stripping the RRB...

[splitbusahollic]

RED RUST BUCKET that's what we call it...stripping a bus is possibly as much work as rebuilding one !
here are some pic's of the disassembling process...











luckily i'm not arachnophobic...cause they are there...big and small......



will post more as we go along....

[karmakoma]

Swiss Cheese......

Is the indicator flasher unit 6V or 12V ?

[Eugene Pfeil]

Holy moly!

[jolas]

hold on a second, who does the Westy belong to ?

[jolas]

Hells bells, that bus is really rusted.

Did you find any drugs or any other "stuff" of interest usually found when stripping a bus (apart from spiders!)?

Thanks for the pics

[retrovan]

Hi Jacques,
You still owe me photos.........

Give or I will tell Jolas the Westy is for sale...........OOPS !


I Did not say that..........

[splitbusahollic]

ja...found some unused condoms
it's my son's lowlight '71 westy.
the red bus is a '64 6volt

[Donovan D]

WOW rusty indeed.
Are you just grinding it up for parts.
What is that channel looking thing on the roof ??

[splitbusahollic]

howdi splitz
yip we are stripping it for spares
the channel on the roof is a slider(guide) for a tent,it also has a curtain rail that runs inside along the whole rear of the bus.
this bus just stood in the velt for years..instead of in a shed of sorts...the caretaker of the bus is into studebakers...so the bus meant squat to him.
check in "spare parts arrived" post to see more pic's.

[splitbusahollic]

here are a few more pic's...





in this pic one can see straight through from the side of the roof to the rear of the bus !

will post more as we go along.....

[splitbusahollic]

some more pic's....
one thing i must say..these buses are strong..even rusted to shit, it is not an easy job stripping them,they don't just fall apart !






we were thinking of making it a convertible




almost there.......

[jolas]

Eish THAT is a rust bucket. Try cut out that bulkhead behind the seats in one piece and save it, someone will surely be looking for one sometime.
I gave one away to someone who needed one, the previous owner had hacked it out !