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Old 11-05-2010, 01:55 PM   #221
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Wow! The woodworking against the diamond plate looks awesome! Great job! So Nice ....

Off to look at some more of your photos!

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Old 11-06-2010, 12:44 PM   #222
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Looks fantastic. But I can't help wonder how many people are gonna get a glint in their eye while driving and curse ya out.
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Old 11-06-2010, 09:32 PM   #223
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Looks fantastic. But I can't help wonder how many people are gonna get a glint in their eye while driving and curse ya out.
none. cause if you look at the door no window at the bottom of it.
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Old 11-06-2010, 11:06 PM   #224
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Looks fantastic. But I can't help wonder how many people are gonna get a glint in their eye while driving and curse ya out.
none. cause if you look at the door no window at the bottom of it.
I guess I could drive with my door open just to make passers-by extra angry.
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Old 11-08-2010, 02:36 AM   #225
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Looks fantastic. But I can't help wonder how many people are gonna get a glint in their eye while driving and curse ya out.
none. cause if you look at the door no window at the bottom of it.
I guess I could drive with my door open just to make passers-by extra angry. [/quote:r3rrch5f]

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Old 11-11-2010, 09:19 AM   #226
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Can you post more pics on your blog, showing detail on how you built out your frame for your new door. Did you use metal or wood to frame it in? Thanks.
Here is the post where I talk briefly about the framing: http://www.goodnewsbus.com/2010/10/welding.html
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Old 11-11-2010, 09:20 AM   #227
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Ok...more pics on the blog:

BTW does any one know what this is???



I can only assume that it is a block heater.
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Old 11-11-2010, 10:13 AM   #228
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Ok...more pics on the blog:

BTW does any one know what this is???

I can only assume that it is a block heater.
That looks exactly like my block heater. You could always try to follow the wire coming off the back of it and see if it connects to a heating element sticking into the engine. I know it's hard to access the engine in those flat nosed buses though...
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Old 11-24-2010, 11:02 PM   #229
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Maiden voyage of Good News coming soon. Planned departure date: Nov. 29th
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Old 11-29-2010, 09:20 PM   #230
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I noticed on your blog you put a couple LED lights in your stairwell. I was wondering how you have them wired? I was thinking of doing a battery powered motion detector light. Not too sure about that though.

Bus is looking incredible. Good luck on the voyage!!
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Old 01-01-2011, 05:59 PM   #231
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The Good News Bus departed the south on Nov. 30th and arrived in Canada on Dec. 5th.

This is the first time the Good News Bus has ever seen snow. Everything went well and we arrived safe.
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Old 01-01-2011, 09:43 PM   #232
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NICE! You still up there?
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Old 01-02-2011, 04:09 PM   #233
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The snow won't hurt her at all. Have fun in the north and enjoy the beautiful country up there. Happy New Year to the Good News
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Old 05-31-2011, 11:07 PM   #234
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It has been a long time. Hope everyone has been doing well. I just posted a short update on the blog.

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Old 08-09-2011, 01:17 PM   #235
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I have added a few features to the Good News Bus Blog. First is: Good News Bus - From the Beginning. This enables the reader to start at the beginning of the project and read to the end. It can be found here: http://www.goodnewsbus.com/p/good-ne...beginning.html

The second feature is a video: The Good News Bus in Ten Minutes. This takes you through the whole project in less then ten minuets. It is a very condensed version of the blog with narration. You can find that here: http://www.goodnewsbus.com/p/video-g...n-minuets.html

Thanks and if you think of it, please rate the video!
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Old 08-09-2011, 03:14 PM   #236
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woo! yay canada lol
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Old 03-17-2012, 01:00 AM   #237
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Just wanted to post an update on the Good News Bus blog. I have posted two new pages. A FAQ page and a "What I would do different" page.

Please check them out!

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Old 04-08-2012, 09:17 PM   #238
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I covered 7 more windows in the Good News Bus.



A lot more pics on the blog.

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Old 04-09-2012, 12:27 PM   #239
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So how does it look from the outside? Do you just see the foam insulation, or did you add some sort of material to "black out" the window?
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Old 04-09-2012, 11:36 PM   #240
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The windows were already tinted so with the foam and the panel over it on the inside it just looks blacked out on the outside. You can't tell from the outside because I already had dark tint on the windows.
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