The Sloth

[thommassey]

Had me scratchin my head a minute there...
Better pics this time, though not a bad van either!

[Diesel Dan]

I also had a couple VW buses back in the day (not to mention numerous VW Bugs). Must have been the seeds of the bigger bus to come.

One of the best times of my life was touring the United States in a 1967 VW bus/camper one summer during college back in the late 1980's. It had the split windshield, metal dash, pop-up camper roof... classic. I later got a 1973 bus into which I put a camper interior. That bus was a party-mobile, and really gave me an appreciation for having my living room and bedroom wherever I was.

[MikeyBskunk]

Hahaha WOW sounds like you lived the life i am hopeing to live once this bus is ready for who knows what!!!! ahaha

[bus-bro]

Now don't start talking about VW camper buses, you'll make me cry.

[chev49]

I bought a 1959 vw camper around 1976, later sold it... not realizing the money that they bring now. But i now have a rust free in all the right places a 1957 vw cabrolet which im not gonna restore, so its gonna be history also.

but thats beside the point of this topic.

[bus-bro]

What's a 1957 vw cabrolet?

[chev49]

tis what they called the convertible...

[Tango]

Speaking of VW buses...here's one I helped paint for the 2011 ArtCar parade in Houston. Belongs to "Hippie John", the cook/owner of a restaurant here. I think it is a '67 as I recall. Has the pop-up camper top and the funky, crank-out jalousie windows. Groovy.

[TygerCub]

Awesome. Love the funky paint job. Very eye catching.

[MikeyBskunk]

Soo i have a question for all of you, My bus has needed new tires since i bought it. Luckly i have the cash to afford eather a retred or new ones. Now, would it be worth it to mabye score some "old" tires from like a truck shop or should i go with a retred, or enen brand new ones??? i guess what im asking is what would be the most bang for my buck?

Thanks

Mikey

[bansil]

retreads on the rear and new on the front

[chev49]

I would think that you need to check both prices. Sometimes here the county which only buys new tires has old take off's which may be up to 40% tread or so for the core price at the tire shop.It also means they are usually not more that three years old, from what i have seen. That price is around $80 or so here. and sometimes i have seen pretty new tires in the large truck wrecking yard.
New ones here around $350 for 22.5 mounted in portland, caps are getting close to 200 and that doesnt count the core at Les Schwab.
I would go and compare prices, etc. and also take into consideration the amount of driving you will do in a year.

[roach711]

Love the color scheme.

So what happened to the resident cat?

[MikeyBskunk]

soo i FINALLY painted my rims today because they were in desperate need of it. I first wire brushed them with a wire brush attchment i have for my grinder. Then i used Rustoleum Flat White oil based paint.

[MikeyBskunk]

[MikeyBskunk]

O ya and as you can see i have my curtins done ahah FINALLY other than that my bus progress has been slowed a little because i have been building THIS

[chev49]

Looks like ya got something to jump the bus with...

[MikeyBskunk]

hahaha nah im not the stunt type of a guy, but that would be sweet!

[TygerCub]

What a sweet looking bike!

[Diesel Dan]

The white wheels look good on your bus! I've been wanting to paint mine for some time now, but just never seem to get around to it.