[tcb] Re: Right Tires for a Splittie? Also for Sammie, Wood Paneling

  • From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 00:15:00 +0000

I like cabbage and chicken but you can't trust me my bus is broke!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 19:11:38 
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Right Tires for a Splittie? Also for Sammie, Wood Paneling


So what's your saying is you don't like cabbage and chicken :-) .

Denis wrote:
> You people don't seem to get it. It is BALTIC! I don't know how I woke 
> up this morning in some kind of Maoist/Soviet appeasement country 
> where we don't care if they just march on in here with their Godless 
> Socialist state. People, we are this close (holding up my fingers 
> centimeters apart) from having big missile parades down Main Street, 
> ALL HAIL MAX AND LENIN AND CHAIRMAN MAO! Baltic is not Russian or 
> Chinese Dammit! It is Baltic! I do not want to go to a VW show and put 
> my head into a Westy camper and smell BORSHT or KUNG PAO CHICKEN! I 
> want to smell GERMANY! Well, at least LATVIA!!!
>  
>  
>  
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Dan Martin <mailto:danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
>     *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:47 PM
>     *Subject:* [tcb] Re: Right Tires for a Splittie? Also for Sammie,
>     Wood Paneling
>
>     Last time I checked (at least 1 year ago) they carried it here as
>     well:
>     http://www.houstonhardwoods.com
>     They are about 300 yards from my shop.
>
>     Sent from my iPod
>
>     On May 14, 2009, at 5:01 PM, Mark Jenkins <marktts88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:marktts88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>>     These people have the wood you need , right outside of downtown
>>     Houston in the Heights and open Sat. til 12
>>     We have the following:
>>      
>>     3mm 5' x 5' Russian Birch BB/CP  Plywood  @ $14.95 each
>>      
>>      
>>     Pete
>>     Clark's Hardwood Lumber Company
>>     713-862-6628
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     *From:* "mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx>"
>>     <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>     *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>     *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:39:31 PM
>>     *Subject:* [tcb] Re: Right Tires for a Splittie? Also for Sammie,
>>     Wood Paneling
>>
>>     There is a place here in Houston that has the correct Baltic
>>     birch that comes in oversized 5 x 8 sheets. I can't remember the
>>     name of the place but Mark J. knows the name and location. I will
>>     ask him tomorrow.
>>
>>      
>>
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     From: "Fred McDonald" <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx
>>     <mailto:texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx>>
>>     To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>     Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:38:26 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>>     Subject: [tcb] Re: Right Tires for a Splittie? Also for Sammie,
>>     Wood Paneling
>>
>>     Thanks for the tire info.  I have 165/15s on the bus now, that's
>>     the size the bus had when I purchased it.
>>     If I move up to a 185 tire, what width should I consider, 75, 70
>>     or even a 60?
>>     I still have a stock 1600 single port motor.
>>      
>>     The panels I'm trying to replace are 1/8" but I can't seem to
>>     find any.
>>     I've gone to Home Depot and Lowes and nether have it and don't
>>     care to find it.
>>
>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>         *From:* sammie smith <mailto:bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>         *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>         *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:16 PM
>>         *Subject:* [tcb] Re: Right Tires for a Splittie? Also for
>>         Sammie, Wood Paneling
>>
>>         Fred:  The from the factory original size is bias ply 6:40x15
>>         which are available from Coker in TN and they are some where
>>         around $100+ each.  Great for looking pure stock, but since
>>         you are not going stock wheels I would go with a metric size
>>         that comes as close to the size of the 6:40/15 as possible. 
>>         If memory serves the diameter of a stock original tire is
>>         27.1 inches.  What you are going to find close is somewhere
>>         between 185 and 205 in metric radial sizes.  A 185x15 would
>>         come closest but I don't think anyone makes them anymore. 
>>         165/15 will work but they are much smaller than stock.
>>          
>>         As to the wood paneling:  Stock came with 1/8" birch which
>>         can be purchased in most lumber yards and maybe even
>>         someplace like Lowes or Home Depot.  If you really want to be
>>         anal retentive; the correct wood is baltic birch 1/8" but you
>>         are going to have to find some specialty wood products
>>         company to find some.  I am not a wood expert and I really
>>         don't know what the difference is between baltic birch and
>>         regular old birch.  I used regular old birch 1/8" like the
>>         cabinet guys use and it looks just like the original birch
>>         that is in there.  I used a bit of stain that gave it the
>>         same color as the original and varnished over that.
>>
>>         --- On *Wed, 5/13/09, Fred McDonald /<texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx
>>         <mailto:texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx>>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>>             From: Fred McDonald <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx
>>             <mailto:texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxx>>
>>             Subject: [tcb] Right Tires for a Splittie? Also for
>>             Sammie, Wood Paneling
>>             To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>             Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 6:55 PM
>>
>>             What are the correct size tires for a split window bus
>>             with 15" wheels?
>>             What brands would you recommend?
>>              
>>             Sammie,
>>             What type of wood paneling did you use for your Westie?
>>             How thick was it?
>>             Where did you get it?
>>

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