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Odds & Ends and Useful Things Working on a bus conversion usually starts off with a good hammer, chisel, set of wrenches, side grinder, and pry bar. Later on you'll need different tools to build your future home, week end get-a-way, or favorite toy. I thought I'd show a few of the odds-n-ends I...

Time to Start Building Walls I'll be using walls to separate bedrooms from bathrooms from kitchens. Since I'm going for a somewhat commercial look, I'll be using plywood covered with a laminate. One important lesson I learned from doing previous bus conversions was to picture what you want in your ...

Great film. It makes you want to start out on your own adventure. I really enjoyed that!

The Bedroom I went back and forth on what to do in the bedroom in regards to bed size. It's nice to have a large queen size in the back, but with a transit, it would be hard to walk around the sides due to the wheel wells. Putting it crossways of the bus is also a problem, as making up the bed is h...

Window Magic It wasn't really magic, but there is a little hocus pocus involved. Remember this is a budget build, so there will be no new $800-for-each peninsula windows bought here. Usually most bus converters remove unwanted windows and skin over with aluminum on the outside. As many of you know,...

Getting Electricity to the A/C There was one issue I should mention about installing the a/c. Since I wasn't taking down my ceiling, this presented a problem with getting an electrical supply to the unit. The usual way of doing this is to drill through the roof bows to the side of the bus and run i...

Jim, have you decided what you're going to do yet on the muffler?

The Dreaded A/C Installation There comes a time in every bus conversion where you get to something that needs doing, but you dread doing it. Such was my A/C prep work on the roof. To keep this a budget conversion, I'm going with the least expensive A/C solution ------ the dreaded roof airs. Ducted ...

Thanks Jack! I just wish it could have been built that fast instead of the two years it took to do it.

Let the tear out commence I'd only had it a week before I started taking out the seats. I have a covered 40' awning in the rear of my home. It has 50 amp electrical service, so all the conversion has taken place back there. Since I had storage space in my basement, I stored most of the seats I took...

Those are awfully kind words my friend. Are you sure the paint fumes aren't lingering? :) As promised yesterday, I'll talk a little about why I chose a transit. Well, I didn't start off wanting a transit. I started off looking for a coach. I've been buying and selling a few buses along for some year...

At the behest of my friend Lostranger whom I’m sure is destined to be a BFF, I have joined the Nomadicistas! It’s the best, he says. I’m sure it is, because he’s always right. It’s hard to turn down a plug like that for anything, so without further delay, I completed Nomadicista paperwork, paid my $...

Jim, why'd you have to go and post that biscuit picture. I'm trying to lose weight over here and that picture ain't helping!