How is it the week of Thanksgiving already?! It's been a few weeks since we shared an update because progress on the bus has been a little slower than usual. In our last post, we had just put rust converter down on the floor. Once the rust converter finished curing, we painted two coats of... Continue Reading →
This past week was a milestone - it was our last week of taking things out of the bus! Once the screws were out of the wall panels, Paul used an angle grinder to cut the panels just under the window ledge. With the panels off, we started pulling out the fiberglass. We had to... Continue Reading →
Once the rubber floors came out, we were left with a layer of dried glue. Our initial plan, was to use paint thinner to loosen the glue and then scrap it up. Fortunately we realized quickly, that was not the way to go. Next we started using an angle grinder and a drill with a... Continue Reading →
Our first week digging into the conversion started with pulling out the last two benches and then pulling up the floor: We used drills to remove the heater hose covers and the floor trim pieces. Once all the nails were out we pulled up all the looser spots of rubber by hand. Some of it... Continue Reading →
We've been really fortunate that our bus is in pretty good shape and there's not much that needed to be done mechanically before we took it to Florida. We're excited to get the conversion going in the next few weeks and wanted to share this fun video we made from the drive down. So imagine... Continue Reading →
The other job we wanted to complete while we had the bus with us in NC was pulling the ceiling down. Some skoolie conversions don't fully gut the bus; it's really a personal preference and since we plan to take the bus out west to colder climates, we are planning to strip the bus down... Continue Reading →
Our first major job was to take out the seats which turned out to be easier than we anticipated. First we took all the cushions off the frames and unbolted the seats from the walls. Paul was underneath using channel locks to hold the nuts in place while I was inside with a wrench &... Continue Reading →
We had it all planned out. During our trip out west in September (2018) we would look at school buses for sale. The forums we've read say that buses out west have less rust and can come from from school systems that have a bigger budget for transportation which can mean nicer buses. That would give... Continue Reading →
