What Tools Have Been Made Out Of A Bus

[blackdog1999]

I bought this sandblasting cabinet many years ago from the SOTO president Dave Heard. At some point I put it away because of a broken part & did not use it for many years. Just decided to get it up & working again.

What other tools have people built out of a Bus?

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[Split 66']

Wow! I haven't seen that blasting booth since '95 or '96, at their shop off the railroad tracks in Hayward. Brings back some good memories.
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[ZENVWDRIVER]

... 20 years ago a member of MoKan, Steve ... dug a hole and put his bus in there and covered it up... became a septic tank.
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8/50, gray 11A Beetle
6/52, pastel green 11C - SOLD
11/4/52, black Zwitter - SOLD to my little bro.
1954 Porsche, pre A, with VW 36 horse- SOLD
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1960 single cab
1962 SO33, with SO 42 interior
9/63 Pacific blue, Ghia
'87 Toyota MR2
'02 WestFORDia E-150, GAVE TO OUR SON

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[CaLiBus]

throw all them parts in your ads in there for a 50% mark up!

[hitest]

This isn't exactly a tool, but it was for a bus tool, does that count?

Now there's a story with this thing pictured. Our mutual friend Shortbus many years ago was the elected President of the Bus Pilots Association. I, being his humble friend who has dedicated 9 good years exploiting his failings, took it upon myself to help him with his speech coaching.

He had an "umm" and "uhhh" habit that grated at me like a citrus zester on my scrotum.

So, from my central place in the pizza meeting room, I was able to push the bus horn button on the top of the jug and activate a very polite, yet bright bus taillight upon hearing each of his notorious vocalized pauses. In short order I had nearly broken him of his habit, and I know he thanks me in his own way each time he must communicate verbally.

(The chrome "cap" is a non-functional splittie gas gauge that exactly filled the hole. There were many offers on this thing- but nobody wanted to pay my estimated $100 in parts value)
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[tasb]

somewhere, I have a church key made out of two cargo door handle rods welded together into a T.
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[Shortbus]

Hitest's tactics are incredibly effective... just look at my signature.
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[blackdog1999]

You guy crack me up. This only reinforces why I need to be drunk to hang out with you.
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[blackdog1999]

[campingbox]

Clara has cargo door check rods she uses as fire pokers.

I have seen bus beam assembly jigs using the front frame area in many shops.

I can't count the number of swap cases I have seen using bus popout windows or safari windows.

[BarryL]

[Dontburnit]

Everyone has made one of these...

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[GLHTurbo]

Do sheds or coops count?
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[Red Fau Veh]

I want to see chicken coops and dog houses please. I have a single cab roof I use as a awning for my parts barn door. And I am making a single cab trailer, there must be many bus trailers.
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1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
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[BarryL]

How 'bout people that have made a bar out of the nose. It could count as a tool to help the owner kick back after working on his bus.

[dawerks]

Weld the back of a bus lug nut to a wrench, it's the perfect size to open transmission fill hole.
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