[tcb] Re: 1970 Campmobile Long message

  • From: theresabuckner@xxxxxxx
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:48 -0500

Gerald      I recieve E mails from Jo ann s  every day or so . Most of the time 
they have a 50% off coupons . This is for one item ( one piece of fabric ) it 
makes a difference .  I am sure you can go to their site & get the same 
discounts .    Terry


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From: Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, Nov 3, 2009 11:43 am
Subject: [tcb] 1970 Campmobile Long message



The fire bus. The owner works offshore and doesn't do email at all. He's
oing to pay me to do some basic cleanup and research. It was his
randfather's bus, bought new off the lot. Manufacture date 06/70.
It's under the carport at my office now. He didn't have a trailer so I
ent and picked it up and we took it to the car wash and rinsed it
own. He left to go to work this morning, won't be back for 2 or 3
eeks. I told him cleanup only on my part. We all know my record for
ctually getting repair work completed.
I'll be pulling the engine and re-pressure washing the engine
ompartment. Also peeling up the stick-on flooring he thought was a good
dea 5 years ago. Things like that.
I already wired in a new flasher module. All the turn signals work.
-ways only work when the key is on. Is that normal or do I need to dig
nto the wiring under the dash? 
Only one parking lamp is working but that's probably issues with the
iring in back that got burned. 
I also took off the trashed generic plastic wipers, got a set of
ood RainX wipers, took those apart and put the blades in the original
WF carriers that I found under a seat. Need to sand and clean up the
rms though (the part on the bus that holds the blades/carriers), the
river side j-hook is rusted up bad.
New rubber brake lines and a rear hatch seal have been ordered. When
'm sure the drums aren't stuck/dragging I'll switch to the tow bar.
ERIC: What's the number for the guy who does tent sewing? I showed
im the repop tents at the various places like GoWesty and Bus-Boys
ut we're thinking a blue Sunbrella material tent would look good over
he paint job he has on it. If the cost doesn't go too high over the
remade prices then he may go that way. Sunbrella material is available
t Jo-Ann's for about $20/yd. The repop tents online range from $280
or cotton to $399 for a mildew/fade resistant acrylic blend
What should be in the original Hazet tool pouch for 1970 models? His has
n 8/11 open end wrench, pliers, the long double-ended lug nut socket, a
hort single ended socket, the handle to operate the sockets, and a
ear claw for the hub caps.
What do others use for a pop-top seal? He has the expensive piece (the
lap that seals over the luggage rack) but everybody seems to sell the
eal for the top as a complete kit including the expensive seal and the
urround seal. He just needs the long part that goes around the top.
referably white because he has the one for the luggage carrier in
hite.
OK, that's all I can think of now. He nixed the idea of getting a '71
ront beam unless he can get hubs drilled to keep the bolt pattern the
ame front and back.
Has anyone seen a tow hitch for a '70 floating around cheap?
Gerald

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