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Plumber bus

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:31 pm
by red hot bus
Got this bus a little while ago and it has jumped the que. I was pretty keen to see what was hiding under all the green paint. I was happy with just the dove blue goodness but the sign writing was a nice surprise. Over all it’s a pretty solid bus but still needs all the usual places repaired. So I’ve chucked it on the rotisserie and started cutting out the rust and will hopefully take it to the blasters soon to get underneath blasted.
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Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:13 pm
by MID WEST DUBBER
Awesome mate, you have been busy! Keen for more updates on this bus

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:30 pm
by splitthis
Fucking Cooper, another awesome OG paint bus with sign writing. This thing will be awesome mate, nice to have windows too.

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:02 pm
by morts
Love how you brought that back to og. 8)

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:41 pm
by Griffin
very cool Cooper, great that it has the old signwriting and a window bus too, 2 thumbs up!

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:44 pm
by braddick
Wow can't wait to hear more about this bus at the end of the month at the catch up bud

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:03 pm
by Beatts
Great find Cooper and it’s already starting to look really cool.

By the way You have so many now the rest of us look almost normal.

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:17 pm
by red hot bus
Managed to spend a bit of time on the old girl. Got the roof stripped back to dove blue pretty happy with how it come up. Plus kept cutting that rust out to a point I was happy enough to take it to the blasters.

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:19 pm
by red hot bus
Made me feel sick when I got the to pick it up and realised the blasted my dove blue dash :evil: but other than that no real nasty surprises. Now to find some time to start putting it back together

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:44 pm
by MID WEST DUBBER
Awesome work Cooper, shame about the dash getting blasted!

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:20 pm
by braddick
Looking good bud
Dam shame about the dash
Will u try and fake it back in or just go shiny
Don't suppose u got any pics on what the dash was like pre blasting

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:52 pm
by morts
red hot bus wrote:Made me feel sick when I got the to pick it up and realised the blasted my dove blue dash :evil: but other than that no real nasty surprises.
What a pisser.

Love the tow car though!

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:38 am
by splitthis
Dove blue dashes are still out there, a quick dash swap is nothing for you. That paint has come up awesome mate.

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:10 pm
by morts
Is there a phone number or address anywhere on that bus??

Re: Plumber bus

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:50 pm
by red hot bus
Been chipping away at the old plumber bus, got the long and short side sills welded up. Also did some more paint recovery that revealed a previous owners name (R. Dibley from Nyngan) managed to get in contact with his son who remembers have to wash it back in the day. Unfortunately no period photos of it at this stage.