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10-25-2016, 07:00 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: WV
Posts: 29
Year: 1988
Coachwork: GMC
Engine: Detroit 8.2L Diesel
Rated Cap: 53
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Newbies with a New Bus!
Hello everyone,
Thanks for such an amazing resource, we are going to need it ;)
I am a student in Complementary Alternative Medicine specializing in nutrition and herbalism, and my fiance is from Wales and is a graphic artist that designs some amazing graphics for businesses!
Thankful that my dad drove this thing home for us, because I have no idea how to do it yet but just had to jump on the opportunity we found on Ebay only an hour away from us. We are the proud new owners of a 1988 GMC Bluebird Bus. We don't have plans yet, but are hoping to get it going some time this week.
Glad to have found this forum!
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10-25-2016, 07:08 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombiepatrol
Hello everyone,
Thanks for such an amazing resource, we are going to need it ;)
I am a student in Complementary Alternative Medicine specializing in nutrition and herbalism, and my fiance is from Wales and is a graphic artist that designs some amazing graphics for businesses!
Thankful that my dad drove this thing home for us, because I have no idea how to do it yet but just had to jump on the opportunity we found on Ebay only an hour away from us. We are the proud new owners of a 1988 GMC Bluebird Bus. We don't have plans yet, but are hoping to get it going some time this week.
Glad to have found this forum!
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Buses and chicks from the UK are great, eh?
Mine's a Ward Senator, the fiance is from Scotland.
Welcome aboard 
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10-25-2016, 07:10 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Richmond Virginia
Posts: 932
Year: 1984
Engine: 366 Big block Chevy! :) w/ Stick shift
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Welcome neighbors! (Richmond VA here)
Oh goodies another GMC! V8 gas motor? Pictures please! 
Driving 'em is a simple matter of being careful and trying not to flip with excitement!
oh...and turn wide. lol
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10-25-2016, 08:07 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: WV
Posts: 29
Year: 1988
Coachwork: GMC
Engine: Detroit 8.2L Diesel
Rated Cap: 53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Buses and chicks from the UK are great, eh?
Mine's a Ward Senator, the fiance is from Scotland.
Welcome aboard |
You're right, except that I'm from WV and HE is from UK. I loved it over there though, Wales is absolute magic! Haven't gotten to visit Scotland yet.
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10-25-2016, 08:10 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: WV
Posts: 29
Year: 1988
Coachwork: GMC
Engine: Detroit 8.2L Diesel
Rated Cap: 53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carytowncat
Welcome neighbors! (Richmond VA here)
Oh goodies another GMC! V8 gas motor? Pictures please!
Driving 'em is a simple matter of being careful and trying not to flip with excitement!
oh...and turn wide. lol
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It's a 8.2 Liter Detroit Diesel.
I am sure you're right! I have driven pretty large Uhauls, but didn't have to worry about the air brakes.
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10-25-2016, 08:17 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: WV
Posts: 29
Year: 1988
Coachwork: GMC
Engine: Detroit 8.2L Diesel
Rated Cap: 53
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How do you post a pic? I just see a URL for it.
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10-25-2016, 10:04 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Originally Posted by Zombiepatrol
You're right, except that I'm from WV and HE is from UK. I loved it over there though, Wales is absolute magic! Haven't gotten to visit Scotland yet. |
Ah, my bad.
Did you try lots of Welsh food?
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10-25-2016, 10:10 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Richmond Virginia
Posts: 932
Year: 1984
Engine: 366 Big block Chevy! :) w/ Stick shift
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombiepatrol
How do you post a pic? I just see a URL for it.
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Ive been here awhile and it still wont let me upload pictures, it always reads failed.
I upload to a picture site and post the link here.
Good luck!
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10-25-2016, 10:18 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Utah
Posts: 266
Year: 1990
Coachwork: BB
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: Cummins
Rated Cap: 25.999K
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Welcome
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Originally Posted by Zombiepatrol
How do you post a pic? I just see a URL for it.
