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Stuartzickefoose
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anyone got a winch bumper for their bus by chance? curious what it may look like...
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babysnakes
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How many modifications can you do to a bus? The following is a 1973 bus I saw at No Dough Bus show.
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RatCamper
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That thing has plates on it???
Even hough it would be the most impractical vehicle on Earth for me, I want it.
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notchboy
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That thing has plates on it???
Even hough it would be the most impractical vehicle on Earth for me, I want it. |
There should be a couple laying around as left overs from the Mad Max sets
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RatCamper
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| notchboy wrote: |
| RatCamper wrote: |
That thing has plates on it???
Even hough it would be the most impractical vehicle on Earth for me, I want it. |
There should be a couple laying around as left overs from the Mad Max sets |
Ahahaha. Yeah. Although I can see them either being scrapped a long time ago, or being like the Interceptor worth a pretty penny because of the rare and one off parts that were used to make it. There is one semi replica of that car that I know of. I believe it was actually purchased for the movie but never kitted out the same. Someone took it on themself to track down / get made all the correct bits to make it like the one seen.
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notchboy
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ImAddicted
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| RatCamper wrote: |
That thing has plates on it???
Even hough it would be the most impractical vehicle on Earth for me, I want it. |
Took me a couple of looks at the pics to realize the 'body' is fabric. Pretty clever little set of wheels. Plow lights, good use of the space above the motor, dent-free bodywork, looks like water pipe for bumpers. Someone built that thing on a budget and still pulled it off. I'm surprised there's still .50 on the floor.... |
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roland
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Cool looking Photoshop!
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funkngruv
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| i really wish that was real |
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LIFE IN THE LOW LANE
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roland, are you using Chrome? If so, update it. I saw the accented e there.
What are the MB rims off? I have been searching high and low for years for a set of 15" steelies. I have a set but they are from a Vito. Totally unusable because of their offset. I mean they'd be fine of you didn't care about rubbing up back, or being able to steer.
it'd cost me $180 each to get my stock 14s re-rimmed to 15s so that's not going to happen. Don't want to wreck OE rims anyway.
BFGs and other such tyres I discovered just aren't available here in any real way so it's only commercials that are available to me in 14". i know, there's a thread for that. I just want to know what the wheels are from though. |
15 merc rims are off C class sedan from 1996 to 2003 from memory. Not that hard to find. If you dont want to cut the rear guards or have issues rubbing bad on the front get some BFG 215/75/15. Offset on the merc rims are 37. |
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fastmc25
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A couple weeks ago i put a bigger motor in Clyde ( 3.4L ) as the 2.8L broke a crankshaft and installed some KC Daylighters to brighten up the trails.. 
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babysnakes
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Dude, that's not a modification....that's an upgrade to the previous mod. Looks real clean. 
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airkooledchris
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A couple weeks ago i put a bigger motor in Clyde ( 3.4L ) as the 2.8L broke a crankshaft and installed some KC Daylighters to brighten up the trails..
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who says you need to spend new car money on some damned Subaru conversion?- that thing fits in there with room to spare!!
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Stuartzickefoose
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| airkooledchris wrote: |
| fastmc25 wrote: |
A couple weeks ago i put a bigger motor in Clyde ( 3.4L ) as the 2.8L broke a crankshaft and installed some KC Daylighters to brighten up the trails..
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who says you need to spend new car money on some damned Subaru conversion?- that thing fits in there with room to spare!! |
and how do you like the new motor? and wheres the build thread update?
and what did you use for a switch on the foglights?
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DAD's - 1972 Westfalia ~ Sticky ~ 1.7(?) 914 motor, allison electronic ignition, electric fuel pump, dual webers w/o choke.
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fastmc25
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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| airkooledchris wrote: |
| who says you need to spend new car money on some damned Subaru conversion?- that thing fits in there with room to spare!! |
Plenty room... no jacking up for any engine maint... oil changes are a breeze.. set and forget tuning.. Hydro lifters.... can't hear it running from inside... and you can carry on a conversation at 70mph with anyone in the bus..... not to mention "Heat/defrost"...
I've been very pleased with the conversion every since i did it.. the one setback was the broken crank...  I've even made a couple 16hr trips across the states only stopping for gas and food..... I get 17-23 mpg depending on the speed i drive.... hills don't exist... even with the trailer.. 
I probably had $2500 in the conversion when i first built it... I've upgraded a couple things since but still nothing major..
Here is my build thread: http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=99299
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fastmc25
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and how do you like the new motor? and wheres the build thread update?
and what did you use for a switch on the foglights? |
Lovin' the new motor... More torque and 40 more HP...... It accellerates very strong with little throttle input but is not jerky or anything like that... very smooth ...
The foglamp switch i used came with the light kit... It's a 30amp "Lited" flat switch and mounted in the stock dash ...
Here is my build thread: http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=99299
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fastmc25
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Here's my fun "PS'ed" pic of Clyde
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67sunbeam
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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I love your bus. 
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fastmc25
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I love your bus. |
Thanks
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