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PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:08 pm    Post subject: Tacky Tiki Bus Projects Reply with quote

I am not exactly sure why, but I am going to start posting some projects as I work on the low budget "Tacky Tiki Bus", my very hacked, rusty 1973 bus...some serious, some for fun...hope it at least amuses someone.

First up, a custom headliner for the cab area. After several attempt at other alternatives, my wife, who is obviously much smarter than I am, suggested that we use the existing bows, and with her expert sewing abilities, here is what we came up with.

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Here is a pic with the "loops" sewn in:

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With the "header" piece that will attach above the windshield...I wanted this to not have to tuck under the windshield.

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With the "header" glued to the headliner:

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Front attached above windshield:

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Wooden strips attached to roof reinforcement for headliner to be stapled to:


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Finished cab headliner...will probably use hardboard (Masonite) for the cargo/passenger area, which will cover the rear edge of the cab headliner.

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We used an outdoor fabric, some hardboard I had on hand, a few fancy screws with cup washers, and some staples...total cost, less than $25...with a bit of fabric left over, enough to do the sun visors....

More to come....

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thks for posting...I always enjoy seeing what can be done with a few good ideas and a tight budjet . will be watching for more Cool
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice Job. Looks good.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looking good. After trying to install a factory style headliner and messing it up I went the same route as you.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks GOOD! Some years ago, I made a headliner out of decorator's burlap, held in place with long wooden strips, called lath. Forgot the total cost, but it had to be cheap, back then I was dirt poor, come to think,I still am. Sometimes small budgets get the best results. Peace
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice that looks good! Can't wait to see what you do next
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

^yes^ please post more projects!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:29 pm    Post subject: Tacky Tiki Bus Projects Reply with quote

Okay, on to the sunvisors. The only foam of the correct thickness we could find was headliner foam/fabric, we got a remnant, about a yard, for $8, plenty left over to cover something else ugly on the bus.

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We stitched (by hand) two layers of foam together over the sunvisor frames.

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My wife machine stitched most of this, with a bit of hand stitching to close around the posts.

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The finished sunvisors, using the bit of fabric left over from the headliner and some remnant foam....cost was a few dollars, at most.

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More to come sometime....Front kickpanels.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool!
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice work on the sun visors! Way better than the mouldy/dirty ones I am stuck with and a lot less than the $60 they want for a pair of new ones over here- am going to do that on mine now! Weird coincidence as I am about to do factory headliner on my 71.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:35 pm    Post subject: Latest Tacky Tiki Bus Project Reply with quote

Well, it took a while, but here is the next installment of my low cost, low style project, the Tacky Tiki Bus....rear headliner.

Found these straw? type beach mats reduced at my local "5 Below" store, a purveyor of all things cheap....reduced to $1 each...I bought a bunch of them.

After a couple of installation idea miscues, my wife, who is much smarter than I, offers to sew some fabric strips to the back of these mats, as well as sew them together, so we can use the original headliner bows...It was not much fun, apparently....also attached a bit of fabric to the rear of the mats.

Here is the headliner ready for installation:

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Here are several views of the installed headliner. we used velcro to hold all of the edges to the various surfaces.

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And here we are hard at work...

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More to come.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those tatami mats came out pretty darn good for a headliner. Nice job and kudos to your wife. Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice work...
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:22 pm    Post subject: Tacky Tiki Bus Project mini update Reply with quote

Bought these lights on that popular auction site..."second chance" item that did not cost too much...apparently "NOS" item...made in USA...I WILL find a place in the TT Bus for these beauties....

Rod


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow you know those lamps are super old and vintage if they were made in the USA Rolling Eyes


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks fantastic!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sweet... creative/cool low budget that works for me.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:13 pm    Post subject: can't help it.... Reply with quote

I love it, here are some of mine, not completed yet of course....



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:04 pm    Post subject: Tacky Tiki Bus Projects Reply with quote

Glad to see someone else is as whacky, er, creative as I am...bamboo looks great!

Here are some updated projects...I got a little distracted with a hurricane, lots of hours at work, and getting sick....and now it is tooo cold to do much other than plan....

A mock up of my recovered door panels...actually installed one, will try to get a pic up soon...all remnant vinyl, using the original panels...and some plastic paint for all of the black plastic trim...

Maybe spent $40 for both panels.

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Painted "Faux Finish" kick panels with airbrushed (by my wife) flowers.

A couple of bucks worth of hardboard, and lots of time making templates...


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And last, a woodburned piece of birch plywood that fits in the little recessed area under the gloveboox where the rear defrost switch is, also the wife's doing...

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Probably not too much else before spring, but I'll see what I can come up with.

Rod
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lovin' all of it!! Good work. After 30 years in the scene, museum quality restorations are looking like background music. This has the juice,keep it up.
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