This is a long overdue post on our 1996 Bluebird TC2000 conversion (we started last year and recently finished). This is a joint work with another family.
Here is a photo trail of the skoolification
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0S5oqs3qJ0HBex
We do not live in the bus, it is for short camping trips only. We've installed a compositing toilet, 480w solar panels and 3000w inverter, dwarf wood stove, kitchen with 2 gas burner and hot water. There are 4 bunks and a seating area that converts into a bed.
We had quite a bit of fun adding a full deck on the roof. It is basically a wood deck mounted and bolted to the frame. The roof also carries a latter and a railing system to make kid safe. We can also mount a awning that runs most of the bus (27ft).
There was a little bit of mechanical work to do - fixing the drive train, greasing, and replacing the king pin caps but we are fortunate to have found a mechanic that's teaching us along the way. Eager to learn more on that side.
We also played quite a bit with adding LEDs to the bus (on going process). The interior currently runs 4 strips of low power LED connected by various microcontrollers all synchronized via radio. This allows to remotely control lights with having to lay additional wiring. In the future, I plan to use the current from one the Hurri-Hot vent (12v/20A) to power some LED strips under the bus. (These things are quite fun to work with since each LED can be individually animated and only consumes at most 60mA at 5V).
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