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Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 09-21-2015, 08:34 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,813
Posted By Gyre
Bus is sold, thank you every one :)

Bus is sold, thank you every one :)
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 09-20-2015, 12:11 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,813
Posted By Gyre
PM replied

PM replied
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 09-10-2015, 07:11 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,813
Posted By Gyre
Man Jake that is a bummer I worked hard to get...

Man Jake that is a bummer I worked hard to get those masked to paint ;)
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 09-10-2015, 06:51 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,813
Posted By Gyre
EastCoast pm me if you have a proposal

EastCoast pm me if you have a proposal
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 09-10-2015, 06:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,813
Posted By Gyre
Opus the bus came from eastern Oregon, La Grande...

Opus the bus came from eastern Oregon, La Grande area, it is from the same batch as the on member Syke has
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 09-10-2015, 04:04 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,813
Posted By Gyre
here is an album of pics Bus - Album on...

here is an album of pics

Bus - Album on Imgur (https://imgur.com/a/VQTqa/all)
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 09-10-2015, 03:59 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,813
Posted By Gyre
96 Bluebird All American RE 8.3 w mt643

Like many others here I purchased this bus and partially converted it however the time has come to sell the bus.

My build thread is here...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-21-2013, 09:42 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

Here we are at the KOA in St. Mary we just pulled in and true to its name Glacier National Park was getting pounded with snow even though it was the last week of June. For some reason the slip they...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-21-2013, 09:32 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

@Syke Thanks, and yes our buses are cousins, I like what you have done with yours.

@Keith, Originally I wanted another color for the grill, mirrors, and top and bottom rub rails. I would rather...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-16-2013, 02:36 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

Here we are pulled over for lunch along highway 2. My wife and I both went to high school on the 'High Line' so it was nice to be back in that country.

https://i.imgur.com/TCnmyKI.jpg?2
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-16-2013, 01:59 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

Thanks Accordian I like it but it does not have sweet stacks like yours. :)

Chow it is 35 gallons it is about 22 inches high about 21 deep and about 31 long. It is the kind of water tank found at...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-15-2013, 05:11 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

At this point time was running out the trip was a week away and my wife who generously allowed me to give the bus a was not going to be riding around in a steel banana with blackout spray paint on...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-15-2013, 04:41 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

I found a flexsteel chair from a conversion van and two seats out of a Winnebago at our local salvage yard. I bolted them in with grade 8 bolts and we had seating for everyone to ride safely. Here...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-15-2013, 04:31 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

Over the rear wheel wells I bolted in steel frames with ply wood. One is a platform for the baby's bed the other a plat form for the tub and porta potty. The potty is comfortable and I did not have...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-15-2013, 04:16 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

Thank you for the compliments. Here is the bus at a family get together. The camper to the right is actually a pickup camper in a pickup bed trailer so the bus was not even the oddest looking rig. In...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-14-2013, 04:08 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

Sure I will throw in some pics from the trip as I go through my photos for the update. We left after my wife got off of work and made it to the middle of no where Wyoming before I was not good to...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-14-2013, 03:58 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

I used good components to install a basic water system for the trip. The fresh water tank is under the master bed, then I setup a board with a replaceable filter an RV water pump, and a captive air...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-14-2013, 03:41 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

I got an old camper and grabbed some things out of it. I got a sink with its drain valve and a nice two burner stove. The stove is nice because it is removable, the gas is on a quick connect and it...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-14-2013, 03:27 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

Last spring I did get my bus converted almost to my goals. Sadly the trip we were building it for got shortened on both ends due to family illness. I thought I would share little of what we did and...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-01-2012, 10:20 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Re: Project Steel Tent

I have the Allison and Bluebird Operators Manuals so they are some help. As you say though there is a world of difference an Operator and a Shop Manual. Something is always better than nothing sadly...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 05-31-2012, 09:51 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 10,736
Posted By Gyre
Project Steel Tent

I have lurked here for a while and finally purchased a bus. The plan is to use it on a family trip this summer that was not practical without a place to sleep and the price of a rental RV was...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 05-31-2012, 09:27 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 8,940
Posted By Gyre
Re: 1994 RUST FREE blue bird All American RE

Yup the bus was such a terrible price for those components that I only went as far as Oregon to pick it up. On a side note as I tear into things I am finding that yes the bus is also actually rust...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 03-20-2012, 06:02 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 8,940
Posted By Gyre
Re: 1994 RUST FREE blue bird All American RE

I maybe speaking out of turn but it is my understanding that the miles/hours equivalent is for calculating service intervals. The point of having an hour meter on commercial or industrial equipment...
Forum: Classifieds | Buy, Sell, Swap 03-16-2012, 10:15 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 8,940
Posted By Gyre
Re: 1994 RUST FREE blue bird All American RE

Dang.
That is my ideal bus if I was not still in the process of selling other toys to fill the bus account I would be all over it.
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