musigenesis
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Hi everybody. I've been active here for a few months now, but hadn't really gotten far enough on my bus to have anything worth posting. Week before last I finally attached a new piece of metal to my bus (a 7" metal disk riveted where a flasher light used to be) so I think that counts as finally starting.
The source of the "Rusty" part of the name will be obvious; 87 was the number on the bus and I have a little brass keychain disk with 87 stamped on it that came along with the keys. It's also the year that I lost my virginity which I suppose is fitting.
Summary to this point: bought the bus in January on eBay because it had the right drivetrain (DT466 and 2000-series tran) and the seller was offering to have the bus driven to me (from Syracuse to Philly) for $300. Found a working spot for it in a bad part of Philly and had some fun tearing out the seats and floor in the middle of February.
While the bus was kept up there I got robbed/burgled/whatever three times. First time they stole my power tools and hand tools and a generator which I later recovered. Second time I had nothing worthwhile in there but they stole a bunch of sponges and masking tape. Third time they made off with the seats and ceiling panels I had stacked outside the bus - leaving me with about 1/4 as much garbage to haul off to the dump. I feel like I was just getting good at getting robbed - if I'd been burgled a fourth time they would have just left rolls of $20 bills behind.
Moved my bus to a new spot last week which is safe and 10 minutes from where I live (instead of 40) and is actually kind of bucolic with shade trees and a little stream running behind my bus. I rent the spot from a crazy old man who actually negotiated me down from my offer of $100 a month to $75. He apparently rented a spot to one skoolier previously who had dumped all his removed seats in one of the guy's outbuildings and split without paying, so he was somewhat reluctant to deal with me initially. My first day here I weed-whacked his whole lot and picked up all the trash so now he loves me.
I'm looking forward to finally posting some progress.
- The initial catastrophe
- Back corner repair
- New rear lights
- Floor rebuild
- Cab floor repair
- Bulkhead wall
- Dowel subfloor
- End cap framing
- Ceiling insulation
- Vent fan roof projection
- Wall framing and insulation
- Insulated window inserts
- Wheel well boxouts
- Wall paneling
- DIY terlet
- Window pillars
- Ceiling panels
- Countertop framing
- Exit door insulation
- Sink install
- Bed install
- Stove install
- Hinged countertop/table
- Chaise deconstruction/reconstruction
- Hinged desk
- Nunchucks
- Freezer->fridge install
- Butcher block cart rebuild
- Overhead storage bins
- Cabinet doors
- Under-bed drawers
- Skyhatch
- Rear end paint
- Fender repair
- Painting the rest of the outside
- Accent colors
- Deflectors and lights
- Interior breakdown
- Interior trim/cabinets prep and painting
- Inside door painting
- Interior painting
- New tires
- Hardware/cabinet reinstallation
- Interior trim carpentry
- Hatch cover painting
- "Hardwood" floor
- Lumber hauling racks
- Kitchen floor
- Bedroom carpet
- Trim painting
- Trim reinstallation
- Window pillar insulation and trim
- XPS window inserts
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- A wee bit of rust
- Looping the heater coolant hoses
- Flasher hole cover
- SCHOOL BUS sign cover
- Rear corner repair
- Dropped floor rebuild
Hi everybody. I've been active here for a few months now, but hadn't really gotten far enough on my bus to have anything worth posting. Week before last I finally attached a new piece of metal to my bus (a 7" metal disk riveted where a flasher light used to be) so I think that counts as finally starting.
The source of the "Rusty" part of the name will be obvious; 87 was the number on the bus and I have a little brass keychain disk with 87 stamped on it that came along with the keys. It's also the year that I lost my virginity which I suppose is fitting.
Summary to this point: bought the bus in January on eBay because it had the right drivetrain (DT466 and 2000-series tran) and the seller was offering to have the bus driven to me (from Syracuse to Philly) for $300. Found a working spot for it in a bad part of Philly and had some fun tearing out the seats and floor in the middle of February.
While the bus was kept up there I got robbed/burgled/whatever three times. First time they stole my power tools and hand tools and a generator which I later recovered. Second time I had nothing worthwhile in there but they stole a bunch of sponges and masking tape. Third time they made off with the seats and ceiling panels I had stacked outside the bus - leaving me with about 1/4 as much garbage to haul off to the dump. I feel like I was just getting good at getting robbed - if I'd been burgled a fourth time they would have just left rolls of $20 bills behind.
Moved my bus to a new spot last week which is safe and 10 minutes from where I live (instead of 40) and is actually kind of bucolic with shade trees and a little stream running behind my bus. I rent the spot from a crazy old man who actually negotiated me down from my offer of $100 a month to $75. He apparently rented a spot to one skoolier previously who had dumped all his removed seats in one of the guy's outbuildings and split without paying, so he was somewhat reluctant to deal with me initially. My first day here I weed-whacked his whole lot and picked up all the trash so now he loves me.
I'm looking forward to finally posting some progress.
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