I don't think you're going to like it when you are fed it everyday by your Commie masters
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To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:15 PMSubject: [tcb] Re: Right Tires for a Splittie? Also for Sammie, Wood Paneling
I like cabbage and chicken but you can't trust me my bus is broke! Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----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 PanelingSo 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 CentralSubject: [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?
