| Burlyhammer |
Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:53 am |
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This bus was found in Ayottes junkyard in Oxford, Maine several years ago. It was rescued by a friend of mine with the hope of resurrecting it. We are going to get body back together so my friend can get his bus back on the road! Overall, the bus is in good shape. It needs the usual repairs. It is mint compared to the last two projects I have been involved with. The day it arrived:
After a brisk tear down:
Some of the metal being prepped for fitment:
After a little clean up:
It needs a spare tire tray. The gas heater stuff won't be going back in. I made this when I built the tray for my son's 15 window:
After some chopping:
There looks like only one bad spot in the frame. This will get fixed first:
To be continued... |
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| challomoner |
Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:58 am |
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| Spotted the pictures in the gallery couple of days ago and been eagerly waiting for the thread to begin. :D |
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| Burlyhammer |
Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:12 pm |
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Here are a few more "before" photos. The sunny day pictures were taken by my son the day we first saw the bus, and the snowy bus photos were taken by the owner when he was getting the bus ready for the trip to our shop:
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| matthew cornell |
Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:25 pm |
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| srfndoc |
Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:35 pm |
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| Hopefully you grabbed that VG poptop Westy as well! |
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| obus |
Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:46 pm |
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| whats the mcode date of 1959? Mines is July 3rd build date |
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| mtnbus |
Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:54 pm |
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this is awesome !
Nice work |
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| norcalmike |
Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:24 pm |
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| Sweet! Another episode of the BurlyHammer Show :D |
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| boulderz |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:17 am |
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| All in a days work, way to get the ball rolling |
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| Burlyhammer |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:25 pm |
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baz76 wrote: Spotted the pictures in the gallery couple of days ago and been eagerly waiting for the thread to begin. :D
This bus is in good shape compared to the 15 window and the 21 window. It’s like it’s almost done! :lol: :lol: :lol: |
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| Burlyhammer |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:29 pm |
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srfndoc wrote: Hopefully you grabbed that VG poptop Westy as well!
Seems like I’ve seen it around somewhere. :D |
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| Burlyhammer |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:30 pm |
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obus wrote: whats the mcode date of 1959? Mines is July 3rd build date
This one is June 5th according to the M code plate. |
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| Burlyhammer |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:34 pm |
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mtnbus wrote: this is awesome !
Nice work
It’s been sitting in our shop patiently waiting its turn. It’s a cool bus, and should be a decent project!
Thanks mtnbus! |
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| Burlyhammer |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:35 pm |
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norcalmike wrote: Sweet! Another episode of the BurlyHammer Show :D
Haha. Living the dream! |
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| Burlyhammer |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:36 pm |
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boulderz wrote: All in a days work, way to get the ball rolling
Nothing like a sawzall to really dig in to it! |
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| Burlyhammer |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:52 pm |
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matthew cornell wrote:
Nice! |
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| obus |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:35 pm |
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Burlyhammer wrote: obus wrote: whats the mcode date of 1959? Mines is July 3rd build date
This one is June 5th according to the M code plate.
cool! looking forward to your revival of the mango |
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| Thompson2 |
Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:11 pm |
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Only here would this statement
Burlyhammer wrote: Overall, the bus is in good shape.
be immediately followed by these pics! You guys are nuts! I'm praying there's only a little of this (relatively speaking) hiding on mine. :)
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| karl h |
Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:57 am |
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| this defines a new meaning of "mint" :lol: |
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| Burlyhammer |
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:47 am |
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karl h wrote: this defines a new meaning of "mint" :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: |
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