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Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:47 am
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Joined: 09 May 2006
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Location: Paonia, Colorado
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Cool! This bus is such a sweetheart!
I think I said something like that when it first came in, but after watching the build it defiantly has improved. |
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:45 am
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Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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Location: in the back of my bus CA
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| Buddy, now you know, any bus with a big motor needs to have the clutch seated correctly. Franz is the resident expert on this. I think it is a 5000 RPM clutch drop on fresh snow that will do the job right on this one. |
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:34 am
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Location: Grand Junction, CO
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| I hear those "clutch seating" jobs cause engines to eat rod bearings....What do you know about that Jason? |
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:30 pm
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Joined: 12 Feb 2005
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Location: GJ CO
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Guess what I drove to Roosters today?
What a sweet ride Buddy.. You are going to love this bus. Just a little more lovin, and a few more parts.. and this baby is dialed!
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:57 pm
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Joined: 30 Oct 2005
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Location: central coast
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I want one so bad  |
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:30 am
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Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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Location: in the back of my bus CA
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| I think John is Anti-door handle.... it seems like you guys always wait until the very end to thorw those on. must be the chrome shop right? |
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:58 am
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waitin on chrome and key guy... I don't let no stinkin door handles hold up this train!! I wanna drive it!!!
Ya know.. I was thinking last weekend.. I really don't ENJOY any of this work.. I don't like sanding, do you? i don't like sand blasting.. it sucks! How about laying under a bus cutting out rust? nahh.. welding and getting sparks in my shoes and shit, painting a big ass bus hoping it comes out good, or that the mask job is good, not getting a run or dry spot or too much orange peel, cleaning paint guns etc.. Taking greasy ass beams apart, or doing brakes.. Nope.. none of it.. But you know what I do love.. I love driving them.. and the smile it puts one everyone's face.. THATS what it's all about for me.. So first chance I get.. I am taking a drive in these awesome rides.. I love em. I wish I could snap my fingers and they be done.. or wiggle my nose like on bewitched.. I think thats why I push so hard to get em done.. the works sucks ass.. the finished product, what ever level of finish you go for, is where it's at!
George just finished tweaking on the decklid fit.. about to get middle seat grab handles all dialed in, I will get the bars inbetween the ends painted.. |
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Choices make us who we are.
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:09 am
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Location: Maryland
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| You might say the work sucks but you guys do a kick ass job every time. You and your team control the results and you don't have to rely a bunch of people to make sure things get done the right way or on time. And think about it... Do you really want to do something else like sit behind a computer screen for 9-10 hours a day ? |
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:20 am
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No sir... I do not want another job.. I love what I do.. as a whole. I plan to put as many vw's back on the road as I can, till the day I die!!!
There is only one other job I would consider.. and thats working at another VW shop somehwere were it is warm year round.. Like in sunny so cal! Sell KCW someday.. and hang loose in sunny california.. although all my friends say i couldn't do it... |
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Building the shit out of VW's.. "lifer"
Choices make us who we are.
Set yourself up for success
The harder I work, the more successfull I am.
Success is obediance to a structured way of life! |
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:34 am
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Location: in the back of my bus CA
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| Trust me, you couldn't do it! Relax is not in your vocabulary |
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:31 pm
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Bus looks great...I mean really really great
and this is the coolest thing I've read in a long time
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Ya know.. I was thinking last weekend.. I really don't ENJOY any of this work.. I don't like sanding, do you? i don't like sand blasting.. it sucks! How about laying under a bus cutting out rust? nahh.. welding and getting sparks in my shoes and shit, painting a big ass bus hoping it comes out good, or that the mask job is good, not getting a run or dry spot or too much orange peel, cleaning paint guns etc.. Taking greasy ass beams apart, or doing brakes.. Nope.. none of it.. But you know what I do love.. I love driving them.. and the smile it puts one everyone's face.. THATS what it's all about for me.. So first chance I get.. I am taking a drive in these awesome rides.. I love em. I wish I could snap my fingers and they be done.. or wiggle my nose like on bewitched.. I think thats why I push so hard to get em done.. the works sucks ass.. the finished product, what ever level of finish you go for, is where it's at!
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:52 pm
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Joined: 25 Jan 2006
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| John, how the fuck do you doit, being so cold there its probably a bitch when its time to primer or lay some filler down hell even painting parts is a bitch, Whatchu got a heated garage or what? |
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:11 pm
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Heated garage?? yeah.. You could say that.. heated dirty shop, heated clean shop, $50K plus heated paint booth all right here to work in.. Surely you were kidding?!?!?!?!? Filling, priming, and painting are no problem..
The shop doing your bus doesn't have heat? |
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Building the shit out of VW's.. "lifer"
Choices make us who we are.
Set yourself up for success
The harder I work, the more successfull I am.
Success is obediance to a structured way of life! |
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:48 pm
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Joined: 03 Nov 2007
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Location: PVE, CA
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| john jones wrote: |
Guess what I drove to Roosters today?
What a sweet ride Buddy.. You are going to love this bus. Just a little more lovin, and a few more parts.. and this baby is dialed!
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can't wait to drive it myself..... |
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:33 pm
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Joined: 09 May 2006
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Gorgeous bus Buddy!!!!!  
John and company kicks ass don't they!!  |
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