Paint Job = Success

After 4 weeks of waiting the much anticipated VT Tank Bus is painted and ready to cheer on the Hokies. Officially insured and registered the open road is the next step...

Paint Job

Tank Bus paint job in progress. Shes gonna be looking so sweet!

Sanding Day

The VT Tank Bus crew and friends got together on a glorious memorial day in an attempt to use a little elbow grease to prep the bus for her first paint job. Things were tough going at the beginning but then Pat Bunt pointed out that we were using a left handed power sander and operations improved significantly. The goal was to remove all of the old pro-German propaganda, insignia, and detailing. Turns out we only needed to use 400 to 600 grit sand paper. This knowledge came after 75% of the work being done was completed with 80-120 grit paper and a few blisters were formed. Needless to say a lot of solid work was put forth and a few valuable lessons were learned. Hopefully we will be getting her out to the paint shop for the primer coat and the base color scheme very soon. Ryan aka "the guy who kinda knows stuff about things of this nature" Williams will be doing some fiberglass repair and putting down some RTV. While a significant roadblock has yet to be encountered we have preemptively adopted "you hold onto a tank bus this cherry" as our rally call.

The Original Interior

This is the original interior prior to being made grossly awesome.

Also don't mess with the Bus there are real German Soldiers who don't like being disturbed

TANK BUS SCHEDULE

Just so we are all up front about this, this is where we are going to be, and what we are going to be doing. All score predictions provided by the tank bus. You can go ahead and call your bookie, except there is no way we only score 56 against MD.

Additional Pics

In case you noobs are wondering what the exterior of a sweet VT Tank Bus looks like:

9 MAY 2K8 TANK BUS IS BORN

The VT Tank Bus era of over the top tailgating and insanely proud support for Virginia Tech and its athletic programs has begun. The bus was bought from some curiously friendly Germans on May 9th 2008, virtually draining the bank accounts of three hardcore fans. After making it rain with a storm of 20 and 100 dollar bills in their dining room we took off for home in the new ride. Officially registered and licensed under the plate moniker of TNK BUS the next day. Tank Bus is rocking and ready to go. Plans for a sweet paint job and interior work has already begun with some of our best men on the job.