the bang bus

[dubscum]

got horny tidying a few wire and switchs

this did not work, ended up drilling a 12 mm hole and hand file'in it to 25mm, scratched the dash badly as well: FAIL, i will now have to paint the dash brown and cream: WIN

works too

not normally a comerdy horn sort of person but the price was right, free

the cab is soild to there is a few patchs of the horid stuff starting to bubble on the floor, but it is a 40yr old european bus

new seat .... a piece of wood, backing on the drive was a bit sketchy

 

[dubscum]

coming to a show near you this summer.

got a sample back from the upholster, gave him the go ahead sould have it back end of next week, cusions for the rear rock and roll bed and the rear and the kickboard.

gonna have the front bench seats recovered at some point

 

[Loxy]

Looking good, keep up the good work 8)

 

[dubscum]

all major things now sorted, i just need to build an interior and get some bloody heaters in it before "run to the sun" that means i have to live with that horid rake for a while

massive fail, didn't even bottom out on this :******:

rake rake rake, rake rake rake, rake your boody, rake your boody

really poor rolling shot ...... camera phone :think:

i see the light

 

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first crack at the petrol station shot, taking the nephew and niece out for a blast, next time i'll photograph it empty at night

you know what they say you can't polish a turd .............. yes you can
*it does not come across on a ****** camera phone, how well the 40yr old paint has come out, i'm well pleased, gonna take the bumpers, vw badge, grill etc and sand and respray them. the plan was to leave it rat but its to nice*

but to be honest it took a full bottle of polish, alot of brasso, a step ladder, 3 hrs and i can't lift my arms now

 

[dubscum]

same roof height as a poocaso :thumbup:

 

[dubscum]

received another teaser from the upholster

just need to find somewhere that does leopard vinyl

 

[dubscum]

i been asked by pm a couple of times about how the bus is lowered, just re-read the thread, i have a few build thread on different sites and i did not realise i'd not put the details on here so ..............

mines got a 4" scratch built link pin narrowbeam, for a splitscreen, with the adapter bits welded on the sides to fit an early bay. drop spindles and the chassis notched to stop any fouling, the front tyres are 165/60/14r and the rears are 165/80/14 the rear is 2 slines down but the back will be going lower

all the work was done by slamwerks in derby. slamwerks.co.uk

and i've brought more tat

 

[Airtime]

I like it, Shady! :mrgreen: Looks like the same colour as mine (L345 - light grey). 8) The orange wheels are a cool touch. 8)

 

[dubscum]

got started at 8 this morning as i have so much to do, had to nip off for a few hours to sell some parts off another bus i have (result) so had a about 10 hrs at it.

rock and roll bed/seat frame out and ready to receive

another stupid named daft colour

and groove rider.

oh look its 60 minutes make over that took me 10 hrs

tried to cut my finger off then covered the lens on my phone with my other hand

let get busy

 

[voltworks]

Looks fantasic, liking the interior.

 

[dubscum]

time to tidy up those (was) rear cards (now head board) P.I.M.P.

this stuff rocks my **** off, best thing ever ! glue that actually works and after using a can of it in the back of the bus i was higher than a ************

welcome to me sound prof buth

i used all my sound proofing on the floor and with the lino on top the whole lengh of the floor it should be quite and warn, as i had to buy 2m wide lino i did a bit of side insurlation with the left overs

frame back in, in new colour, cards back on (need a bloody good clean tomorrow) seatbeats back and a cool new head board. Very happy with my days works. Its gonna be a busy few weeks watch this space.

 

[dubscum]

boring ones sorry, silent gliss curtain rails, modified and fitted. I should have the curtains in the next few days

 

[dubscum]

moons or no caps ?

i'm skint so i fitted an old cd player i had in my garage. not the best but all the wires are now in so when i can afford a better one (with a remote) i can plug it straight in, had to start from scratch as there was no wires behind the piece of carpet tape covering the sterio hole in the dash.

running speaker wires in a bus is gay

front speaker in ...... not ideal but i have good sound and will keep for a while

wires run to the rear. Can you guess what gonna happen to this truck ?

 

[dubscum]

first job was to rip a knuckle off, job done ! next i taped it up to stop the blood making my new seat / bed, well please with it. i'll should get the rear cusion tomorrow :thumbup:

 

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[dubscum]

187 lockdown

tidyed up the glove box

fitted a hidden ariel under the dash, now i can listen how piss poor radio 1 is now days

 

[Grazy]

Tidy dude , love a low 69er 8) . The interior is good too mate

Too be honest i would roll it with no caps son as thats the way i roll bruv :evil:

Oh yeah and that spray glue is hardcore **** man , i am a carpet fitter and use loads of it everyday - I think :lol:

 

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one of the little metal clips that holds the hubcaps onto the steels is missing and another bent, i tried to bend it back and snapped it. This resulted in loosing a metal disk hubcap at 60mph on the a52 as i thought 3 clips would hold it. It did not. I now have to buy another and swap the almost new 165/80/14 to the spare, then have a 165/60/14 fitted to what will be the new spare (with clips missing) so it fits under the arch.

no need to tape this badboy up, ******* the tyre (for onw with a smaller profile so it will fit the bus now low) and rubber valve off. got my first coat down and it started raining again.
wheel moved to toilet and i carried on spraying

kicked a clearing in my garage for the bumper to continue spraying *note my pit, also note how much **** i hve in my garage and thats why is in axle stands on the drive*

this is how low i will be doing the rear

pre rain

post rain
how much did i want to use the pit, lights, heater and radio. Instead i spent the afternoon under a van on my back in a puddle ,if it rains all week in cornwall i'm going to start self harming

this is the bounching shot after i fitted juice ..................... pikey much ?

memory like a siv, have to list everything, used this kick *** pen. this was the only thing i brought my wife for christmas, no meaning behind it i just liked the noise it made.

view from the afternoon