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08-13-2018, 03:02 PM
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#181
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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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Looking good and as I often say to Tango--"Too much fun!" Jack 
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09-09-2018, 09:21 AM
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#182
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Thanks Jack, it's been entertaining to say the least. 
Last week of August, loading up for a week up north.
Waiting for a friend and his GF.
Three ATV's this trip
Camp sites we were in.
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09-09-2018, 09:25 AM
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#183
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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12:05pm last Monday…
5pm same day.
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09-09-2018, 09:30 AM
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#184
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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09-09-2018, 09:45 AM
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#185
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Rerouted wiring for lights and trailer.
Yesterday, removing what’s left of the door jam/floor “Z” channel at rear.
Tango’s vintage iron is in better shape than this rust bucket… some of you Southern boys and girls are so spoiled with your rust free builds. 
Z channel removed, looking for something to weld to…..
Little more flooring removed…few more holes.
Cleaned up wires….
Cross brace still in to hold square until we box in sides/corners and rebuild floor/rear.
Bagged up waiting for today's adventure
Isn't the best way to do a build, I needed it mobile to do the work. That's why the floor wasn't removed at the time. Borrowing the dealer plate to move it for the first couple of years was going to come to an end.
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09-09-2018, 09:58 AM
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#186
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Good to see some custom fab work back there, planning on doing a double door on mine. I desperately need a second door to continue. Yours wouldn't work due to the BB taper. What will your final door be? 
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09-09-2018, 10:02 AM
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#187
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Barn doors like a transport trailer.
They will open backwards compared to a normal semi....so you exit the pass. side like up front.
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10-01-2018, 08:46 AM
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#188
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Wow, only away for 3 weeks and there's 11 pages of unread threads, can't keep up...
Repaired and repairing rotten metal in corners and boxing in sides.
Boxing in inner and outer panels, upper corners.
Top of roof boxed in.
Top, bottom and sides done.
Pieces cut and bent to replace edges of window cut out.
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10-01-2018, 08:56 AM
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#189
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Removed rivets/sheet metal.
Riveted and welded in.
Transition piece from wide to narrow fit and welded in.
Finished boxing in everything...
...Two 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 1/8" rec. tube up rights for door frame are tacked in [not shown, ran out of daylight]. Something to weld hinge butts to.
...bottom corners still bang on square
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10-01-2018, 09:05 AM
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#190
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Hows the weather up there?
Nice work on the bus!
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10-01-2018, 09:06 AM
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#191
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REDD
Barn doors like a transport trailer.
They will open backwards compared to a normal semi....so you exit the pass. side like up front.
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With the tailgate down and the railing up the doors are wider than the tailgate and will not open all the way. So the left door will open first so you don't walk around the door and you'll have a platform to stand on while closing the door behind you.
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10-01-2018, 09:11 AM
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#192
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Hows the weather up there?
Nice work on the bus!
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Hey Charlie,
The weather changed drastically from last week...was in the 20's [Celsius]
and yesterday and today it's 8*C and raining.
Thanks for the kind words.
Trying to get the hole filled in before the snow flies....crap, I hate the cold weather.
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10-05-2018, 08:54 AM
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#193
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Side posts tacked in
Top of door frame bent to fit opening
Bottom of door frame tacked in
Top of posts cut off and capped.
Now top is welded solid all along the top, sides and bottom will seam sealed inside and out.
Fab. Hinge butts for some free-bee vintage hinges
Welded in some 3/8" elevator bolts into the 7/8' hole, hardware for hinges no longer available.
Both sides finished
...Not shown [to dark]….Doors cut to shape, need to be trimmed down 3/8” all away around for door seals
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10-08-2018, 08:05 AM
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#194
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Happy turkey day....
...on this side of the ditch.
Got the damaged free-bee doors hung yesterday before all the family showed up for grub, still need to install weather strip/seals and figure out a locking/latching....then throw a coat of primer/paint on 'er.
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10-08-2018, 08:18 AM
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#195
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Saw this one Friday at the truck pulls across the street from my house...Fall Fair going on for four days. Pro fuel truck was on this one.
Didn't take a pic of the red and white pusher yesterday draggin' a smash up derby car.
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10-08-2018, 08:22 AM
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#196
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Lookin good...keep it up!
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10-09-2018, 01:54 PM
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#197
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Lookin good...keep it up!
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Thank you sir.
Picked up the corner tabs and adhesive for the corners of the door seals today...maybe get to it Thursday, we'll see.
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10-14-2018, 09:56 AM
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#198
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Pass door fitted, drivers door almost done
Drivers door fitted, pass door seals and corner tabs installed
Quick coat of primer outside, white rust paint on inside metal.
Hit truck supply company on way home from work tomorrow for other door lock...something that can be opened and closed form both sides also lockable.
Quick coat of paint
Western Star frame catwalk...behind bunk, in front of fifth wheel
Catwalk cut into 12 inch pieces for inside ramps…few mods left on those
…door locks installed a some more paint.
Side shot of frame recessed at bottom and out a bit at top
....5* Celsius yesterday
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10-14-2018, 06:16 PM
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#199
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Good looking work there. Keep the pix coming!
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10-14-2018, 11:02 PM
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#200
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: N.C.
Posts: 1,136
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: DT466E
Rated Cap: 34
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That looks like it could have been a factory option.....you matched the roof curvature perfectly.
Very nicely done, sir.
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