NOMADICISTA

Before we get to the steps and platform pictures, I have to tell you about the blackout shades I have for the whole front of the bus as well as the two windows on the rear door. I had someone make them for me. They are two layer. It is black vinyl inside and the outside layer is a thick white fabric...

Now we are getting to one of the coolest features of the bus. As you may know, the bus door is air actuated. Just push a little chrome button, and whoosh, the door opens. Push the other little chrome button, and whoosh again, the door closes. I was so tickled when I first saw that. It sounded like t...

Sharkey, The dogs liked the bed right from the very first day. They are good astronauts, and adapt to all my quirkiness. OH YES, I am a fanatic. That is probably why I have been able to move people emotionally with my music from the beginning. Thanks for keeping track of the bus build. I told you ho...

I always thought that wooden dashboards in Jaguars and Rolls Royces were cool, so I thought I would make me one. Here are a few pics of it.

Hooray, now you get to see the front room that is finished. I kept the same theme of light and dark stains that were in the bus when I got it. Here is the driver's seat. We carpeted the side of the instrument closet. We put 1/2 inch plywood on the outside wall and then carpeted that. I drilled the r...

Out of the window, you can see one of the buses we worked on.

Another view of the instrument closet.

Now to the driver's side cabinets and closet. At this point, we have made the closet side walls and face frame. We secured it to the ceiling as well as the base. We used flat brackets to secure it to the base. We made it deeper than the base so that air would filtrate in from the bottom. Oh, I shoul...

Here are both booth bottom/couch supports. I built a face frame between them and made a storage area that houses 16-one gallon water jugs. You will see all this stuff in future pictures.

So we have gotten around the dog bed and put flooring where the couch is gonna go. Here, you see the dog bed/clothes hamper. As you can see, I am already using the hamper. To the right. there is one of the booth bottoms that support the couch. They are the only pieces in the whole bus that are lamin...

Here, we are looking towards the front. As you can see, we have fit the boards around the back of the dog bed and continued rearward so we could set the couch in here. At the bottom right, you can see part of the couch. And, yes, those are my accordion cases still on the dog bed. "Where do the ...

Here, we are cutting around the dog bed. We are fortunate that my bus is parked at the shop where I work and I have use of many types of equipment and tools. One of my favorites is an Altendorf table saw. The angle cuts around the dog bed, however, were done with a jig saw (Bosch). Shawn did the mea...

Now we are looking towards the front. We are putting the perpendicular boards on each side of the center strip. On the left you will see two of the ten boxes I bought. And, of course, under those boxes is the base for an amazing closet which I will tell you about soon. http://i27.tinypic.com/dh7b52....

10 boxes of the flooring was enough to do the floor in the front room and the bedroom, as well as the side walls in the front room. Here, we are installing the center strip in the front room. We are working towards the rear. How we installed it was: I laid a thick bead of silicone on the bottom of e...

Now it is time to tell you about all the free materials that I have received. My day job is building the interiors of tour buses. We get empty shells (usually Prevost 45 footers) and build the interiors for touring bands. We are contracted to build them by the people who lease them to the bands. Oft...