13 fun steps to a skoolie and a toad!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:00 am
Hello All. Well, yesterday was the coming out party for my little creation. Wiffy and I had decided long ago that the proper venue for this party would be the large regional hot rod show known as Harbor Run. The event takes place at a local marina with the backdrop of other people's money bobbing up and down in the water, a perfectly blue sky and a cool ocean breeze. I had made sure beforehand that my skoolie and her entourage would be allowed in the show and had been assured that it would be OK. In order to park on the lawn rather than the asphalt one had to be among the first 250 cars. While we arrived shortly after 6 AM, we just made the cutoff . While the event was scheduled to open at 10 AM, it was well attended by 7:30 AM and ran full tilt until almost 5 PM. While I'm sure many of you have seen most of the pics I'm about to post, I'll do a little recap just to set the scene.
Here are the 13 steps: 1) buy a 1935 Chevy 1 1/2 ton truck.
2) Buy a 1935 Superior school bus body.
Buy a Chevy W3500 turbo diesel truck.
Stretch the frame.
Drop the bus body on the frame.
Cut a hole in the roof.
Cut a hole in the side of the bus.
Build a tilt front end.
Add a bath.
Add a kitchen.
Buy a 1959 Morris Minor Traveller woody wagon.
But a Geo Tracker 4X4.
Drop the Traveller body on the 4X4 frame and there you have it--a skoolie and a toad!
THE PARTY
Her name is Honeysuckle Rose after Hoyt Axton's tour bus because she thinks she is a Hound but she is really (a) Superior.
We arrived Sunday morning at 6 AM in order to be among the first 250 entrants who then would be allowed to park on the grass rather than the pavement--we just barely made the cut for a show that didn't start until 10 AM. By 7:30 AM the place was crawling with people and from then until about 5 PM Wiffy, friend Tom and I talked with well wishers and the curious about the bus and skoolies in general. I had planned on taking some pics of other vehicles to post here but it was not to be. The three of us decided we talked to about 500 people and we were toast (but happy) by the end of the show. While there wasn't a judging class the bus fit in we figure Honeysuckle Rose was the big winner based upon the number of people who told us she was their favorite entry. She was without a doubt the most looked at entry in the show--who da thunk.
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
A brief tour:
Toad attached.
Awning extended.
Right front.
left front. Notice how the front bumperettes fold down to allow the front to tilt.
Slide out.
Entry
Now wall to wall people.
I just love the perspective of this pic-Ha!
Here are the 13 steps: 1) buy a 1935 Chevy 1 1/2 ton truck.
2) Buy a 1935 Superior school bus body.
Buy a Chevy W3500 turbo diesel truck.
Stretch the frame.
Drop the bus body on the frame.
Cut a hole in the roof.
Cut a hole in the side of the bus.
Build a tilt front end.
Add a bath.
Add a kitchen.
Buy a 1959 Morris Minor Traveller woody wagon.
But a Geo Tracker 4X4.
Drop the Traveller body on the 4X4 frame and there you have it--a skoolie and a toad!
THE PARTY
Her name is Honeysuckle Rose after Hoyt Axton's tour bus because she thinks she is a Hound but she is really (a) Superior.
We arrived Sunday morning at 6 AM in order to be among the first 250 entrants who then would be allowed to park on the grass rather than the pavement--we just barely made the cut for a show that didn't start until 10 AM. By 7:30 AM the place was crawling with people and from then until about 5 PM Wiffy, friend Tom and I talked with well wishers and the curious about the bus and skoolies in general. I had planned on taking some pics of other vehicles to post here but it was not to be. The three of us decided we talked to about 500 people and we were toast (but happy) by the end of the show. While there wasn't a judging class the bus fit in we figure Honeysuckle Rose was the big winner based upon the number of people who told us she was their favorite entry. She was without a doubt the most looked at entry in the show--who da thunk.
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
A brief tour:
Toad attached.
Awning extended.
Right front.
left front. Notice how the front bumperettes fold down to allow the front to tilt.
Slide out.
Entry
Now wall to wall people.
I just love the perspective of this pic-Ha!