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Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:57 pm

Looks nice, but you've got balls of steel raising the bus like that on just jack stands! :shock: :shock: :shock:

F'in crazy!

Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:15 pm

Wild!!!

Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:50 pm

stephenmullens wrote: Yeah this Westy just sat in my shop waiting for me to get on it for over a year and I finally decided to get some help with it. The challenge at this time is we have to fabricate the pop top canvass as there are no available reproductions that are close enough to the original. We've located several fabric options which are on order...the piece will be pretty straight forward to fabricate once we find/decide on the best fabric.

The bus looks really nice!! I will definitely look forward to seeing it completed. As for the pop top canvas, maybe consider using the material from a good used bay window tent? Hope all is well.

Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:48 pm

abuspilot wrote: stephenmullens wrote: Yeah this Westy just sat in my shop waiting for me to get on it for over a year and I finally decided to get some help with it. The challenge at this time is we have to fabricate the pop top canvass as there are no available reproductions that are close enough to the original. We've located several fabric options which are on order...the piece will be pretty straight forward to fabricate once we find/decide on the best fabric.

The bus looks really nice!! I will definitely look forward to seeing it completed. As for the pop top canvas, maybe consider using the material from a good used bay window tent? Hope all is well.

Thanks Marc. I was wondering about a bay tent for the pop top material...is it the same material?

Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:02 am

stephenmullens wrote: abuspilot wrote: stephenmullens wrote: Yeah this Westy just sat in my shop waiting for me to get on it for over a year and I finally decided to get some help with it. The challenge at this time is we have to fabricate the pop top canvass as there are no available reproductions that are close enough to the original. We've located several fabric options which are on order...the piece will be pretty straight forward to fabricate once we find/decide on the best fabric.

The bus looks really nice!! I will definitely look forward to seeing it completed. As for the pop top canvas, maybe consider using the material from a good used bay window tent? Hope all is well.

Thanks Marc. I was wondering about a bay tent for the pop top material...is it the same material?

It should be. You should also have white screens , not black. I thought Tom Buese from Buswares was working on them a few yyears back so maybe you could ask him.

Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:08 am

crofty wrote: stephenmullens wrote: abuspilot wrote: stephenmullens wrote: Yeah this Westy just sat in my shop waiting for me to get on it for over a year and I finally decided to get some help with it. The challenge at this time is we have to fabricate the pop top canvass as there are no available reproductions that are close enough to the original. We've located several fabric options which are on order...the piece will be pretty straight forward to fabricate once we find/decide on the best fabric.

The bus looks really nice!! I will definitely look forward to seeing it completed. As for the pop top canvas, maybe consider using the material from a good used bay window tent? Hope all is well.

Thanks Marc. I was wondering about a bay tent for the pop top material...is it the same material?

It should be. You should also have white screens , not black. I thought Tom Buese from Buswares was working on them a few yyears back so maybe you could ask him.
Thanks!

Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:45 pm

stephenmullens, she is looking great I especially love the patina look :wink:

Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:56 pm

stephenmullens wrote: abuspilot wrote: stephenmullens wrote: Yeah this Westy just sat in my shop waiting for me to get on it for over a year and I finally decided to get some help with it. The challenge at this time is we have to fabricate the pop top canvass as there are no available reproductions that are close enough to the original. We've located several fabric options which are on order...the piece will be pretty straight forward to fabricate once we find/decide on the best fabric.

The bus looks really nice!! I will definitely look forward to seeing it completed. As for the pop top canvas, maybe consider using the material from a good used bay window tent? Hope all is well.

Thanks Marc. I was wondering about a bay tent for the pop top material...is it the same material?

Just checking in on the progress of the bus?? Were you able to find any material?? I sent you a message but never heard back? Hope all is well.

Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:49 pm

Here's visual progress report.

Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:50 pm

Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:55 am

Stunning 8)

Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:27 am

yowza. dream bus.

Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:10 pm

Wow, that looks great.