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Forum: Conversion General Discussions 03-12-2004, 11:43 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 63,861
Posted By Father_of_10
Diesel

I use diesel,

In our 1st skoolie (a deisel) my wife was driving back from Washington state to Minnesota and filled it up by mistake with gas. We were blessed that she only got a mile or so down...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 03-12-2004, 11:38 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,164
Posted By Father_of_10
I paid $800 for my bus - 1990, 134,000 runs...

I paid $800 for my bus - 1990, 134,000 runs great, diesel, 5 speed

It has sound panels in the celing (Millions of little holes in the celing) it really keeps the noise down.
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-24-2004, 09:44 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,024
Posted By Father_of_10
Cork Celing

I think the Cork might be a great answer to walls & Celing. Thanks for the Information!!
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-16-2004, 07:56 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,024
Posted By Father_of_10
Thank you for the information. I think I will...

Thank you for the information. I think I will follow your advice and remove the metal on the walls, but I am not sure about the celing, Ouch!

I will be picking up our bus in the next few weeks so...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 02-05-2004, 07:20 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 6,444
Posted By Father_of_10
A very cool vehicle :D

A very cool vehicle :D
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-05-2004, 06:57 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,821
Posted By Father_of_10
In some of the areas of the bus, Like where the...

In some of the areas of the bus, Like where the bunks are I want to insulate the windows and put plywood over that to keep some of the heat in, and hopefully some of the heat out
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-04-2004, 10:08 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,821
Posted By Father_of_10
Painting the glass

What do you think about painting the glass? I would think after time the window film would peal off.
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-03-2004, 01:29 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,024
Posted By Father_of_10
Sound Panels

In our old bus, the front roof panels where the driver sits is full of 1/8" holes, hundreds of them. In our new bus the entire celing is like that. Thousands and thousands of them.... :shock: I...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-03-2004, 01:24 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,024
Posted By Father_of_10
Removing the windows

Did you remove any of the windows and put sheet metal in it's place?

That is what I was thinking about doing.
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-03-2004, 01:22 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,024
Posted By Father_of_10
Celing Insulation

We have the sound panels in the celing so I am sure we would have a funny looking celing after all the foam came out of all the holes :lol:
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-03-2004, 12:45 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,024
Posted By Father_of_10
Insulation?

In our first bus conversion we only insulated the floor. I used 1 1/2" ridged foam and put 3/4" Plywood over the top of that. Where we had a problem was with the side walls. When we slept in the...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-03-2004, 12:35 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,233
Posted By Father_of_10
Church in a Bus

How about a Church in a bus:

You leave all the seats in a bus, paint it, attach a cross to the top of the bus, drive to where you see a lot of people, open the doors, bring them in, preach from...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-03-2004, 12:28 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,786
Posted By Father_of_10
Painting Blinds

I think that you would have a very hard time getting the paint to stick to plastic, but if you had metal one you might have a better chance. But I would think that would take a lot of work to paint...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 02-03-2004, 12:26 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,799
Posted By Father_of_10
Look Great

It does look like you have done a lot of work so far. We are in the process of purchasing our 2nd bus to convert, but we are all looking forward to the challenge :D
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 01-30-2004, 03:19 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 18,889
Posted By Father_of_10
Passenger Seat

We have just purchased our 2nd bus to convert and I was thinking about adding a passenger seat right next to the drivers seat. I was thinking about a fold down platform over the stairs but am not...
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