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12-28-2010, 08:51 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
I did a short quest on googling dual alt. but have ran out of time for now. Most everything I saw was pertaining to running both alt. to run the same battery. My thought is complete seperation of the two. Anyway I will do some more searching later.
Jak, thanks for the compliments. I was orignally planning on painting the top white, I figured I would just roll the top. However, now that the bus is painted, and have had time to look at it, I'm not sure I can bring myself up to painting it white. Reason being? It would look like a skunk when its done. The bus doesn't have a name yet, but I really don't want it nick named Pepe Lepew or something like that. So I think I might go with the restoluem sliver/alum. color. I'm planning on doing a PVC pipe (painted flat black) on the roof for extra water storage as well. I already have a 42 gal fresh water tank that will be in the bus. I really like the looks of the flat nosed buses and the extra room inside. But your point about departure angles was one of the things I was worried about in a flattie too. I plan on taking my bus off the beaten path quite often.
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06-12-2011, 08:17 PM
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#42
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
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06-26-2011, 06:19 PM
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#43
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
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07-31-2011, 02:08 PM
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#44
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
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07-31-2011, 02:32 PM
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#45
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: the wait is over
Makes me want to get out my coat just looking at it Nice unit!
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07-31-2011, 05:52 PM
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#46
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 801
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Re: the wait is over
Brrrrrrrrrr !!!!!!! Looks chillin in there!!!!!!!!
movin right alone
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08-10-2011, 07:57 PM
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#47
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
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08-10-2011, 09:51 PM
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#48
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Virginia
Posts: 548
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Re: the wait is over
Looks great, I love the black paint! I've been considering black when I finally get mine and this lets me know how it will look. I also like how you skinned most of the window openings and put in RV windows.
What did you use to adhere the insulation to the ceiling/walls? Also, what did you use to glue the carpet to the insulation? I like the result, it looks good. Put some polished aluminum rims on her and she'll look awesome!
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08-10-2011, 10:21 PM
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#49
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,208
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: 3800 International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: the wait is over
wow looks great, do you think with the black it will get to hot? or do you think the roof insulation will counter act the extra heat from black?
its looking great keep up the good work
gbstewart
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08-11-2011, 11:38 AM
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#50
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: the wait is over
love the carpet! lol mine came carpeted but i shudder at the though of looking behind it
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08-11-2011, 07:47 PM
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#51
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
Thanks for all the postive comments! I know I have been pretty happy so far. Seems like alot left to do, and never enough time. I'm not very good at using the quote option.
As far as glue I used the Dap brand contact cement.
I got it at menards for about $23 a gallon. It took two gallons, one to glue the foam to the ceiling, and one to glue the carpet to the foam. It took alittle bit to figure out how to use it. Whatever you do, don't apply directly to the foam. It will melt it instantly. When I glued the foam to the ceiling I applied cement to the metal ceiling with a roller. Waited 3-4 min. for it to tack up then applied foam. That seemed to work. When I glued the carpet to the foam, I sprayed the cement on the carpet (using a automotive paint gun) again waiting for the glue to get tacked up. I hope it holds up over the years. So far I'm not planning to put bows up. However if it eventually it looks like it starts giving loose I will probably add runners. I would feel alot better if I hadn't used any pink foam. But that brings up the point of the black paint. I think I need the extra insulation. The AC is diffently cooling the bus off in mid 90's temps without the foam on the ceiling. It was just right for my wife, but I like it cold, like a meat locker. Now that I have it insulated the temps here have dropped off to the low 80's and so did the humidity. I know its because I bought the AC unit. Anyway I'm still a fan of black, and yes I really would like to get some nice alum. wheels. I've talked to one of the county mech. who works on all their equipment, and he informed me on how to change out the daytons for bud style wheels. He said its not hard, just takes money. Thats alittle way down the road though.
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08-11-2011, 10:00 PM
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#52
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
The other thing I thought I would mention, is to follow the directions about being well ventilated. That stuff is nasty. Fumes usually don't bother me. Sunday when it was still in the 90's, I thought I could tuff it out and apply it with just the AC going. After about ten minutes of inhaling toxic fumes, I'm still not sure what exactly I was licking off the floor. Just kidding.. I quit and waited for this cooler week to work on it. I also didn't mention the side walls. I applied the carpet to a 1/4" chipboard and then screwed it to the walls. I'm going to run another panel of some sort on the bottom of the wall, which will hide my electric runs when I get to it.
Nate
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08-14-2011, 08:14 PM
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#53
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
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08-14-2011, 10:52 PM
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#54
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Virginia
Posts: 548
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Re: the wait is over
Looks awesome!! What kind of carpet did you use? Where did you purchase it from too?
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08-15-2011, 06:12 PM
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#55
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: the wait is over
Everything looking great. Won't be long till those dreams of Spring road trips turn into reality!
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08-16-2011, 04:38 PM
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#56
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Re: the wait is over
Looks like a great job of laying on the carpet! That oughta cut down on noise. How did you put it on?
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08-21-2011, 04:40 PM
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#57
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
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08-26-2011, 06:02 PM
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#58
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 352
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 466DT
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: the wait is over
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08-26-2011, 06:06 PM
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#59
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: the wait is over
thats some nice looking counter tops!
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08-26-2011, 06:35 PM
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#60
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 446
Year: 89
Coachwork: thomas
Engine: 7.3 diesel
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Re: the wait is over
how wide did the fabric on your walls come in? tks
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