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Hello and welcome. Go to the home page and the "how to" section. Find "how to post pictures". It explains it there. I'm not a tech nerd, and even I was able to figure it out with the instructions there... again- welcome to the madness..
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10-25-2016, 10:18 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 206
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Buses and chicks from the UK are great, eh?
Mine's a Ward Senator, the fiance is from Scotland.
Welcome aboard |
Small world, I was born and raised in Scotland
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10-25-2016, 10:55 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,447
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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carytowncat
Ive been here awhile and it still wont let me upload pictures, it always reads failed.
I upload to a picture site and post the link here.
Good luck!
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If I upload directly from my iPhone, I get weird results... But, if I upload my pics to photobucket app, it works flawlessly... But, if it's a full sized iPhone picture, I'll screenshot it and upload the screenshot for faster results, then delete the original if it's not save worthy.
It's a Megabytes vs. Kilobytes kinda thing.
Example: upload from iPhone timed out... But upload with photobucket app only took seconds, then I copy the url& post it here.
But, the attached image is blank
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10-26-2016, 01:05 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: WV
Posts: 29
Year: 1988
Coachwork: GMC
Engine: Detroit 8.2L Diesel
Rated Cap: 53
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I was unable to get the image to go as a file attachment, and tinypic wouldn't work.. I didnt want to sign up on photobucket just yet. We did do a video though and are planning on keeping a Vlog of the project on youtube.
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10-26-2016, 04:42 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deftone
Small world, I was born and raised in Scotland
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Aye, mate? What part?
What team do ya support?? 
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10-26-2016, 05:09 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombiepatrol
I was unable to get the image to go as a file attachment, and tinypic wouldn't work.. I didnt want to sign up on photobucket just yet. We did do a video though and are planning on keeping a Vlog of the project on youtube.
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You certainly seem like a nice chap! I always forget how good a Welsh accent sounds. All the Scots in the family make me appreciate a more understandable dialect. 
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10-26-2016, 08:50 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Utah
Posts: 266
Year: 1990
Coachwork: BB
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: Cummins
Rated Cap: 25.999K
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Scotland?
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Originally Posted by Zombiepatrol
You're right, except that I'm from WV and HE is from UK. I loved it over there though, Wales is absolute magic! Haven't gotten to visit Scotland yet. |
The Scots On The Rocks festival is in Moab Ut in 2 weekends. It's JUST like Scotland, except for landscape, people, food and weather!! Should be fun though!
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10-26-2016, 09:06 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SDR76
The Scots On The Rocks festival is in Moab Ut this coming weekend. It's JUST like Scotland, except for landscape, people, food and weather!! Should be fun though!
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Nice! So- some Buckfast, trackies, sectarian violence, and a wee bit of banter?
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10-26-2016, 09:42 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Utah
Posts: 266
Year: 1990
Coachwork: BB
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: Cummins
Rated Cap: 25.999K
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Nice! So- some Buckfast, trackies, sectarian violence, and a wee bit of banter?
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Ayye; just a wee bit. Hard nay on trackies! Ill take a double dose of buckfast and sectarian violence though! (not sure WHO we are fighting, as long as there is a struggle we are happy).
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05-28-2017, 10:31 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: WV
Posts: 29
Year: 1988
Coachwork: GMC
Engine: Detroit 8.2L Diesel
Rated Cap: 53
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Latest video progress on the insulation and subfloor.
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05-28-2017, 11:59 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Nice progress. You guys are an excellent advertisement for rigid insulation installation. I'd be curious to know the approximate cost of materials for the insulation. That looks like an excellent installation.
Another couple years and you'll be able to get some work out of those kids. What a fun age for them to get to travel in a bus.
Stay on schedule.
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Nobody's Business
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05-28-2017, 04:48 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: WV
Posts: 29
Year: 1988
Coachwork: GMC
Engine: Detroit 8.2L Diesel
Rated Cap: 53
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Thanks a lot! I actually posted the vid in the wrong thread, oh well. haha
The insulation costed us around 400 I think. It was 1.5 on sides and ceiling, and 1 inch on the floor.
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