55 patina bus

[vanell]

There’s some blue under there

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Also check out the vent, has no lip and a deflection bracket that’s bolted on

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[rusty 55]

Awesome
I have the same deflector on mine, I thought it was something some random made and screwed on. I might have to put it back on now. Good job I kept it, haven’t noticed any others on a bus.

[vanell]

Well I owned this bus for about an hour, Andrew (snebo67) came with me to pick it up and absolutely loved it, so he now owns it
Like I said I only wanted to buy 2 beams from Terry and got this as a package deal
Now I didn’t flip it, Sneb paid what I paid for it, and me and him will work on it one day a week to get it going again
He has helped me out tremendously with picking up all these treasures including the latest Green Bus

[rusty 55]

All that matters is the van will get a good home and you both are happy with the transaction. Happy days
I don’t think you will ever be labeled a flipper Wiz. Even though you sometimes move a bus on the intention is always to save the bus, they usually leave your hands in a much better state than they arrive and some remuneration for efforts is standard practice where I’m from

[splitthis]

Flipper





The panel I chopped up in Upper Sturt that ended up with the hillbillie’s had one of those front vent deflectors too. Maybe they were a dealer option?

[scotty*85vw]

That front shot is money! Love to see decent buses like this still getting found. Lets see it after a decent wash

[vanell]

Photo taken in my backyard
Friday is booked for a clean up

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[braddick]

That’s cool pic
Calendar worthy
Wide 5 rollers calenders ?

[Snebo67]

Colour retrieval day with help from Beatts. Amazing what a scourer and Ajax can do, excited to see how much colour came out on the bus, Wiz assisted with panel fitting (held in with ocky straps)

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[MID WEST DUBBER]

Looking good! That dove blue is really coming through

[D-Train]

How good is the colour change!! What’s the Ajax like to coat with after it’s been used?

[Snebo67]

Beatts performing some magic scouring

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[D-Train]

Ummmmm, isn’t the scourer supposed to be under the hand?

[vanell]

Photo doesn’t do him justice
With one motion he flicked the old scotch brite out and using the other hand he replaced it with a new scotch brite, never stopping the rubbing down process
It was unbelievable, never seen it done before

[Gunther]

Bloody love it Ian- this’ll keep you young.