Periwinkle the Bus

[SMMTX]

Hi Michelle,
Our buses have the same name and we have 1956 in common (my birth year). To be clear, you started here a month before me, but my bus was named in 1969. When she was first conceived in my mind. I love mine too. So happy the present circumstances got me into gear.
Best Wishes,
Stephanie

[Native]

Glad to see y'all have met.

[Michelle1956]

Originally Posted by SMMTX

Hi Michelle,
Our buses have the same name and we have 1956 in common (my birth year). To be clear, you started here a month before me, but my bus was named in 1969. When she was first conceived in my mind. I love mine too. So happy the present circumstances got me into gear.
Best Wishes,
Stephanie

Stephanie -
Do you have any photos of your bus posted?

~ Michelle

[Michelle1956]

Originally Posted by Native

Glad to see y'all have met.

... now if only we could all meet in person ...

[SMMTX]

Hey Michelle,

Yes, I have one in my registry. You don't have that filled in I see. Or anything really. Where are you?? If you click on a person you can see all their stuff. I'll attach also. Still learning this platform...

I have not painted mine yet, but she will be tan on top to the windows. Henrys elastomeric (can't handle the white so colored tan) and below the windows periwinkle. I will add some art at some point. Still deciding on how much black trim to keep.

So what does 1956 mean to you???

Stephanie

[Michelle1956]

Originally Posted by SMMTX

Hey Michelle,

Yes, I have one in my registry. You don't have that filled in I see. Or anything really. Where are you?? If you click on a person you can see all their stuff. I'll attach also. Still learning this platform...

I have not painted mine yet, but she will be tan on top to the windows. Henrys elastomeric (can't handle the white so colored tan) and below the windows periwinkle. I will add some art at some point. Still deciding on how much black trim to keep.

So what does 1956 mean to you???

Stephanie

Hi -
1956 is my birth year as well.
Periwinkle will be white from just under the windows and up to the roof. I'm hoping to do some taping over the weekend so I can get the white paint on her. I'd really like to get her front taped so at least that much of her can be painted with the periwinkle paint.
Today she had two coats of Henry's Tropicool rolled onto her roof. It's supposed to be another hot day tomorrow and I'm hoping to notice a bit of a difference with the Henry's on the roof. <fingers crossed>
Oh, I'm in NY State, about 100 miles north of NY City. I was in Dallas,TX for a week back in the '80's in July. It was WAY too hot and humid but that was the only time there were enough hotel rooms available for the Mary Kay convention. (No, I'm not a MK consultant anymore.)
What are your plans for your bus?
~Michelle

[SMMTX]

I love NY. Used to live in Summit, NJ. We spent a lot of time in upper state camping and visiting friends. I did not love the 60 mile drive through an industrial wasteland to get to the city lol. Love the culture and feel of the city once you get there.
I finally got on the path to convert a bus due to economics. Lost business and SS. So I will be full time living in Peri on my property and part of the year on the road, and renting my house out. I will be leaving TX each spring because "it is WAY too hot and humid" here. Agreed!!! Always had a travel bug and now I get to scratch the itch.
I am working on interior first. Don't have much dirt or rust on exterior so it can wait. Once I move in I will do the exterior and start checking mechanics. Maybe by next spring I will be able to travel. A little scary to think about my whole life breaking down somewhere far from home. I will get roadside.
Let me know how the painting goes on the vertical part above the window. You said paint, I am putting elastomeric all the way to windows. Are you?? I was planning to roll thinner there, smaller roller and prob and extra coat. Let me know if you have issues with paint running. There is the gutter to catch it on my bus, but we don't want that filling with paint.
Cheers, Stephanie

[Native]

Michelle has applied two coats of Henry's Tropicool already. It is a 100% silcone product.

[Michelle1956]

My neighbor's son-in-law came over to check Periwinkle out yesterday. He's a school bus mechanic and he said the engine is an AmTran International because it is blue in color.

According to him, engines are different colors depending on the "brand." International engines are blue. Cummins engines are red. I forget what color he said Mercedes engines were.

Does this make sense?

[magnakansas]

Yup.

Caterpillar engines are this “Caterpillar yellow “.

William

[Bon Voyage]

Newer Cummins are red and older are like a beige or something close to that. I’m not sure what year they changed it but my 2001 is beigeish.

[SMMTX]

An ex-Cummins factory guy told me the tan block meant HD and that meant that all the peripheral components were also heavy duty. Has anyone heard this before??

[musigenesis]

DT466s were red from '93-'95 and then changed to blue with the e versions.

[Bon Voyage]

Originally Posted by SMMTX

An ex-Cummins factory guy told me the tan block meant HD and that meant that all the peripheral components were also heavy duty. Has anyone heard this before??

No I haven’t heard anything about HD, I don’t think mine is any HD engine, it’s the lowest horsepower rating for the ISC the year it was built.

[Michelle1956]

Hi, everybody -

As far as progress goes, I know it's been a while but that's about to change.

Here are a few photos of Periwinkle the Bus. (Hopefully the link will work.)

Periwinkle the Bus November 2020
https://photos.app.goo.gl/HuZQmgsKMXz5J28s8

I'm arranging the plumbing work and probably have everything except a few fittings. Yesterday a friend of my mom's cut a hole in Perri's side for the water inlet panel.

I have to get the plumbing done because I have a trip planned next month.... and if the plumbing isn't done, things won't be attached to the floor and walls.

How's the other Periwinkle doing?

~Michelle