new member 1965 chevy

[timbuk]

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[timbuk]

[url][/url]finally got some paint on the ol girl its cil marine sfety orange you will not miss me coming down the road not sure why so many pics have gone missing on this thread havent been here much looks like the forums been busy thats great! more pix to come haha timbuk

[keith]

looking good timbuk, what u trying to out do smitty ??lol..so what have u been up to?.....just repainted mine too.,,,e-mail me some time keith

[timbuk]

well hello Keith yea im travellin the world workin 8 months a year now got the rest of the summer off thought id get color on the bus cant afford the gas for it my my hope all is well with you

[LuckyChow]

The '65 Chevy buses were great vehicles. Tough as nails and never gave any trouble. I believe that bus originally came with a 292 high torque straight six that was indestructible. They didn't start putting power steering on them till 1967, but they drove great without it. The first Chevy bus that I saw with a V-8 was in 1968. All our '68's had 327's.

[timbuk]

this bus was origionally a 327,would have been a good one steel crank now has a 350 in it.

[LuckyChow]

Originally Posted by timbuk

this bus was origionally a 327,would have been a good one steel crank now has a 350 in it.

Ahhh, this is the earliest V-8 I've seen then. I have about 60,000 miles in a Chevy bus with a 350 4-bolt main. That was a good match up and all our drivers loved them. We never had any problems on those buses. Once they got into the higher miles, we'd have to add a quart a day of oil, but they ran great. The only thing we had that would out-pull them was the Internationals. Can't remember the cubic inch on that engine, but is seems like it was about 345. It was a good bus, but the Chevys drove better.

[timbuk]

thanx lucky sounds like you slung a few of these ol birds around a couple of corners! havent driven it much myself yet,waiting to see

[bansil]

love the new color

[timbuk]

got thr cowl painted in gota get the hood done and add some graphics later thinkin checkered flag stripe that was alot of sanding!

[timbuk]

oh the memories....

[JakeC]

Looks awesome!! It's come a longs ways!!

[bansil]

what kind of paint? automotive 2 part or just oil based enamel?

[browncrown]

Like the new color a lot!

[timbuk]

Originally Posted by bansil

what kind of paint? automotive 2 part or just oil based enamel?

i used CIL hi-gloss marine enamel,said to reduce 15% to spray with laquer thinner,thinkin oil base,very glossy recomend it for sure if you can get it easy to spray

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[JakeC]

I love it!! Very unique (cool) looking bus for sure.

[wmkbailey]

Looking good. I like your color scheme. Nice LED lights.