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Scotty88 said...
How many man hours have gone into that baby Pup ?

100's & 100's mate - got a good supply of energy which is handy

Wow Pup, what a credit to you, the workmanship looks awesome! What a cool look, I could just imagine a dozen mals and surfers turning up to pick me up on the way to Bells in this lol

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sepirott said...
Wow Pup, what a credit to you, the workmanship looks awesome! What a cool look, I could just imagine a dozen mals and surfers turning up to pick me up on the way to Bells in this lol

Thanks Sep - nice to see ya back champion funny you say that coz back when I was a kid we used to have a Government that put things on for surfers -This Bus (below) was fitted with Racks and operated up the coast every day (well most days ) ------> it's where I'm thinking of heading with mine

Pup I'm so impressed I don't know where to begin, that build is an absolute credit to your skills & patience mate, a job very well done! Hope to buy a ticket on her one day.

There's a show on TVS, Chanel 44 called "classic truck restos" hosted by this complete nob called "fletch".

That bus is way better than that any of the usual boring crap they have on the show

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obct said...
There's a show on TVS, Chanel 44 called "classic truck restos" hosted by this complete nob called "fletch".

That bus is way better than that any of the usual boring crap they have on the show

Thanks big fellow I mean that hardest part of the caper is re-producing obsolete signage and getting period timeline colours spot on .... thank Christ for PC's & interwebs hahaha oh and a good energy level too

Thanks Pup, been to stressed after dodging redundancies at my work ( BAE Systems) to go on forums and drag everyone down. Anyway all good now. Love the spray on the surf bus also, wish the East Coast had them back in the day. But boy you would of needed them in Perth, what a frustrating surf spot lol. Drove me nuts when I was in the military there. Thank God for Rottness Is.

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Thanks Pup, been to stressed after dodging redundancies at my work ( BAE Systems) to go on forums and drag everyone down. Anyway all good now. Love the spray on the surf bus also, wish the East Coast had them back in the day. But boy you would of needed them in Perth, what a frustrating surf spot lol. Drove me nuts when I was in the military there. Thank God for Rottness Is.

Geez Sep that's not good - the whole shebang isn't too bright atm .... we may be facing it at my job if the metals price doesn't lift

Yeah very wind affected at times - forecasts don't always help here sometimes ya just gotta drive and see .... haven't been to Rotto for ages but loved it years ago but they've screwed it with progress for mine
Hang in there mate

Very impressive, did you paint it?

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doggie said...
Very impressive, did you paint it?

Is this an olive branch or a sh1tstir ?

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Scotty88 said...

doggie said...
Very impressive, did you paint it?

Is this an olive branch or a sh1tstir ?

I'm a spray painter by trade so it was an actual question.

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Scotty88 said...

doggie said...
Very impressive, did you paint it?

Is this an olive branch or a sh1tstir ?

I'm a spray painter by trade so it was an actual question.

I know. Sounds like an olive branch.
Have you got a red phone directly to Laurie's joint ?

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doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

doggie said...
Very impressive, did you paint it?

Is this an olive branch or a sh1tstir ?

I'm a spray painter by trade so it was an actual question.

I know. Sounds like an olive branch.
Have you got a red phone directly to Laurie's joint ?

No but I'm told you do

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Scotty88 said...

doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

doggie said...
Very impressive, did you paint it?

Is this an olive branch or a sh1tstir ?

I'm a spray painter by trade so it was an actual question.

I know. Sounds like an olive branch.
Have you got a red phone directly to Laurie's joint ?

No but I'm told you do

No, I can't get away with anything.
My Brad Pitt profile only lasted 1 week.
Not enough Seabreezers around my area. Something about detecting IP address or something.

Fantastic resto Pup, love the old Bedford and leyland buses. Is this one of yours young enough for a syncro box or do you have the joy of a crash box?..

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Fantastic resto Pup, love the old Bedford and leyland buses. Is this one of yours young enough for a syncro box or do you have the joy of a crash box?..

Hey mate hows things? .... these have Wilson Epi-cyclic pneumatic gearboxes - for the Layman it means "clutchless manual" or "Air Change". for short ... there's a pedestal on the floor just to the left of the seat on 34 where you change.
All based on speed & revs to change - piece of pish once you master it
There a branch off the column of 591 which has an electro-pneumatic system - same setup just smaller version of shifter

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vanders1 said...
Pup I'm so impressed I don't know where to begin, that build is an absolute credit to your skills & patience mate, a job very well done! Hope to buy a ticket on her one day.

