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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:53 am Post subject: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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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 Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2010 Posts: 1195 Location: IRELAND
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:58 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Spotted the pictures in the gallery couple of days ago and been eagerly waiting for the thread to begin. |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:12 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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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 Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2014 Posts: 3 Location: western maine
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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srfndoc Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2010 Posts: 3270 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Hopefully you grabbed that VG poptop Westy as well! _________________ RPM=(MPH*336* (R&P*4th*1.26))/Tire Diameter in inches |
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obus Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11049 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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mtnbus Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2007 Posts: 732 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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this is awesome !
Nice work |
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norcalmike Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 4784 Location: Marina, CA
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Sweet! Another episode of the BurlyHammer Show |
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boulderz Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2009 Posts: 72 Location: VT
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:17 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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All in a days work, way to get the ball rolling |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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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. |
This bus is in good shape compared to the 15 window and the 21 window. It’s like it’s almost done! |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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srfndoc wrote: |
Hopefully you grabbed that VG poptop Westy as well! |
Seems like I’ve seen it around somewhere.
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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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 Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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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 Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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norcalmike wrote: |
Sweet! Another episode of the BurlyHammer Show |
Haha. Living the dream! |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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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 Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Nice! |
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obus Samba Member
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Thompson2 Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2018 Posts: 659 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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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 Samba Member
Joined: October 10, 2005 Posts: 573 Location: austria
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:47 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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karl h wrote: |
this defines a new meaning of "mint" |
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