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08-29-2014, 08:43 PM
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#561
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-24-14
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Originally Posted by browncrown
Do all Tester's get a beverage? If so, I volunteer
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address.....TN...should take you about 5 days I'll fire up the grill on wed.
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08-29-2014, 08:44 PM
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#562
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-24-14
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Originally Posted by GreyEagle
50 gallon water X 8.3 lbs per gallon = 415 lbs of water plus the heater & tank?
seems excessive to me but you will have plenty of hot water... Now I know why you have those chairs...... LOL
It should ride there pretty good.
Enjoy your weekend.
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ONLY 40 gallons
as long as mama can have a bath and me a shower....we be rockin'
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08-30-2014, 10:28 AM
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#563
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Roswell, NM
Posts: 3,588
Year: 1986
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: 40 ft All American FE
Engine: 8.2LTA Fuel Pincher DD V8
Rated Cap: 89
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-24-14
Love the chairs. They are hard to find anymore. We need some decent lightweight folding chairs (with armrests) I want to get some (or make some) once we get back east. Flea markets and yard sales suck out here for stuff like that. I also need to get a folding table to use for outdoor eating. It's hard to grill outside here, much less eat outside ( lousy gale force winds). The park we are in has..... FIBERGLASS PICNIC TABLES!!!!!!!!!! I made the mistake of sitting on them once... had to take a shower to get the tiny fiberglass hairs that stuck thru my jeans and into the backs of my legs and tuches. Is it us or are campground picnic tables getting ickier than they used to be? And some places don't even have tables.
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08-30-2014, 11:26 AM
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#564
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-24-14
We always have a table with us as.....people just dont take care of stuff
i am taking a break eatn lunch...lisa is painting more of bus
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08-31-2014, 05:57 AM
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#565
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-24-14
a little update, saturday was busy and today I hope to finish 90% of the plumbing...and then hookup water and see if there are any leaks
roughed in toilet and sewer lines as well as a hole in side of bus for my periscope
front bumper painted
she was prepping forehead for paint
rear starting to get some paint
ran lines to passengerside of bus
this shows vent location and mocked up 3"" line (it will exit otherside, pipe was still long)
and after along hot day we relaxed on the porch....Victory picture
c-ya'll in a few more hours...burning day light
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08-31-2014, 01:24 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 801
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-24-14
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Originally Posted by bansil
We always have a table with us as.....people just dont take care of stuff
i am taking a break eatn lunch...lisa is painting more of bus
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Sounds like you have her trained.... good job!!!
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08-31-2014, 03:03 PM
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#567
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-24-14
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Originally Posted by GreyEagle
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Originally Posted by bansil
We always have a table with us as.....people just dont take care of stuff
i am taking a break eatn lunch...lisa is painting more of bus
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Sounds like you have her trained.... good job!!!
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nope....I hadd to make my own Sammich
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08-31-2014, 05:51 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
Love the new paint on the bus and the "Victory Picture" is what makes all the hard work worth it!!!
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08-31-2014, 06:32 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
so today was a beotch....waited until 12:30 to go to local hardware store, since I forgot a few things...3 trips later @ 24 miles round trip...I still didnt have the right stuff...argh...argh..at lowes I got all the white 3" pvc stufff I thought I needed...nope
Went and grabbed 3 pcs of 3" 90* at local store, didnt measure...got home...setup station...shiat too big put evrything up incase of rain; went back and got 3 more smaller ones that said 3 inch.....guess what? somebeotcheezze were to small...I was pissed....I googled and found out there is a thinner wall 3" ID pvc...who in the hell doesnt do over-kill???
So I did a bunch of other stuff including!!!!!!
more turtles for the front back and sides baby...
and while I was at it
PIMP wine glasses for visiters to the bus
BC if you come to visit and do "a wine tasting event" (we do them whenever friends show up with wine...5 or 6 bottles open and passing around)...you can take 1 back to Cali'
Goes for any Skoolie we come across and partake in the feast of grapes
me trying one out...notice new baby turtles?
in the AM I will head to NC and Lowes, get what I need....and finish the plumbing...fingers crossed
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08-31-2014, 06:46 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
I'll start saving my beer cans for diesel money for a trip in the Spring...I want one of them Turtle Glasses Oh, and I'll bring wine!
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09-01-2014, 12:44 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Gainesville. Georgia
Posts: 544
Year: 1992
Coachwork: bluebird
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
I LOVE,LOVE, LOVE the colors of "La Tortuga" The interior of "The Breeze" is Aqua, lime green, battleship grey & dark brown" (would post pictures if I can ever figure it out) Friends call it"Miami Vice---hippyfied" and I would love her to look like "The Turtle" on the outside.
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09-01-2014, 05:44 AM
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#572
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
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Originally Posted by The-Breeze
I LOVE,LOVE, LOVE the colors of "La Tortuga" The interior of "The Breeze" is Aqua, lime green, battleship grey & dark brown" (would post pictures if I can ever figure it out) Friends call it"Miami Vice---hippyfied" and I would love her to look like "The Turtle" on the outside.
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Thank you, a free photobucket account is a start, and there is a "how to" on this site somewhere
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09-01-2014, 05:04 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 18
Year: 1992
Coachwork: International Ward/AmTran
Chassis: 3800
Engine: Navistar DT360
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
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Thank you, a free photobucket account is a start, and there is a "how to" on this site somewhere
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I'm a big fan of http://www.imgur.com to host pictures
Just copy the [img] tags
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09-01-2014, 06:45 PM
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#574
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
okay updates for today!!!
toilet mounted
toilet hidden with shelf when not in use
plumbing pictures misc...
prepping for power on ...actually water on
Lisa has the reins.....absolute control!!!!!
toilet full
she bled water heater...NO FRIK'N LEAKS!!!!! 10,000 INITIAL CONNECTIONS
so we flushed and filled and all looks good...as for hot water
I will see on my trip... ...all electrical connections are right...or at least so says the internet
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09-01-2014, 06:47 PM
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#575
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
color update on 10 x 10 paint job (10 feet away or after 10 beers)
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09-01-2014, 07:37 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 801
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
Saw this oline and it reminded me of your bus!!! La Tortuga
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09-01-2014, 08:33 PM
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#577
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
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Saw this oline and it reminded me of your bus!!! La Tortuga
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saved...you are awesome...thanks!!!
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09-01-2014, 09:15 PM
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#578
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,231
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
Hey Bansil, the hide-a-toilet shelf and drape is a very clever idea and a great use of space. Who says there have to be walls for a bathroom? You've got me thinking about how one might design a complete bathroom around a multi-use area without permanent walls. Jack
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09-06-2014, 05:55 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
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Originally Posted by ol trunt
Hey Bansil, the hide-a-toilet shelf and drape is a very clever idea and a great use of space. Who says there have to be walls for a bathroom? You've got me thinking about how one might design a complete bathroom around a multi-use area without permanent walls. Jack
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after 16 yrs in the military...pooping in private isnt an option
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09-06-2014, 06:03 PM
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#580
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-31-14
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