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01-18-2011, 02:35 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5
Year: 1990
Engine: 350
Rated Cap: 23
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1990 GMC SHORT BUS
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01-19-2011, 01:31 PM
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#2
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Elk Plain, WA.
Posts: 513
Year: 1993
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DTA360
Rated Cap: 16
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Re: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
Nice little rig you got there...
Keep us updated with lots of pics... We love pics...
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01-20-2011, 02:33 AM
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#3
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New Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5
Year: 1990
Engine: 350
Rated Cap: 23
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Re: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
will do! I'll have more photos in a few days and soon I'll start having some questions!
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01-20-2011, 10:06 AM
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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: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
oh oh, smitty is on your radar now, lots of pics, or it didnt happen according to him.
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01-20-2011, 12:26 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: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
Is it just me or are shorties getting---um--shorter?
Welcome! It looks like you got a good start on things already.
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01-21-2011, 11:35 PM
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#6
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 1,485
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Goshen
Chassis: Ford
Engine: 7.3
Rated Cap: 25
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Re: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
wow thats awesome!!
I like how it had the fold down table and a couch that folded into a bed. I kinda want something like that for the front of mine.
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01-25-2011, 06:18 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5
Year: 1990
Engine: 350
Rated Cap: 23
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Re: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
Thanks for the welcomes! I'm twenty and learning how to work on new stuff is fun. I hope to live in my bus when its finished and being able to live wherever I want to live when I want to live there! I'm still stuck on the floor right now though.. I don't have a lot of money right now to work on the bus so I've been trying to find all the free and cheap supplies I can off craigslist and freecycle. I've had trouble finding sheet metal or metal signs, free or at a price I can afford so closing up the holes is slowing me down. I do have some aluminum road signs and was wondering if anyone has every cut aluminum to fit around the rusted holes, then screw into the floor with sheet metal screws and then caulk around it inside and under the bus. Would this be something that will work long term or more of a short term fix? I want to do it right but also something that I am capable of doing. Here are some new pics of the inside. I've painted the floor with Rustoleum Rust paint and also used Hammer Tite, a product similar to POR15. Another thing I was curious about was if anyone had dealt with the floors being different levels and what is the best thing to do to get everything leveled out and the holes covered well. Thanks for reading all of this and thanks for any help.
Here is the back corner.. pretty rusted out on the floor and the wall.
Another rusted out part..
Inside showing the paint and work area..
The signs I have to work with right now..
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01-26-2011, 09:22 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 362
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Re: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
Any time you attach dissimilar metals to each other you need to be aware of the potential for galvanic reaction. So attaching aluminum to steel with steel screws will likely result in things falling apart after a while, unless you're very careful to keep the metals separated from each other.
What part of the country are you in? It's possible someone might live within a reasonable distance and have some metal available. I know this summer one of my busses will be donating metal to two other busses. If you happen to be near the delmarva peninsula, it might be worthwhile for us to talk more.
Good luck,
jim
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01-28-2011, 03:13 PM
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#9
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Spring Mills, PA
Posts: 36
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Chevy
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Re: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
Nice bus, very similar to mine! Where's the floor plans?
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03-30-2011, 09:20 PM
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#10
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 13
Year: 1983
Coachwork: GMC Bussette
Chassis: Wayne
Engine: 350 Chevy
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Re: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
Nice shorty, can you post pics of the trailer hitch? I have a 1983 GMC with a Wayne body I am needing to put a class 3 receiver hitch on. My wife and I compete in BBQ competitions which was the reason for the bus (over night cooks) We need to pull a 2800 pound smoker with the bus, any pics or post from others out there would be appreciated.
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03-31-2011, 10:32 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 471
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Ward
Chassis: Ford B600
Engine: 6.6L Turbo Diesel
Rated Cap: 26
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Re: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
Arti,
If you're in the Houston area, PM me. I have years of experience in metalwork. My painting may not be the best, but I know how to make floors solid and rustproof. I would not advise mixing metals without a bunch of prep work. That's just a temporary band aid that will need to be removed and a proper steel floor installed if the prep work is inadequate. Just my $2 (it was 2 cents - however inflation ate it up).
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- William Shakespeare ("King Henry V")
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04-01-2011, 01:06 AM
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#12
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 1,485
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Goshen
Chassis: Ford
Engine: 7.3
Rated Cap: 25
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Re: 1990 GMC SHORT BUS
nice progress!
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07-31-2015, 08:28 PM
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#13
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 25
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what size tires you running?
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