progress on the bus next week when we are on break. First step was getting the batteries for our solar setup.

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by Seriousracer

This is the wrap I am going to do to my
Bus you might want to do it to.
Minus the rear of the mini.

I'm having a wrap made for the inside of the 24" door to the garage, it'll look like no door looking into the garage with the Ferarri parked in it.

erm- what are the specs on those batteries, cost?

[PNW_Steve]

Are they L-16's?

[ermracing]

Originally Posted by o1marc

I'm having a wrap made for the inside of the 24" door to the garage, it'll look like no door looking into the garage with the Ferarri parked in it.

erm- what are the specs on those batteries, cost?

12v 215ah

https://www.batteriesplus.com/

Pretty decent price because they were in stock, so no extra shipping costs.

[ermracing]

Originally Posted by PNW_Steve

Are they L-16's?

No, we decided to go with the 12v, not the 6v. They also have a 10% discount if you order online and pickup in the store. It just about covers the core cost since we didn't have any, obviously.

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by ermracing

12v 215ah

https://www.batteriesplus.com/

Pretty decent price because they were in stock, so no extra shipping costs.

Couldn't find anything there that matches 12v-215aH

[ermracing]

https://www.batteriesplus.com/productdetails/sli12v215s

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by ermracing

https://www.batteriesplus.com/productdetails/sli12v215s

No wonder we couldn't find 215ah batteries, those are 228ah. I couldn't tell from your pic, looks like 2 large 12 cell batteries. Is it in fact 4 batteries?

[ermracing]

Originally Posted by o1marc

No wonder we couldn't find 215ah batteries, those are 228ah. I couldn't tell from your pic, looks like 2 large 12 cell batteries. Is it in fact 4 batteries?

Yes, 4 of the 12v 215 [228] ah batteries. The part number does list them as 215, but the sticker on them shows 228 @20a. So we should end up with 860-912ah for $1200 and a weight of 500 lbs. Also, fewer cables than 6v batteries as noted in the other thread.

[ermracing]

Made some progress over the last week. We scored some bus parts from our local International dealer from a 1997 3800/Bluebird bus - air base and seat, extra interior fan, 2 emergency windows, roof hatch, ext mirror bracket, sun visor and some other bits. We also started the interior build. Installed the shower, made the cabinets for the galley and the boxes for the two beds as well as the enclosure for the house batteries. I'm thinking the holes between them will help with heat dissipation. I'm thinking all also put a small fan on one end with an exhaust vent on the other to keep them cool when needed.









Oh yeah, the skeleton hand will be the hood ornament as soon as I find the appropriate wrench to weld in.