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Old 09-28-2010, 08:06 AM   #401
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Pics from the past couple days. Have I mentioned it sucks not having internet in the bus yet?

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HOW ABOUT THIS SMITTY----- ALL THE WOOD TRIM AND WHERE YOU PUT YOUR SPARE TIRE AND THE LITTLE GATES ON THE BACK PORCH

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Old 09-29-2010, 01:33 PM   #402
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No, but here's a couple hints:

What I'm talking about hasn't been mentioned by either myself, or anyone else.....but it is in both pics you posted.

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Ok with that hint and without looking back through all the posts its either the door knobs, wood trim, or bumper painted? hmmm...
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Old 09-29-2010, 06:57 PM   #403
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My daughter says "it's as adorable as ****" (and how adorable is that?) and she wants it. That is one of her criteria for her skoolie... she wants a "back porch". See, it's contagious... she has skoolie fever!
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Old 09-30-2010, 08:03 AM   #404
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Ok this is bugging me. just spent the last hour going through posts trying to figure out what you haven't mentioned yet.
My next guess is the vent cover over the rear door??

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Old 10-01-2010, 12:49 AM   #405
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ok smitty! thanks for you pm.
you'll have to take a pic of it some what close so every one can see what your taking about.
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Old 10-01-2010, 01:02 PM   #406
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looks like I see another skin riveted over your side window area, but I thought you had welded and smoothed all that over????
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Old 10-01-2010, 05:43 PM   #407
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It looks like you took the wood trim off of the side.
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wood trims gone?.. i take it hose are the most recent pics.... :P threw on a coat of clear/went on a buffing spree?
I think those were taken while painting. The roof is still yellow. I side with Ramairws601. It looks as if the sheet metal has either another layer or was pulled up and riveted on. Remove some waves from the sheet metal?

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Old 10-01-2010, 09:53 PM   #408
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... Lorna, tell your daughter thanks......and seek counseling for her

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Naw, she just needs a skoolie... We came home from working an auction up in Albuquerque today... A older BlueBird Wanderlodge is parked right next to us in the campground. The front end looks just like our BlueBird... except we have those nifty front (and rear) docking lights! Stacey can't get over how much it looks like a schoolbus. But not drip edge over the windows every so often... all smooth there. And we have more rub rails!
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Old 10-02-2010, 12:47 PM   #409
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FRP huh. I'm sure there has been discussion about people wanting to use it as sidewall material instead of steal. Although yours is sandwich with steal. I'm wondering if that will have any effect with warping, or how the FRP holds up on its own as sidewall material. You will have to keep us updated on how it performs and is holding up.

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Old 10-03-2010, 08:10 AM   #410
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all right smitty!!!
how does it heat?
does it run you out like mine does?
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Old 10-05-2010, 08:57 AM   #411
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The fire looks so nice...I hope you got enough brownies for all of us!
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Old 10-05-2010, 03:27 PM   #412
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The fire looks so nice...I hope you got enough brownies for all of us!
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Old 10-05-2010, 07:38 PM   #413
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Deal on the brownies and beer...the breakfast, lunch, and dinner of Champions!

Glad to hear the living arrangements are working out.
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...I need to get a pie rack to set them up on because the bottom burns since the fire is directly under the steel plate divider. I think once I do that it'll bake fine...
Try an unglazed piece of ceramic tile or a pizza stone... tile would probably be cheaper... mine was free (a few quarry tiles of leftover stock laying around my Dad's place). The thick clay tile will absorb the heat and evenly disperse it.
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...I need to get a pie rack to set them up on because the bottom burns since the fire is directly under the steel plate divider. I think once I do that it'll bake fine...
Try an unglazed piece of ceramic tile or a pizza stone... tile would probably be cheaper... mine was free (a few quarry tiles of leftover stock laying around my Dad's place). The thick clay tile will absorb the heat and evenly disperse it.
or like they did in mine two 1/2" sticks of square steel welded in, if you look at the pics of mine you might see them. i have not used it for cooking cause for one thing you can't get a 16" chicago pizza in it

smitty love the solar cells i just wish i had some of those
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Came-up with a cheaper/easier solution.....a 2nd pie pan flipped upside down

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if i could post a pic i would show you how they did it in mine smitty!
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...you can't get a 16" chicago pizza in it ...(
Shock! HorrorS! I can eat a whole 16" thick crust pizza all by my onesie! Just give me a good mystery to read or a movie to watch! And I'll never know I ate it!
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Came-up with a cheaper/easier solution.....a 2nd pie pan flipped upside down

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A homemade "air bake" pan! Aren't you a smart cookie!
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if i could post a pic i would show you how they did it in mine smitty!
my oven i can cook the 16" pizza. i know i get a family size stuff crust chicago from papa murpheysatleast once a month
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The tank I made the stove from is only 14.5" diameter....so a 16" pizza is out of the question. However I like pan pizzas so I can to "taller" ..... plus make up for a smaller diameter pizza with more beer

Honestly I don't think I'll be using the wood stove a lot anyway, which was why I built one instead of bought. If I were gonna winter somewhere I needed a constant heat supply, I''d have bought a nice little pellet stove (most likely).

lol, Lorna....most times the simplest solutions are overlooked...I nearly did that one, until I bought a new set of baking pans. It just happen to come with 2 new cake pans....the hamster started running in the wheel....and an idea was born


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smitty i have a magic shef gas stove/oven that i cook with and that is what i cook the pizza in
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