Dr Frankenstien gets his hands on a transit bus.

WOW Catskill...you guys definately qualify az "Bus Nutz!!!"

I like how he utilizes the bus flashers when he's plowing...that's very cool (and practical).
and (of course) I noticed that there's a converted 'schoolie' he's plowing in front of. (I love conversions)


Anyone enjoying this thread might get a kick outta this book a friend of mine put out a few years back... (some awesome bus & truck conversion ideas in here!!)...
http://www.housetrucks.com/

Looks like you have some cool projects too,,,nice.
You may see the Ghetto Bus on the road soon,,,hopefully.

Parts??? Got any fuel tanks laying around?

Not to be a naysayer but you guys might want to check for the official word on bus conversions.
I don't know the letter of the law but I believe any former School bus has to be painted basicly ANY color other than School bus yellow,,,or so the dominant color isn't yellow.
I think the flashers can't alternate like the jersey lights do,,,,I think they have to flash together like 4way flashers.

Just my .02 cents there.

Thanks for the kind words.

Never heard the color part. Just thought the lights have to be removed.

WANT

Nate, can you post some pics before your thread gets hijacked?

How 'bout we start a *new thread* (maybe over in Jo Momma) ...about all these trucks and busses many of us are into...and Nate can keep this cool thread fer himself.

It could be a New York thing,,,I know I read it some where.
You wouldn't believe the people who would stop for this thing,,even if I was at a curb and getting out.

Awwww,,,it's all good.

I'll start bitchin if thing get out of hand,,,besides i'm contributing to a mini hijack myself.

Since Nate contributed to his own thread hijack....

I owned this in the late 70's.
This is when I first got it.
Unfortunately, it's the only picture I have.

Daaayum. Nate, you're mah heeeeeroooow.

Doing it isn't the thing I admire - sticking with it till it's done is, and you're well on your way to that.

BTW, the danger of these type of threads is that you can read them while fucking off instead of working and it makes it seem so easy, so reasonable. If I had more parking, you'd be a dangerous influence.

Ok,,,I did a little tinkerin tonight.

I managed to get a welding appointment for Thursday and I'm determined to get the air system back on line.

I didn't make many mistakes taking this thing apart but this is one of them.


I wanted to remove all the wires from the A/C system but after I went after these with the sawzall I found out the feed for the compressor runs with them too.

So I'll be bringing my soldering iron home from work tomorrow and fix er right up.
At least the wires are coded so it was easy to match them back up.

This beam is replacing one I should have done before I moved the rear body section forward.
I didn't realise how f#@ked up the other one was until it was too late anyway.
These beams are an odd size though 2" X 2 +3/4. All I can get is 2X3" so I had to scab this one from the floor section I didn't use.

At this point when I look back I can't believe I was going to use this for the bed.



There's no way it could ever look as good as this.

Amen, brother. This is a DANGEROUS thread.

I deleted my hijacks. Sorry, buses get me excited!

Still subscribed though! Like the recent pictures. Lookin Good!

Here's a stoopit question: insteada building wheel wells, why not just stick a 2x3 piece of steel under the frame of the bed? That way you have a flat surface over the wheels...

Make fabbing that whole diamond plate 'bed' easier, no?

M

I may do just that.
I want the height of the fifthwheel hitch low though so the raised area would be over the wheels only.

If I go with shaped wheel wells they don't have to be very big so less metal would be needed.

We'll see.

I'm glad you decided to scrap the old bed. I thought it was hokey, but didn't want to butt in The rear is looking mighty dope man!

Sorry for what?

I welcomed people to post pics if they had a similar project some time ago.

Like I said before,,,I'd complain if things got out of hand.

Everything that's been posted so far is cool including your pics and comentary.

Besides your pics are already quoted and are here for good now.

It would've looked better than that if I went that route,,,,I was going to blend it into the existing body and it would've been finished off.

What I have now IS definitely better though.

I repaired the wiring for the compressor and hooked the airbags back up tonight.

The ride height is just right.