Great White Buffalo - 92 BB All American RE

[Tango]

Heavy Duty! --- Nice job Somewhere. That thing looks stout enough to drive 70 with the door open! Breeeezy.

[syke]

Thanks for the link Tango. I will put that on my short list of possibilities.

Somewhere... the door stop/holder looks great. I think I really like that idea. Where did you find the spring/rubber bumper part?

Here are a few more updated pictures:

[browncrown]

The door looks fantastic...the possibility of an "Attack Cat"...even better!!

[gbstewart]

fantastic work, things like that inspire me (aswell as others) to get working on our buses
keep up the great work,
gbstewart

[Tango]

Great lookin' work on the door ---And I see that the text on the plaque wisely avoided the phrase"trained attack cat". "Wisely" cause there ain't no such thing. Cats do what cats feel like doin' when they feel like doin' it.

[somewhereinusa]

Where did you find the spring/rubber bumper part?

I made it out of parts laying around. The plunger is a 1/2 inch bolt that I cut the threaded part off of. I drilled and tapped a hole on the end
so I could bolt a rubber piece to the end. The rubber is a plug I cut with a hole saw out of some rubber barn mat.

[syke]

Thanks guys!

"Attack cat" might be over stating it a bit much. The only thing that might vaguely resemble an "attack" is our cats chasing the red laser pointer or the squeaky mouse.

[syke]

Originally Posted by somewhereinusa

I made it out of parts laying around. The plunger is a 1/2 inch bolt that I cut the threaded part off of. I drilled and tapped a hole on the end
so I could bolt a rubber piece to the end. The rubber is a plug I cut with a hole saw out of some rubber barn mat.

Thanks somewhere... I might copy this idea if you don't mind.

[Tango]

As my old art teacher used to say..."It's OK to steal ideas. As long as you only steal GOOD ideas". This one definitely qualifies.

[syke]

Originally Posted by Tango

As my old art teacher used to say..."It's OK to steal ideas. As long as you only steal GOOD ideas". This one definitely qualifies.

Thank you sir!

[syke]

Just some quick pictures of the door and entryway.














The wife sure does like her flowers.

[NilesSkoolie]

Great job on the door!!

[proconsul100]

your door looks amazing

[Accordion]

The door does indeed look great. I also love the pic of the flowers.

[yawnzzz...]

That is a nice door. I really like the wide entryway.
I feel like I'm slumming in my bus because I have to make a turn through a narrow entryway.
Its kind of like a jungle gym.

[Tango]

SWEET!!! --- Great job on the entry.

[bansil]

I really love the way your door turned out, very nice job

[syke]

Thanks guys!

For us it really has been one of those milestone kinda changes... like it's really sweet to have a nice operating door. And the size of the opening now that the factory door is gone is just amazing.

If you guys get the opportunity to build/buy/modify/etc a front door... do it!

[syke]

The same friend that helped with the door came by last Saturday and a little "tow bar" magic began.

I was afraid adding a receiver hitch to the rear engine bus was going to be a chore but after some further pondering it actually went rather well.

Now we just need to finish up the truck side of the equation and it will be time to test things out.


Sorry for the horrible picture.


Looking down on the hitch, it just barely squeezes between the motor mount crossbar and the rear bumper. What do you guys think about welding the hitch to the motor mount crossbar? Besides having to grind the weld if I ever needed to remove the motor and the mount, am I asking for trouble by tieing the two together?




Older Demco Excali-bar I found used at a local bedliner/camper shell shop. 8K pound rating and I like how it stays folded and secure on the bus.

[keith]

ok SYKE now that u got something started about the door,my wife wanteds me to build one like that,so if u would,pm me on the met size,,, i got a 94 bird

thanks