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05-02-2019, 06:10 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 30
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: T444e 7.3
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Jerry
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05-02-2019, 06:14 PM
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#2
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 30
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: T444e 7.3
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05-02-2019, 06:15 PM
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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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I've got a 5 window Thomas. "Fun Size"!
Enjoy the shorty!
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05-02-2019, 06:34 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 30
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: T444e 7.3
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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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05-02-2019, 06:39 PM
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#5
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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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Very similar to our intended floorplan.
Bunk bed makes the most sense to us with the available space.
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06-10-2019, 10:20 AM
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#6
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 30
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: T444e 7.3
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06-10-2019, 02:33 PM
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#7
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Ashtabula, Ohio
Posts: 1,494
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E 7.3L
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Nice bus you got there! Coming along I see.
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06-10-2019, 03:29 PM
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#8
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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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Always nice to see em painted!
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06-11-2019, 12:37 PM
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#9
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 58
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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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06-11-2019, 12:38 PM
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#10
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Disastrogirl
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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that's Bus Conversion Blue!! I love it too!
http://www.skoolie.net/forums/f13/be...ing-25662.html
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06-11-2019, 12:48 PM
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#11
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 58
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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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06-11-2019, 12:52 PM
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#12
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Disastrogirl
I was thinking it was a seafoam or aqua. : )
Is that a super common color people use?
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Sorta... Its just a natural color for buses and they do look great in seafoam/tiffany/CVB.
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06-11-2019, 01:23 PM
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#13
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 30
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: T444e 7.3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Disastrogirl
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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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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06-11-2019, 01:26 PM
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#14
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Galleon
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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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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06-12-2019, 08:28 PM
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#15
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 30
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: T444e 7.3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet
Nice bus you got there! Coming along I see.
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Thank you Johnny mullet I watched your instructive video series
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06-12-2019, 08:30 PM
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#16
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 30
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: T444e 7.3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
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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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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06-16-2019, 11:22 AM
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#17
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 30
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: T444e 7.3
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06-16-2019, 11:56 AM
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#18
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: E Central Tejas
Posts: 2,094
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH 3800, 8 window
Engine: T444E w/ Spicer 5-speed MT
Rated Cap: I prefer broad-brims hats
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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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06-16-2019, 12:07 PM
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#19
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: south east BC, close to the Canadian/US border
Posts: 2,265
Year: 1975
Coachwork: Chevy
Chassis: 8 window
Engine: 454 LS7
Rated Cap: 24,500
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HazMatt
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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Matt, what does your 8 window bus weigh? and what is the GVW?
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06-16-2019, 12:16 PM
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#20
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: E Central Tejas
Posts: 2,094
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH 3800, 8 window
Engine: T444E w/ Spicer 5-speed MT
Rated Cap: I prefer broad-brims hats
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sleddgracer
Matt, what does your 8 window bus weigh? and what is the GVW?
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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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