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KWZ
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Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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 Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:32 pm Post subject: My '57 Standard sunroof build. |
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I have owned this bus for 11 years. It is a 43K og mile bus that came from northern Wisconsin. It was rusty and hit hard in the driver's side, but the interior was almost mint. At one point I added safaris, then the purist in me came through and I removed them. It has had almost the entire driver's side clip below the beltline installed, as well as the bottom 6" all the way around. The metal work was pre-Gerson. Most pieces were harvested from dry donors. The belly pans were fabricated. 36hp ngine/tranny/front end have been rebuilt. I scrounged a set of NOS ribbed bumpers. I'll start by posting several of the photos I currently have:
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///Mink
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Location: Fair Oaks, CA
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Wow...  |
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sled
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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are you using original sunroof material? or have you found a source with similar/exact material?
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Campy
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Location: Chico, CA
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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Double wow! It makes me want to finish my 1957 bus.
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mightymouse
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Location: las vegas
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sick. 
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crukab
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Location: Vermont
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:03 am Post subject: |
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NICE !! looks like lots of hours into it already.
Whats the come-a-long on the Rotiss. for---just to keep it tight ?
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npbusguy
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:51 am Post subject: |
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| Nice Kent, keep the updates coming. |
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KWZ
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Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| I have a sample of some of the original sunroof material. It is a dark army green canvas, almost like flat palm green. Still looking for an exact match. The rotisserie was built specifically for '55-'57 Chevrolets, and has been modified to accept the bus. The shop that is doing the final body and paint just completed a very nice resto on walkthrough mouse gray 21 window for the original owner. |
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| crukab wrote: |
NICE !! looks like lots of hours into it already.
Whats the come-a-long on the Rotiss. for---just to keep it tight ? |
Also, seems like it runs straight forward and back since all wheels look "fixed", no swivels!?! 
Kick ass job on the bus though!
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ScrapJunkie
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Joined: March 17, 2004
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Location: Hutchinson, Kansas
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:40 am Post subject: |
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Mm...perdy... can't wait to see some Palm Green thrown on there..
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BarryL 
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| Another perfect job. |
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npbusguy
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Location: Budapest, Hungary
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Kent,
I can't wait until your 57 sunroof standard and my 58 non-sunroof deluxe buses are finished so we can park them side by side and enjoy the sight while sipping a few cold adult beverages.
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Kelly
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:22 am Post subject: |
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wow, very nice!
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KWZ
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Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Kent,
I can't wait until your 57 sunroof standard and my 58 non-sunroof deluxe buses are finished so we can park them side by side and enjoy the sight while sipping a few cold adult beverages.
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Yes, I will make fun of you for not having a sunroof and you can make fun of me for not having corner windows. Ofcourse, if your bus had a sunroof and mine did not, they wouldn't be such a big deal, would they? |
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obus
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KombiMonster
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Mm...perdy... can't wait to see some Palm Green thrown on there.. |
looks like the roof is done....
Very nice job!
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twinwindows
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I approve
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KWZ
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| Germanpride wrote: |
| Mm...perdy... can't wait to see some Palm Green thrown on there.. |
looks like the roof is done....
Very nice job! |
The roof is done. Looks like a mirror.
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sled
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:04 am Post subject: |
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amazing
Im not much of a painter so bear with me here...but whats the reasoning for shooting the roof separate from the belt line up body area? harder to control overspray on already laid paint? too hard to reach all the areas in a short enough amount of time? not criticizing, just wondering.
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Ian
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:07 am Post subject: |
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How did the lower part turn grey again?
Work looks fantastic otherwise.
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