Freebie for you champion we'll get one of Aseaaaaaaaaaaa's paparazzi chicks to conduct service

Pup I'm still blown away by this thing,I know you said you spent 100s of hours on it but can you tell me in months,years this project took to complete?Are you keeping it?and are you working on another one?

That surf bus is way cool too.

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62mac said...
Pup I'm still blown away by the thing,I know you said you spent 100s of hours on it but can you tell me in months,years this project took to complete?Are keeping it?and are you working on another one?

That surf bus is way cool too.

"I started with this rusted out hulk - poor condition to say the very best .... this resto took me approximately 12 months to complete by the way"


Jeepers the more I look at this bus the more impressed I am by it. Some of the skill levels of people in the greenroom leave me shaking my head in amazement - never more so than this one. Very very very impressive Pup. Hats off.

What other resto's have you done? Anymore before / after photo's? You must have a a massive garage / shed - Can you please show us a few photos of your man cave - it must be truely impressive I bet we will all be envious!

Wow fantastic job...there really are some talented people in this room

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62mac said...
Pup I'm still blown away by this thing,I know you said you spent 100s of hours on it but can you tell me in months,years this project took to complete?Are you keeping it?and are you working on another one?

That surf bus is way cool too.

Hey champion - I've done 3 so far , all the same as these ..... the second one I posted up I managed to finish in 3 months 'coz I knew a museum wanted it for display (and they got it hahaha)
The first one I posted took longer because I had to make body panels out of fibreglass (took metal off & made moulds off them) find old information from the interwebs etc etc
I paint them myself too (well everything farking actually) and prepping takes ages when the job is this big
So I reckon I've spent around 3 years in total on all of them Mac - I'll keep the first one coz it is rare as .... good surfbus for the Greenroom over there !!!!!!

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62mac said...
Pup I'm still blown away by the thing,I know you said you spent 100s of hours on it but can you tell me in months,years this project took to complete?Are keeping it?and are you working on another one?

That surf bus is way cool too.

"I started with this rusted out hulk - poor condition to say the very best .... this resto took me approximately 12 months to complete by the way"


Jeepers the more I look at this bus the more impressed I am by it. Some of the skill levels of people in the greenroom leave me shaking my head in amazement - never more so than this one. Very very very impressive Pup. Hats off.

What other resto's have you done? Anymore before / after photo's? You must have a a massive garage / shed - Can you please show us a few photos of your man cave - it must be truely impressive I bet we will all be envious!

Giantcave is 25m x 8m x 3.6m Teddy .... will try get some piccies for ya mate

The first 2 I did were backyard jobs & I "borrowed" a mate's Haybarn for their painting stage (thanks heaps VV if you're watchin' mate)

Then I found a cheap shed kit - fark that was hardest job I've ever done full stop - mugs game that shed caper hahahaha

Pup you can leave it at the farm any time a credit to you

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asea said...
Pup you can leave it at the farm any time a credit to you

Ahhhhhh the BIGSHOW 33 ....well the entire horde of Paparazzi chicks AND all their undies could be transported to every beach you grace AC

Thanks brother the big move soon eh????

First thing I did when I got up was check this post again Pup I cant imagine how patient and methodical you must be to complete such a resto, I will think of this next time I have to change my mower blades and get totally stressed and throw the shifter to the shizhouse

some pics of my bus ,

mine is smaller then yours Pup ,
not quite as old either

thats the bus I am talking about

Nice Buses

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62mac said...
Nice Buses

love my Kombi

bit pissed had a 3 hour surf on the weekend ,
parked the Kombi where I could keep an eye on it , and still somebody has managed to somehow put a nice deep scratch down one side
ferked if I know who or how

now wifey is pissed , even tried to ban me using the Kombi for surf trips

cant win

Pricks,my sons car has been keyed twice and two dents from parking at uni,daughters car keyed at a party pricks.

Arseholes Taz & Mac - they're everywhere these days[}:)]

Taz - love the big red W mate ..... wicked timber inlay emblem too - did it come with the deal

Oh and I have a solution to the missus dilemma too ..... take her for a dirty weekend at "el Cabino of Lerve (drop the groms at Grans place)