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01-23-2017, 09:13 AM
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#2021
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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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Well...no luck with our friends from China but I did locate one at Bass Tool & Supply. They carry just about everything ever made and are 15 minutes away. Eureka! Back to work.
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01-23-2017, 10:44 AM
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#2022
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,231
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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Ha. And here I thought you were talking about hARBOR fREIGHT!
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01-23-2017, 11:47 AM
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#2023
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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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Not Horrible Fright this time Jack. Empire actually carries a ton a really decent stuff at reasonable prices. HF for me is only when I consider a tool disposable. And Northern Tool is not that much better.
Bass, on the other hand is where I go for the "good stuff"...and when I'm willing to pay the price.
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01-25-2017, 07:21 PM
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#2024
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Houston, Tx.
Posts: 403
Year: 1999
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466E
Rated Cap: 84
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Figured you'd appreciate this Tango. 1951 International.
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01-25-2017, 08:44 PM
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#2025
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,231
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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Check out the exhaust. I'll bet that 'lil darling roars like a lion! Jack 
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01-25-2017, 09:04 PM
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#2026
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Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 142
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Fisher Body
Chassis: GM "B" Platform
Engine: 350 TBI Chevrolet
Rated Cap: 8
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Makes you wonder whats under the hood
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01-25-2017, 09:17 PM
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#2027
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Brazoria County, Texas
Posts: 819
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 32 Passenger
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Yeah, you know Tango will appreciate that one. Did you see it somewhere Flyboy?
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01-25-2017, 09:25 PM
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#2028
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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If you look closely.... You can see where I drooled on this one!
Tried to talk him into running Proms with me.... He adamantly passed!
Actually, the forum filter won't let me post what he really said! lol
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01-25-2017, 09:28 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Brazoria County, Texas
Posts: 819
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 32 Passenger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by milkmania
If you look closely.... You can see where I drooled on this one!
Tried to talk him into running Proms with me.... He adamantly passed!
Actually, the forum filter won't let me post what he really said! lol
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That one is definitely a daily driver. That's a BEER RUNNER FOR SURE !!!!
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01-25-2017, 09:36 PM
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#2030
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Brazoria County, Texas
Posts: 819
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 32 Passenger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyboyHPD
Figured you'd appreciate this Tango. 1951 International.
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Have you got those cabinets from your daughter yet Flyboy?
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01-25-2017, 09:47 PM
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#2031
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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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WOWSER! --- What a sweet pair of old Skoolies. Many thanks for sharing the pix! And yes...I gotta wonder "what's under the hood".
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01-25-2017, 10:06 PM
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#2032
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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That '51 was made the same year I was and looks way younger. 
Too bad we boomers can't be restored to new condition.
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01-26-2017, 03:29 PM
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#2033
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Houston, Tx.
Posts: 403
Year: 1999
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466E
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phatman
Yeah, you know Tango will appreciate that one. Did you see it somewhere Flyboy?
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It was a post in one of the Skoolie forums on Facebook. Not much information about it other than the photo.
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01-26-2017, 03:32 PM
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#2034
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Houston, Tx.
Posts: 403
Year: 1999
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466E
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phatman
Have you got those cabinets from your daughter yet Flyboy?
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No, she and her husband decided to have them refinished after all. I do get to take all her granite countertops however. They're getting new ones. So that will save me some coin from having to buy some.
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01-27-2017, 07:02 PM
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#2035
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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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Wrapped one, began another...Project, that is --- Howdy All...got the containment for my water tanks finally in place. Made some last minute changes that (naturally) took an extra day or so. Decided that it might be advantageous to have anything that large screwed down rather than welded in place forever. Of course that meant making a number of tabs, acid etching the slag off, drilling some holes, welding them onto the big box, re-painting the weld areas then waiting for it to dry before screwing it down.
Done.
Then on to getting some wall panels in place. Like everything else on this curvy, old antique, it was not as simple as screwing the marine ply to the walls. Oh no. What with the ever so slight curve the walls have, it was yet another multi-part chore. But, at least I have a start on them.
I had originally planned to simply weld the box to the lower frame but that sounded way to easy so I took a different path.
The rear most bathroom wall will butt pretty much right up against the box.
Just another view.
One chunk of marine ply up...a few more to go. Might do the floor after that.
ONWARD!
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01-27-2017, 07:21 PM
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#2036
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Houston, Tx.
Posts: 403
Year: 1999
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466E
Rated Cap: 84
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You definitely have the patience of Job. Not sure I could deal with all the different curves. So happy for you that things are finally coming together.
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01-27-2017, 07:28 PM
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#2037
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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I remember watching an old house remodeling crew....
The tape measure guy would holler out "3/4 to zero" or "zero to 3/4"
I watched him several times and figured out everything was 3/4" out of square.
I bet that bus has all kinds of complex angles!
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Until I met a man with no feet
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01-27-2017, 08:17 PM
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#2038
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,231
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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The wood looks good but I'll bet getting all those blue cinder blocks to fit the side windows was a real exercise in geometry--not to mention masonry! Ha. Jack
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01-27-2017, 09:17 PM
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#2039
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ol trunt
The wood looks good but I'll bet getting all those blue cinder blocks to fit the side windows was a real exercise in geometry--not to mention masonry! Ha. Jack |
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01-28-2017, 12:41 AM
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#2040
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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 masonry...you have no idea.
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