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haha

the bus has seen a hell of a lot of kms now.....and apart from loosing a cerclip on the accelerator pedal link today resolting in me getting stuck as the first car at a green light........the speedo cable i got off josh breaking on the third drive and a small oil leak in the motor....the one in the axle seems to come and go, new seals coming so third time lucky :lol:

its been all good

went for a cruz to brunswick with a few gc and ended up in byron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MUs6wtB3Gk

shame!!! the weather was good for once and the surf shit

picked up a few pics off a mate, i thought id share...some old bitches..a 54 and a pair or 55s. go fish :lol:

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Very cool 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Post by TIN-BITS »

Great work Scotty
The bus came up tops and i know just how much work goes into getting the old units back on the road.

Hope to catch up on the cruise from Byron to Nimbin.

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Mmmmmm...........3 nice early busses 8) 8) 8)
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8) cool as..........

But slam that friggin bus will ya Dave....... :wink:
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well..i kinda like its 4wd type ability.....not many lowered buses attempt the goat track called my driveway, but somewhere around here i have an irs kit...yeh,will be lower sometime before august 2012, :wink: cheers
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I think it looks great as is, thinking of going stock height on my 55, but anything could change.
Great pics
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Ozbus wrote:well..i kinda like its 4wd type ability.....not many lowered buses attempt the goat track called my driveway, but somewhere around here i have an irs kit...yeh,will be lower sometime before august 2012, :wink: cheers
Sell me that bus dave and you get your pg/sg on the road...
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excellent work scott, cant believe how fast you got this on the road. Great to see you enjoying it :D
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Bet you turned some heads that day. Great set of buses.
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Post by resol »

3 smoking Buses...
Turned heads?????
YOU mean STOPPED the traffic!!!!!!! :lol:
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Who was filming, and give the 4 th smoking bus a bit of credit I like bays as well
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haha funny you say that mike, gazz (good old days) owns the bay, he got some credit, a couple come past us and askd whos the one with the board on top they said it was the best, defenantly has character

adrian with a 57 panel, red over cream filmed...just found out his user name is monte(with numbers) on here.

where were you thursday Grant i came past around lunch, couldnt even smell a hint of grinding dust or kombi fumes in the air??? :lol:
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scotty*85vw wrote:haha funny you say that mike, gazz (good old days) owns the bay, he got some credit, a couple come past us and askd whos the one with the board on top they said it was the best, defenantly has character

adrian with a 57 panel, red over cream filmed...just found out his user name is monte(with numbers) on here.

where were you thursday Grant i came past around lunch, couldnt even smell a hint of grinding dust or kombi fumes in the air??? :lol:
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Sell me that bus dave and you get your pg/sg on the road...[/quote]

sounds good,..... should nearly have 30g from that ute you sold so its a good deposit for starters hey Dave :lol:


ohh righto Grant. you got any progress to report.....centre bracket?????
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