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10-02-2009, 02:46 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 8
Year: 1979
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: International 466
Rated Cap: 42
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1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
After a year of sweat, joy, toil and ecstasy, we figured we should post some pictures of the final product. We have traveled from Northwest Washington down to Tucson and are eventually headed to Austin.
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10-02-2009, 02:48 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 8
Year: 1979
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: International 466
Rated Cap: 42
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
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10-02-2009, 02:50 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 8
Year: 1979
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: International 466
Rated Cap: 42
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
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10-02-2009, 02:51 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 8
Year: 1979
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: International 466
Rated Cap: 42
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
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10-02-2009, 02:52 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 8
Year: 1979
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: International 466
Rated Cap: 42
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
more!
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10-02-2009, 02:59 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 8
Year: 1979
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: International 466
Rated Cap: 42
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
more!
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10-02-2009, 03:07 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: rochester, NY!
Posts: 25
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
Those are awesome pictures! Great conversion job. Do you have any pictures of the flange cut on the VW (and any pictures showing how you bolted it to the bus body..lots of bolts IIRC... lol) Also, does the piano lose its tune down the bumpy road? I plan on equipping with my Roland A-80 & synth modules, not worried about them losing tune 
-m
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10-04-2009, 09:34 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Haysville, Ks
Posts: 174
Year: 1969
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Chevrolet
Engine: 350 Chevrolet
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
Too COOL!! Is the VW roof the camper type with the pop up tent on top? And did you wire in the VW headlights and turnsignals and brake lights so they are still functional?? With the additional weight up there can you "feel" extra wind drag or top heaviness???
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10-04-2009, 11:34 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 758
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
Well done!
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10-05-2009, 09:24 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Moodus, Ct.
Posts: 1,062
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Champion
Chassis: Ford e-450
Engine: 7.3 Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 14
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
Wow! fantastic woodwork! And a big thumbs up for running on the slop.
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01-13-2010, 06:07 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Wyoming
Posts: 136
Year: 1994
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: International
Engine: DT360
Rated Cap: 54
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Re: 1979 Bluebird w/ VW, veggie oil, piano, wood interior, etc..
Nice attention to detail!
Take care,
Den
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07-15-2017, 09:36 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 16
Year: 1984
Coachwork: International Harvester
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mouse059
Those are awesome pictures! Great conversion job. Do you have any pictures of the flange cut on the VW (and any pictures showing how you bolted it to the bus body..lots of bolts IIRC... lol) Also, does the piano lose its tune down the bumpy road? I plan on equipping with my Roland A-80 & synth modules, not worried about them losing tune
-m |
I want to put an electric piano in my bus, but obviously it needs to be able to withstand heat and being rattled around on the road often. How was your luck with the Roland and do you have any other recommendations?
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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07-16-2017, 02:36 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Northeast US
Posts: 29
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: T444E
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This is wonderful - what fun! Your front door is especially fabulous!  I'm sending a link to that to the hubs right now
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