1936 Ford School Bus Build (with 5.9 cummins)

[wflaw45]

well atleast check with food truck inspectors to make sure that is fine.. I know there have been a huge battle in Raleigh with food truck vendors and what the can and can not do and what type vehicles etc they can use..

just fyi

Another thing to think of is you usually serve out of the passenger side, smokin' out your customers with exhaust is no good. Any other food truck questions feel free to PM me, I ran the Onlyburger truck for a year and learned allot!

 

[Tacoma747]

Got the fuel filler mounted, and took some of the sheetmetal to be primered.

 

[Tacoma747]

She changed her mind and decided to run a fixed A/C unit. We are going to look for a small window unit because it might fit better. Got the rear panel louvered, I think it turned out great!!

 

[Croatan_Kid]

That looks great!

 

[Tacoma747]

Hauled the donor truck to the scrapyard today after I pulled the front suspension off it. 3,020 lbs with a bed full of scrap metal that was cut off the bus.

 

[BRUISER]

you could have sold so many of those parts on DTR.. hell I even got rid of the cab to a guy from DTR

 

[Tacoma747]

Fenders mocked up

 

[tooof]

Good luck and have fun with your build. Dare to be different

 

[Your Hot Dog Guy!]

Did a guy towards Clemmons do the louvers?

 

[Tacoma747]

Did a guy towards Clemmons do the louvers?

No. Rodcrafters in Welcome (in the RCR business park) did them.

 

[family xj]

Any updates on this?

 

[Tacoma747]

Rotated the compressor housing to get the outlet where I need it, also put the filter on.

 

[Tacoma747]

And welded some tubes, these are basically under the driver seat.

 

[braxton357]

Lookin good. Why not just mount that air filter straight to the compressor inlet? Pointing it at the cab isn't going to help with noise and I doubt your sister is a teenage redneck into whistling turbos.

 

[Wreckingball]

This looks amazing, keep up the good work

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[1980CJ7]

This looks amazing, keep up the good work

X2 , how's the sheetmetal comin along?

 

[Tacoma747]

Some updates!

Steering box is a Chevy astrovan, the pitman arm and linkages are off the 2001 Dodge I am parting out, they will have to be narrowed but I think will end up working rather well.

 

[Tacoma747]

Here is the ceiling panels in place. There will be two 14" roof vent fans that will be installed, for ventilation obviously, but also to keep from having to patch two holes in the roof panels.

The side sections of the ceiling were originally 4 pieces per side, the center section was 4 pieces as well, to eliminate seams (and save some time), they are 10' long each, so went from 12 pieces down to 3... Guess the bus shop didn't have access to a 10' shear back in 1936...

 

[Tacoma747]

The rear panel was 3 pieces originally, made it two piece this time around.

 

[Stuntman Autoworks]

Looking good man keep the updates coming

 

[ghost]

That is way cool.

 

[RatLabGuy]

OK to show my ignorance - what are all of the pins sticking out of the sheetmetal?

 

[GubNi]

OK to show my ignorance - what are all of the pins sticking out of the sheetmetal?

Temporary rivets

 

[Newcomer]

OK to show my ignorance - what are all of the pins sticking out of the sheetmetal?

They are called Clecos. They come in several versions. The most common is a spring loaded style which require a pair of Cleco pliers to install and remove. There are also threaded style clecos which provide more clamping force than the spring loaded versions. They typically are either 1/8" or 3/16" diameter and are used to temporarily hold sheetmetal in place as you are fabricating and or mocking up. They are used in aircraft fabrication and racing as well.

 

[R Q]

I think people are starving to death, you need to hurry up with this build!