Model 05 Silver Eagle

[Chadluc]

heres a few interrior shots of the back wall...i had avoided showing photo's of it until i got it organized.I am going to go with curtains over the closet area above the beds, roman shades for the rear bedroom.


Here's a few shots :
a shot of my dog Paris with her Christmas decorations on

[Accordion]

That is a beautiful little doggie.

Why didn't you make your bed before you took that other picture? HA HA

[Chadluc]

ahah i cleaned top to bottom really ..took me like 3 hrs. just didn't think to make the bed..paris was using it

[Chadluc]

I whent to napa today to order a parking brake valve...well I was quoted 2 weeks ago, 250 - 300 well they had 1 in stock. 30.00 !! put it on all is good. took a whole 5 mins to change

[Chadluc]

Ok here's a better shot to the rear state room.

[bus-bro]

My, my, my, that's one big bed!

[Chadluc]

The project moved forward alot faster then i had anticipated. Next thing I knew i was changing oil, fuel filters and on my wat to San Francisco! Here are a few photo's of the trip. I stayed a few days in half moon bay before bringing the bus into SF. No break downs...The only thing i was concerned about was blowing a tire but good luck so far! Here are a few better quality photo's.

[chev49]

after seeing your pictures, maybe i can fit my 52 inch one in mine... it is 48 inches wide.. but i got a center door in the hall passage way...

[Chadluc]

I have been super busy. I finished converting the entire front of bus. furnished painted and all. I also bought my paint. Also installed 3 fan tastic vents model 6000 rbta. i already installed them 1 rear , 1 bathroom , and 1 in the living room(front of bus). I also bought a duracell generator 3500 wattb from homedepot. It was only about 800.00 and more than half the price of a 3000 watt honda. It has electric start ,pretty quiet (I installed it under my bus ) of course louder out in the open but not unbarable. i bought it to run some heavey tools,and I'm going to use it to run a 13,000 btu portable A/C for air conditioning in the bus.

List of supplys :
fan tastic vent : http://www.fantasticvent.com/products/m ... _6000.html (3)
Paint: http://www.paintforcars.com/kits_champa ... allic.html ( I bought 5 of these kits)
Primer: http://www.paintforcars.com/primer_self_etching.html (i bought 5 gallons of this)
Sander: Chicago DA (dual action) - bought on amazon.com
Sand paper: box or 100 , 80 grit box of 100, 120 grit bought on amazon.com
Thinner: mineral sprits 5 gallons
Air compressor : http://www.homedepot.com/buy/tools-hard ... 63424.html

Paint GUN : http://www.amazon.com/DeVILBISS-FinishL ... =8-2-fkmr0

and lots of misc stuff.

I just started sanding today. I am taking the whole bus down to original primer/or metal. But i'm stripping the whole thing. roof and all. iI plan to just paint it outside, in the shade on a clear non windy day. I think a good 3 days of sanding 5 hour days, should get the sides done, and a good 20 hrs on the roof and in 2 weeks should be ready to spray the primer. Another 4000. spent but now she is starting to look better.

I will get some pictures up tommorow

[Chadluc]

I live in hollywood and know of a few bridges that i can park the bus under to prime and paint it. I wonder if there is a test to do to see if painting it under a bridge is better

[lornaschinske]

Wouldn't you get a lot of dirt drifting down from the overhead autos?

Use care when sanding around the caps.

[Chadluc]

I think if i park it out of direct sunlight for a few hrs. I should be fine. This is not a show bus... just put alot of time nd money into this project and would like to apply a decent paint job

[Chadluc]

i been waking up at 5am working on the bus. got the primer coat on. I dont think i am primering the roof... i think i will just block sand it and shoot the paint on it.

[itsme1738]

very nice! and on the road too

[Chadluc]

ahaha yea ... I painted it on the side of the rod in hollywood. aha i dont care ..a ll they can do is tell me i can't do it... but that wont stop m either!

[Chadluc]

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[Motobus]

Looks good to me.

[bansil]

looks %100 better she looks complete now,good job...I did laugh when I say cali plates...first thought was thats not CARB compliant

I bet you get less harassment from PO-PO after this,two thumbs up!

[Chadluc]

after i paint it i am using flitz aluminum polish to shine this sucker up. She will look like it just rolled off the show room floor... an old show room floor

[syke]

Livin on the edge. Painting a bus on the street. Love it!

Keep at it and hopefully the neighbors down wind won't notice.

It's gonna look sharp when you are done.