6 Months ago last May I constructed an awesome looking green door out of 2×6’s and RV scrap window I had laying around.  I knew it wasn’t perfect but it was a hell of a lot better than the existing doors.  It was a fun project and I loved the hell out of it.  Recently,..

September was a month full of little projects.  A lot of which were based around the idea that I wouldn’t be able to do these after the fall rain began.  One thing I was putting off was a bathroom roof vent; originally I was planning to use an original schoolbus window and throw in some..

Window Skinning+Window Install I found myself anxious about my drivers side window so I replaced it with a nice big beautiful dual pane window. I put it in a little crooked so my bus could be unique, with this window in, all but 1 small window and all of the integrated door windows. have been..

Window Install Copy Pasta Well this past few weeks have been cluttered with last minute summer fun, but a little bit of progress since my last update. After 3 years of reading through builds and hating myself for not being able to weld, I finally got myself a modest lincoln MIG Welder. I went ahead..

Roof hatches Copy Pasta Front roof vent cleco’ed on. I cut the whole with an abrasive cutoff wheel, if I could do it again I’d probably use a jigg saw. The rear roof vent location was not ideal, so I tore it off and cut a new hole for the roof vent. Skinning the bus..

Somewhere around this time the bus project started getting really fun.  It no longer felt like troublesome work, from this point on the bus project was pretty much all I could think about. Skinning the Bus Copy Pasta This past two weeks has been an emotional roller coaster, I had a few other pictures I..

The Door So I built a new door out of 2×6’s and 2×3’s and FRP.  I copied this build from an RV forum, but made a few alterations.    Overall my door looks great from the outside, okay from the inside.  I didn’t really take many pictures.  But the following Picture more or less show’s how it..

Late into 2014 Summer Nana (wife) and I painted the bus.  Nana is very good at painting and whenever it comes down to painting she is always enthusiastic and ready. A few things to note to any other ambitious converters out there. I intend to repaint this roof next year. If I would do anything..

For us, painting the bus was our top priority.  As you may suspect visually she just wasn’t my style.  My wife lead this party with my roommates while I was at work, it was great coming home to a mostly clean looking bus.  We didn’t paint the roof for another year or two probably.