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The dream takes the shape of a big yellow Ford Blue Bird in the driveway!
Date: 03/11/2010
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Step One: Removing all 22 passenger seats.
Date: 03/11/2010
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Just some of the items we found in the bus!
Date: 03/11/2010
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Step Two: After all the seats are removed, remove the rubber flooring for rust inspection. Considering the bus is in Louisiana, not that much was under all that rubber.
Date: 03/11/2010
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Hubby removing all those screws that held the rubber floor. Note: he is using an old-fashioned (read cheap)impact driver. It was a lot of work!
Date: 03/11/2010
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Step three: All of seats are out of the bus. All of the rubber floor is out. Now, look at how clean that floor is, after the floor has been swept 3 times.
Date: 03/11/2010
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more demo
Date: 03/11/2010
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more demo
Date: 03/11/2010
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Gary working on floor removal
Date: 03/11/2010
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still removing center rubber
Date: 03/11/2010
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Floor sanded, Rust Reformer applied, primed and painted smoke grey Rustoleum. Whew!
Date: 03/11/2010
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Floor and walls. The walls had some suspicious looking (rust)spots, so sanded then applied Rust Reformer on them.
Date: 03/11/2010
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Finally, wall paint. The color is Rustoleum Almond.
Date: 03/11/2010
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More interior wall shots. The white looking trailer out the bus window is our present camper.
Date: 03/11/2010
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The tongue and grooved plywood floor being laid. First underlayment (vapor barrier both sides), then plywood.
Date: 03/11/2010
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Floor finally down, next tinting the windows.
Date: 03/11/2010
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We took out some windows; Gary fabricated some coverings of FRP attached to treated plywood with spacers attached all well siliconed together, fitted into the window spaces, siliconed well again. The almond FRP is the same color we are going to paint that
Date: 03/11/2010
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My window tinting set-up. I tint the windows, while he put up the FRP on the window spaces. He finished before me. Well, it was my first time tinting windows. I think they came out pretty good. Note: take out windows, tint, then replacing is much eas
Date: 03/11/2010
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One side done, the other to go!
Date: 03/11/2010
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His fabrication of the windows. The white plastic pieces are temporary. When the silicone sets, the plastic pieces will be removed and the washers and screws will be put back in.
Date: 03/11/2010
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Date: 03/25/2010
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Date: 03/25/2010
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My first attempt at window tinting. I am not a professional window tiner, as you can see. Not bad for first time.
Date: 03/25/2010
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Furring strips applied to the wall.
Date: 03/25/2010
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