Thread: Progress on the bus . . .
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05-28-2014 04:53 PM #11
I don't know what progress has been made on it; and quite frankly I'm past caring.
I've just had a gutsfull of being mucked about.
I spoke with a mate (Bryan Creswell,) last night who informed me that he has a cobber who used to work for this outfit, (TraNZtech,) so he's familiar with the product and its installation.
Bryan said that if any finishing work is required his cobber should be able to step in to do it. (It seems he owes Bryan a few favours . . . that's the way the earth turns.)
So pictures won't be forthcoming until at least next week . . . I just want a conclusion to this entire saga.
We've built/altered cars before; but never have we been mucked about as badly as we have been with this build.
It has been eight (nearly nine,)years since this idea was first mooted . . . the first hiccough was when the shipping company lost the damned thing; eventually finding it parked on a wharf in Singapore!
Graeme Cox did a superb job on the engineering for me, no complaints whatsoever there, but since then its been all downhill; with bureaucracy being the major stumbling block.
So this build is my swansong; I'm never going to put myself through the years of pure frustration that we've had to endure throughout this exercise.
And it's not even finished yet!
There's still the painting to be done.
Surely nothing can go wrong there?
well it seemed a good idea at the time . . .
sigh.johnboy
Mountain man. (Retired.)
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'47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
'49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
'51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
'64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.
I saw last night on fb about John. The world sure lost a great one. I'm going to miss his humor, advice, and perspective from another portion of the world. Rest in Peace Johnboy.
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