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Old 05-02-2019, 06:10 PM   #1
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Old 05-02-2019, 06:14 PM   #2
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Plan on following this beautiful bus loosely

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Old 05-02-2019, 06:15 PM   #3
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I've got a 5 window Thomas. "Fun Size"!
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Old 05-02-2019, 06:34 PM   #4
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Thanks eastcoastcb!

Jerry is a name with 2 meanings- Garcia and a terrible skier.

I’ll be taking this around to ski races for my kids in the Midwest.

here is a tentative floorplan

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Old 05-02-2019, 06:39 PM   #5
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Very similar to our intended floorplan.
Bunk bed makes the most sense to us with the available space.
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Old 06-10-2019, 10:20 AM   #6
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Old 06-10-2019, 02:33 PM   #7
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Nice bus you got there! Coming along I see.
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Old 06-10-2019, 03:29 PM   #8
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Always nice to see em painted!
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Old 06-11-2019, 12:37 PM   #9
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I love your color choice!

How long is it and how much do you have behind the driver’s seat?

Just out of curiosity, it looks like the roof was lowered behind the drivers window, in the same way some of the busses came with a slightly raised roof. Is that something they did?
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I love your color choice!

How long is it and how much do you have behind the driver’s seat?

Just out of curiosity, it looks like the roof was lowered behind the drivers window, in the same way some of the busses came with a slightly raised roof. Is that something they did?
that's Bus Conversion Blue!! I love it too!

http://www.skoolie.net/forums/f13/be...ing-25662.html
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Old 06-11-2019, 12:48 PM   #11
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I was thinking it was a seafoam or aqua. : )

Is that a super common color people use?
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Old 06-11-2019, 12:52 PM   #12
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I was thinking it was a seafoam or aqua. : )

Is that a super common color people use?
Sorta... Its just a natural color for buses and they do look great in seafoam/tiffany/CVB.
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Old 06-11-2019, 01:23 PM   #13
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I love your color choice!

How long is it and how much do you have behind the driver’s seat?

Just out of curiosity, it looks like the roof was lowered behind the drivers window, in the same way some of the busses came with a slightly raised roof. Is that something they did?
The roof came that way.
I found the blueprints for this bus on the Thomas website, and that is what I started with on the layout plans above, which are to scale. It is approximately 24’ and approximately 15’ behind the driver seat to work with.

The roof, like many you’ll see, is white for heat deflection. Wife got to choose the color of the sides and liked that blue, seafoam green, conversion Bus blue. Made sense to me, as it won’t show road salt or be too obnoxious so it got the thumbs up.
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Old 06-11-2019, 01:26 PM   #14
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The roof came that way.
I found the blueprints for this bus on the Thomas website, and that is what I started with on the layout plans above, which are to scale. It is approximately 24’ and approximately 15’ behind the driver seat to work with.

The roof, like many you’ll see, is white for heat deflection. Wife got to choose the color of the sides and liked that blue, seafoam green, conversion Bus blue. Made sense to me, as it won’t show road salt or be too obnoxious so it got the thumbs up.
YEah that's just how Thomas standard headroom models look.

The paint job/color is looking CHOICE!!!
It really is pleasing to the eye.
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Old 06-12-2019, 08:28 PM   #15
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Nice bus you got there! Coming along I see.
Thank you Johnny mullet I watched your instructive video series
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Old 06-12-2019, 08:30 PM   #16
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YEah that's just how Thomas standard headroom models look.

The paint job/color is looking CHOICE!!!
It really is pleasing to the eye.
Thank you eastcoastcb
I did it with a harbor freight $10 hvlp sprayer worked like a charm
Prep-20 hours?
Paint - 3 hours?
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Old 06-16-2019, 11:22 AM   #17
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Question: do these parts of the interior come out easily? They house the back of the front and back warning lights.



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Old 06-16-2019, 11:56 AM   #18
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My bus is a big sis to yours, 8-window Thomas 3800.
Fella I bought it from pulled the ceiling panels, and the bulkhead above the windscreens, so don't know, but doesn't look to be too hard.
The rear bulkhead is freeballing across its top edge. I reckon he stopped when he started to unscrew the bottom of the panel above the door, and thought the better if it!
I left it in place to protect the bulb housings & wires...
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Old 06-16-2019, 12:07 PM   #19
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My bus is a big sis to yours, 8-window Thomas 3800.
Fella I bought it from pulled the ceiling panels, and the bulkhead above the windscreens, so don't know, but doesn't look to be too hard.
The rear bulkhead is freeballing across its top edge. I reckon he stopped when he started to unscrew the bottom of the panel above the door, and thought the better if it!
I left it in place to protect the bulb housings & wires...
Matt, what does your 8 window bus weigh? and what is the GVW?
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Matt, what does your 8 window bus weigh? and what is the GVW?
Registered weight reads 23K lbs, and she scaled in at 16,280. Overall, no differentiation as to front/back, side/side...
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