BusBuilding

It’s enough to make you want to cry…

Near Williams, California.

Full very nicely photographed and enhanced Bus Graveyard, by shadowplay.

Polished granite “hearth” supplied by my neighbor, Richard.

Sweet!


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Murphy Bed Version 1.0

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Our friend Sojourner has posted a thorough description of how to make ramps for your bus while working underneath. As mentioned previously, never, never, never crawl under a bus without being sure that if the air system loses pressure that there’s enough room for you under it.

Head on over to the Bus Conversions Magazine Forum for the full article.

Who says younger is better?

With all the pre-built products out there constructed with particle board, (a material “…substituted for conventional wood or plywood when appearance and strength are less important than cost“) like cabinetry from the big box stores or even furniture from major retailers, it’s tempting to use it and even difficult to find manufactured quality items made from something more substantial. Well, anything on my budget.

File this evidence under ‘extreme testing’ if you will, and like drug testing on lab rats exposed to quantities many times that which would be experienced by humans, the cabinets and furniture inside your conversion would never be exposed to this kind of harshness, but thought you’d like to take a look at this nevertheless.

This photograph shows a few-year-old drafting table which I have been keeping outside as a rough work-surface. I purposely didn’t want anything of quality out there because something with quality would surely disappear into the night. It was in very good condition when I placed it in this location about a year ago.

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“Corrosion Prevention Fluid”

as in,

No problems so far except a lot of “Corrosion Prevention Fluid” on the right rear engine cover and bumper. I think it is mostly coming from the rear main seal but not sure.

Thanks to gusc for the creative writing. He’s well into a 5,700 mile trip in his GMC 4104, one of the classics of the road.