The Bus: The Conversion

It took Derrick 2 weeks to gut and strip the interior of the bus. Another month and a half to do the conversion. We are not completely done with it.

 

Before we took the seats out.

 

Completely stripping the interior.

 

It took 2 weeks to get to this point.

 

The new laminate flooring.

 

Building the wall frames.

 

The wall frames.

 

The beginning of all the wiring. It is ran in the ceiling and in the walls.

 

Electrical panel.

 

Putting the pine ceiling in.

 

The ceiling. There are 3 of those ac units. And the square where you can see the metal was cut out and a Fantastic Fan put in.

 

Building the queen bed in the master room.

 

Storage under master bed.

 

Storage above master bed and framing for side wardrobes.

Building the bunks.

 

The bunks.

 

Door leading from bunk area to bathroom. There is another door just like this leading from bathroom into master room.

 

Closet and drawers in bunk area.

 

Linen closet in bathroom. Shower is to the right.

 

Building the kitchen cabinets.

 

Bookshelf and passenger seat area.

 

Another picture of the passenger seat area. It also serves as Derrick's desk.

 

Installing the couch. We also installed 3 seatbelts here.

 

The tanks before plumbing. The fresh and grey are each 120 gallons. The black is 66 gallons. There is also a fuel tank on the bus that will hold 178 gallons.

 

This is where the bus's ac unit was. It now houses our huge generator.