[tcb] Re: rust never sleeps
- From: Sammie Smith <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:42:33 -0600
Denis:
Thanks for the compliment on the bus. Yeah, you just work your fingers to
the bone, and then some. The Westy took 675 hours of my labor with
essentially no other person working on the bus (my upholstery guy stitched
the seats but other than that I did it all). This labor was done over
approximately 4 months (mid May to mid September). You can do it like this
but it's a killer on the body (yours not the trucks). Or you can work
leisurely and space it out over a long time. I've done both. Currently
working, sort of, on three busses at once now but only bits and pieces when
I feel like it.
Sammie Smith
At 08:33 AM 1/19/2005, you wrote:
>Whenever we all get together I get depressed about how everybody's bus
>looks good except for mine.
>Paul's and Everett's and Fred's and Steve and Sharon's and Sammy's and
>lots of busses look incredible. Did they start off beautiful? Did they
>work their fingers to the bone? Did they spent a fortune? I could buy a
>new looking bus, but I am already working my fingers to the bone and I'm
>in love with this one, (sigh).
>
>In doing all the wiring with the panels and floorpads pulled out I
>find...RUST! Not loads of it, if there were loads of it I could just treat
>the whole area, prime it and paint it. But no, this is like little spider
>veins in the corners and folds and flaking paint. And the dash itself,
>Jeez! The POs have dented and filled and, I guess, brush painted it about
>a hundred times. The only way to get it to look smooth is to strip it and
>repair and paint it, but then I can't drive it. I am not happy to have it
>off the road that long.
>
>If I don't wear my glasses everything looks fine, but with correct vision
>I see years of work or lots and lots of dollars.
>
>Boy, aren't I the gloomy Gus this morning. Oh well, here I go, downstairs
>to fix all the stuff I just complained about.
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