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bally
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| Great story, great parts finding 😊 Dave |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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awesome logos
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andre b
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| Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:30 am Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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good stuff  |
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TRS63
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:14 am Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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djfordmanjack yes it is LOVE!
This thread just keeps getting better every day. I'm so happy for you.
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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jmmj
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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Amazing work and stories djfordmanjack!
Keep it up and thanks for sharing!
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Busstom
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| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:43 pm Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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Any progress on this project? My popcorn's getting low. 
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cloval
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| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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| Inspirational thread. It will be an awesome day when all the project is complete and bus is in front of you. Keep up the great work! |
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djfordmanjack
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Thanx guys !
Sorry to say that I have been very busy otherwise and also considering the pandemy crap, but I will hopefully be back on the project by mid October.
The chassis is alive and well and got some more ideas, that I want to proceed with. I will be updating the thread in case.
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Busstom
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| Ahhh, tending about life, understood! Waiting patiently. |
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djfordmanjack
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bally
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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| That looks impressive! |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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not much happend this year except cleaning axles and cutting the front clip off the chassis mockup. Now I'm getting ready for a loooooong winter in the heated basement shop.
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i am pretty sure i have never seen a Taunus P3 Turnier. 61ish? we always were Opel Caravan people A, B, C....
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djfordmanjack
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It's a 64, last year for the P3. love my little Taunus! Nice driver and direct rival to the Type 3 Variant squareback. (Taunus Turnier came first for '61 Model).
I also once had a 66 Variant, and I want to say they are both great cars from that era.
back to the chassis setup. And isn't it interesting that what appears to be a flat slabsided bus sidewall panel, in reality is a very crowned and slant surface ( see cross-section. red line is vertical). I believe it's details like that, making our early Bullis so pleasing to the eye. They are not just a sqare box on wheels.
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bally
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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That is looking amazing! It must be so satisfying to see your vision coming together like that. Great work!
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djfordmanjack
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mandraks
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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interesting, is this somewhere close to the planned seating position? Looks like you will have all kinds of interesting problems to solve.
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djfordmanjack
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That might be the case Uli. As I mentioned before, I like to approach this like a prototype, experimental or hot rod build if you will. Like all car/coach builders in the 1930s to 1960s they built interior mockups, die typischen 'Sitzkisten'. they were car interiors, seating position, steering wheel and column, dash, pedals, wheelwells, switches, windshield... thats the way they designed that before ever having the full car available. My belief is that a car is only so much fun, as you like to sit in it. I don't like raised steering boxes/wheels, raised seat bases, thick upholstery or such things.
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mandraks
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: A barndoor chassis buried in my garden |
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| djfordmanjack wrote: |
| That might be the case Uli. As I mentioned before, I like to approach this like a prototype, experimental or hot rod build if you will. Like all car/coach builders in the 1930s to 1960s they built interior mockups, die typischen 'Sitzkisten'. they were car interiors, seating position, steering wheel and column, dash, pedals, wheelwells, switches, windshield... thats the way they designed that before ever having the full car available. My belief is that a car is only so much fun, as you like to sit in it. I don't like raised steering boxes/wheels, raised seat bases, thick upholstery or such things. |
i hope you share your thoughts, i would love to think along....
FYI, i could easily imagine a 32 ford, tudor sedan delivery (with windows), chopped just a tad, but with 3 window coupe doors (suicide), 8 inch or so stretch to make room for a straight 8 (buick or so).... i really like to plan out all kinds of details.... i really like what you are doing here....
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