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Friends bought a school bus and converted it into a house on wheels
That school bus 1986, which gained friends
Canadian bus
Designs
A trip for the materials bought: sheets of plywood, insulation, Grinders (aka Bulgarian), screwdriver, and other tools and stuff
All loaded the bus
We threw all the garbage
A guy named Chris cut inner liner above and below the window so that they can install a roof and insulation
Many layers
We were pleasantly surprised to find the insulation, but still added a few more layers
Sample installation
It is also covered with a thin veneer cover directly over the old skin
All of the rail
Kitchen table from Ikea
It was too cold to work outside, so the circular saw installed directly inside the
There is a sofa
We decided to paint the back wall of black that you can leave notes in chalk
Painted, though the paint dries very bad, when it's minus 20 Celsius
It has been done a lot of work in the cabin. The view from the windows without shutters
Gerard has developed an interesting system, pieces of plastic just climbed from the bottom and fastened on top of the magnets. Few transmit light and 100% protection from unwanted looks
That's how things work
Everything is ready for interior finishing
A bed on the floor laminate
Gerard and Chris are working in the house of a bunk bed
Fitting frame
Shot from the back of the bus, which will be located four beds, sofas ahead will
Lighting will be using LED strips mounted along the length of the bus
One side is ready
The light is mounted on both sides, is the installation of shelving in the kitchen table
Picture taken from the front of the bus
The sun came out, so it's time to work on the street
Prior to that, all the sheets had to be cut with a hand saw, jigsaw therefore in the hands was a real happiness
Evaluation of the bottom of the bus, which had to cut holes for ventilation
Making holes
Matt and Gerard tested mattresses. In the future we will add more cross bars, the mattress does not sag
We went to Calgary and bought a wonderful covers for the sofa
Great!
Buck was decided to consolidate in the luggage compartment on the brackets
The sink and behind the wall will be a refrigerator
Set the refrigerator. By the way the most expensive thing on the bus - $ 1,500
Elektrougolok, is installed: cassette player, a subwoofer, a water pump, an inverter, which converts the electricity for the refrigerator and the light, as you can see switches are designed to enable all of the above. From above you can see a bookshelf
Here's how it looks from the inside. During the entire installation elekropriborov replied Gerard, he understands this
Installed tap and put a couple of cacti, though on wheels, but still home
90% of all work performed. Sofas also act as the fifth and sixth bed, then the kitchen, followed by the partition
The door in front of the refrigerator - toilet
The view from the "kitchen»
Photos of completed kitchen tables
Bus named Moose. In the photo you can see it first bath
Leave the yellow bus is not an option, so we decided to repaint
Olivia arrived, just in time for polishing. Tool was not, so I had to work with his hands
Across the surface of the bus walked acetone
We stopped on a white and green. Chose paint on metal with corrosion protection
Four days before departure, the sun came out, the temperature outside is 0 degrees Celsius
All the work to paint the bus, we used rollers and brushes
Turned school bus - the bus in a cool (pun English)
Three days prior to departure, we tried to make a test run of the engine, but the bus does not start. We started to panic. Fortunately the problem was trivial, was a cold night and the cold condenser, the guy from the studio told us that we poured antifreeze. After refueling, anti-freeze, our bus back on track
Just before we left there was a strong decrease in temperature, local places have not let go of winter, even though he was already April
Done! Just lovely sight
Baptism bus
We are all here. Chain of our T-shirts with the animals broke Chris, who was cold and he was dressed warmly
Our first "family" photo in Montana. The seventh member of our "family" Joe, who joined our tour just before departure. Later he joined our company more and Andy
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We spent 70 days traveling around America, in this time we have managed to meet many good people who offered to sleep, food, and helped in every way. Thank you America, always yours, Charlie, Chris Gerrard, Lindsay, Matt and Olivia - drivers Elk!
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Source: 4tololo.ru
Canadian bus
Designs
A trip for the materials bought: sheets of plywood, insulation, Grinders (aka Bulgarian), screwdriver, and other tools and stuff
All loaded the bus
We threw all the garbage
A guy named Chris cut inner liner above and below the window so that they can install a roof and insulation
Many layers
We were pleasantly surprised to find the insulation, but still added a few more layers
Sample installation
It is also covered with a thin veneer cover directly over the old skin
All of the rail
Kitchen table from Ikea
It was too cold to work outside, so the circular saw installed directly inside the
There is a sofa
We decided to paint the back wall of black that you can leave notes in chalk
Painted, though the paint dries very bad, when it's minus 20 Celsius
It has been done a lot of work in the cabin. The view from the windows without shutters
Gerard has developed an interesting system, pieces of plastic just climbed from the bottom and fastened on top of the magnets. Few transmit light and 100% protection from unwanted looks
That's how things work
Everything is ready for interior finishing
A bed on the floor laminate
Gerard and Chris are working in the house of a bunk bed
Fitting frame
Shot from the back of the bus, which will be located four beds, sofas ahead will
Lighting will be using LED strips mounted along the length of the bus
One side is ready
The light is mounted on both sides, is the installation of shelving in the kitchen table
Picture taken from the front of the bus
The sun came out, so it's time to work on the street
Prior to that, all the sheets had to be cut with a hand saw, jigsaw therefore in the hands was a real happiness
Evaluation of the bottom of the bus, which had to cut holes for ventilation
Making holes
Matt and Gerard tested mattresses. In the future we will add more cross bars, the mattress does not sag
We went to Calgary and bought a wonderful covers for the sofa
Great!
Buck was decided to consolidate in the luggage compartment on the brackets
The sink and behind the wall will be a refrigerator
Set the refrigerator. By the way the most expensive thing on the bus - $ 1,500
Elektrougolok, is installed: cassette player, a subwoofer, a water pump, an inverter, which converts the electricity for the refrigerator and the light, as you can see switches are designed to enable all of the above. From above you can see a bookshelf
Here's how it looks from the inside. During the entire installation elekropriborov replied Gerard, he understands this
Installed tap and put a couple of cacti, though on wheels, but still home
90% of all work performed. Sofas also act as the fifth and sixth bed, then the kitchen, followed by the partition
The door in front of the refrigerator - toilet
The view from the "kitchen»
Photos of completed kitchen tables
Bus named Moose. In the photo you can see it first bath
Leave the yellow bus is not an option, so we decided to repaint
Olivia arrived, just in time for polishing. Tool was not, so I had to work with his hands
Across the surface of the bus walked acetone
We stopped on a white and green. Chose paint on metal with corrosion protection
Four days before departure, the sun came out, the temperature outside is 0 degrees Celsius
All the work to paint the bus, we used rollers and brushes
Turned school bus - the bus in a cool (pun English)
Three days prior to departure, we tried to make a test run of the engine, but the bus does not start. We started to panic. Fortunately the problem was trivial, was a cold night and the cold condenser, the guy from the studio told us that we poured antifreeze. After refueling, anti-freeze, our bus back on track
Just before we left there was a strong decrease in temperature, local places have not let go of winter, even though he was already April
Done! Just lovely sight
Baptism bus
We are all here. Chain of our T-shirts with the animals broke Chris, who was cold and he was dressed warmly
Our first "family" photo in Montana. The seventh member of our "family" Joe, who joined our tour just before departure. Later he joined our company more and Andy
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We spent 70 days traveling around America, in this time we have managed to meet many good people who offered to sleep, food, and helped in every way. Thank you America, always yours, Charlie, Chris Gerrard, Lindsay, Matt and Olivia - drivers Elk!
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Source: 4tololo.ru
