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

  • From: "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 08:33:04 -0400

I think he would just rather smell old hippie.



On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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