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vanell wrote:Morts came around before Xmas and said he wants to do round 2 of the rebuild, I already put a new front nose and repaired the front chassis rail, when it came to me the pass side front was not attached to the rail, did that and it went on last years Ratex, OK so round 2 , the whole cargo door side is now not attached at all, sill is gone and both outriggers non existant, I feel so sorry for this poor bus, Its a imported 67 camper, made from a deluxe bus, all the good gear, Did you ever see the Sienfield episode when Jerry's mechanic steals his car coz he hasn't been looking after it! Well im out there cutting up shit and putting in new bits and thought this must be like when Evel Kinevil says to his painter that he would like a new paint job on his bike, how good do you make it coz you know its going to come back fucked. Ian

Hahaha, classic!
I love Seinfeld too
it’s got nuffin to do wiv yer “vor sprung Durch technic” ya know!
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splitthis wrote:I must admit that I’m jealous you have a bus that you can give a good flogging to. Too many people treat their busses like Ferrari’s since the prices went mad. I’ve always wanted to buy a shitter in the states, head over and weld it up, cobble together a cheap engine and do the shasta snow trip....one day. Ian maybe you me and Colin can do it. Get the whole thing sponsored by kombi cruise??
I second this, maybe I can tag along when you do it
it’s got nuffin to do wiv yer “vor sprung Durch technic” ya know!
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braddick wrote:Any chance the cat in the hat going to revolks 2019 ?
Already got a few holidays planned this year Brad - when is it though?
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morts wrote:
braddick wrote:Any chance the cat in the hat going to revolks 2019 ?
Already got a few holidays planned this year Brad - when is it though?
Early October around the 9,10,11 ish normally
Word on the street is there will be a BIG convoy from SA this year
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Mate's trying to get us to go sailing with him in the Whitsundays late September early October so will have to play it by ear. (Might be just the break I need though after the hard work of sipping cocktails and swanning around island hopping up there. Don't really know why he wants me to come along as I know sfa about boats!)
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Round 2 coming to a close, might show you whats been happening, started on the cargo door side
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cargo door bottoms
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Rear corner
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long side
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Been lots of nasty bits along the way
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Some nice work going on there mate, bet u lovin that rotessrie
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Jesus that cross member was toast! Did they put belly pans on campers or was this a sunroof bus pre fitout?
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Maybe it was ordered with a sunroof, its definitely a deluxe bus converted to a camper, and I recon they are the genuine belly pans to the bus because of the paint colour inside, anyway had to trim the rot off of them and I folded them inside the chassis rail and inside the outrigger, only way to save them, but they are OG, that's good right?
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Good to see you kept the OG paint.
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vanell wrote:Maybe it was ordered with a sunroof, its definitely a deluxe bus converted to a camper
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How can it be a deluxe? It’s an 11 window. Or does it look like the rear window sections have been replaced? I was thinking maybe a sunroof bus which would explain the belly pans. What are the features that make you think it’s a deluxe? Crazy to think years ago someone was turning a deluxe into a camper and these days everyone wants to do the reverse :lol:
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