2026 Jamboree Splitty
This week’s bus build work party was great. I want to offer a sincere Thank You to everyone who made it.
Russell, Greta, Clinton, Wayne (won the early bird award and arrived at 6:30!), Kitty, Greg, Laura, Sue Rice, and Ed all made it.
Wayne started in doing the heavy lifting. Heavy duty grinding, hammering and straightening the pretty bad spot on the passenger side right behind the cargo doors. As well as spending all morning working on all the other places that had been welded in, straightened and needed lots of TLC to look right. Great job Wayne as usual!
Clinton and Russell worked on cleaning up the seat backs and pedestals. Years of hardened adhesive (petrified really), cloth, and headliner remnants needed to be removed using scrapers, chisels, and various abrasive wheels on a die grinder. And of course the detail work could only be done by hand sanding…really hard to do. Clinton’s abilities are growing way faster than anyone knows. He stays focused, works hard and just gets the job done. I’m looking forward to the day when we’ll be helping him on his bus…. Russell also got under the bus with some more rust converter to go over a few spots. Not a fun job.
Greg spent most of the morning sanding the entire top and the drip rails of the bus. As well as using rust converter at any of the necessary places he found. Lots of hard work….
Ed spent the morning sanding the doors down to factory primer. The old paint was old stuff from a repaint and was cracking and looked terrible.
Greg and Ed have that rare see the job, do the job work ethic. Just let them know what needs to be done and then get out of the way! Thanks, guys.
Kitty got there early and started in with cleaning all the glass. She removed years of grime and some overspray too using razor blades, steel wool and lots of elbow grease. Sue Rice arrived with some great zucchini bread just in time to help Kitty and get the job finished. So the glass is ready to go into the newly painted door window frames when all the new seals arrive.
Laura, Sue, and Kitty took on the monumental task of completely sorting and organizing the jumble of nuts, washers, screws and bolts the club has accumulated and just left at Russell’s over the years. I was shocked to see how quickly, thoroughly, and accurately they were able to get this done. So every time any of us need to find just the right bolt or whatever, we can thank them for this. Good job!
And Greta once again provided a great lunch for everyone to enjoy. Sue Manning was not able to be there and help but she made a dish, CousCous, that she hoped everyone would enjoy. They all said it was terrific. Thank you. Lunch has become a fun time at the work parties. We all get to sit down, relax, visit and just have a good time being with our friends. Thank you Greta for making this happen.
Hope to keep the momentum going next Saturday and get lots more done. See you next week!
Author: John Manning
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