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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 8:14 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

My '59 is original paint, no collision damage to speak of. It's funny to see all the ripples tween the ribs, the puckering around the spot welds on the dog legs and the rear fender wells. I imagine none of that was there when it was sold, but came about over the years due to metal stress.
I have a '65 standard sunroof that I had painted over ten years ago, still shiny, but no sign of this metal fatigue, instead I get bondo cracks where the painter laid it down thick. I wonder If in ten years, assuming these glass window Long panel buses are actually ever driven, what those panels will look like.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 7:49 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

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Can't tell you how many hours i spent blocking out the side panels. Many, many layers of alternating colors of primer to get it straight.


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 7:42 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

Before pic of Dawn's bus:

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Amazing how good it looks now.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

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I remember seeing this bus in Person at a show in CA a few years ago and thinking how straight it was. A highroof has a huge long panel and this one was straight.

If I'm correct, this bus had a rollover accident before restored to this condition. I've seen this one many times as the owner lives near me. He does amazing work, and most of what he does is "over restored", as I personally prefer.


^^^ you are correct there is a "before" picture of the bus sitting in front of it- am not a huge fan of over restored- but given the amount of crash damage it had i think i can get over it
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

Rick Clark's SWR/CB barndoor is pretty damn straight and is an older restoration, too.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

This thread is like walking through the Beaux Arts (look at my trophy wife) Festival in Boise- Botox, Botox, Silicone, Collagen implant, Botox, Silicone, Botox, Botox...

I prefer my bus body all natural baby.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

Anyone know who’s bus that is?

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Can’t hide the filler that makes it straight when it’s clear coated

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:18 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

c'mon guys, they were never that straight from the factory! But some of those sure look pretty!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

marksch wrote:
Mine is pretty straight. Smile

That's before the wheel flew away?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:06 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

Can’t hide the filler that makes it straight when it’s clear coated

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

a super-straight bus just looks like plastic filler to me...cause thats what it takes.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

Original panel and original paint. Waves.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

Mine is pretty straight. Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 1:54 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

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I remember seeing this bus in Person at a show in CA a few years ago and thinking how straight it was. A highroof has a huge long panel and this one was straight.

If I'm correct, this bus had a rollover accident before restored to this condition. I've seen this one many times as the owner lives near me. He does amazing work, and most of what he does is "over restored", as I personally prefer.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 1:31 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

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My bus also was extremely straight after the paint job, with a minimum of bondo. But now I drive it, there have become more than one slightest curves at the long side. That's just the decision you have to take, keep it straight or just use it. Wink

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Nice looking bus mate. Did it need much metalwork before paint, just out of interest?



I was quite a job, for about nearly three years now.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

My only restored bus, pretty straight but i prefer them unrestored....(like the one behind it)

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:27 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

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I remember seeing this bus in Person at a show in CA a few years ago and thinking how straight it was. A highroof has a huge long panel and this one was straight.


Those two look really nice. I can see why some would call them over restored, but IMO you cant beat the look of arrow straight bus Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:25 am    Post subject: Re: Whats the straightest split bus you have seen? Reply with quote

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My bus also was extremely straight after the paint job, with a minimum of bondo. But now I drive it, there have become more than one slightest curves at the long side. That's just the decision you have to take, keep it straight or just use it. Wink

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Nice looking bus mate. Did it need much metalwork before paint, just out of interest?

mdege wrote:
Hey, these were mostly commercial vehicles at the time and they were never perfect when they came from the factory.

I love nicely restored buses, but I prefer buses which tell their history.

I don't believe in better than new.


I agree that its nice to see a vehicle that shows its history. My oval is all OG paint and I love it... But a lot of them need blasting / restoring so the history is lost Sad
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