Progress

Hi all,

Just a couple of progress shots this week. I have been sick and was very slack about taking photos.

I finally took a photo of the drivers side with all the panels in their final position, painted and windows back in...it is looking awesome! Like a real motor home!

Adrian has been working on the passenger side this week and they decided to break it down a bit and do 2 sheets at a time. So these ones are fully done and today he is going to start framing the rest of this side.

The paint job on the rest of the bus will be touched up once to the window sections are all done.

That's all for now,

Jess :)

 

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Looking more like a motor home !

Hi,

Lots has been happening sice the last post. All the prep has been done on the drivers side - sheets put up, windows fitted and rivet holes drilled.

Then it rained a bit causing problems in progress but highlighting why we are doing this...so much water has come in on the passenger side up the front that the floor will probably need to be replaced sooner rather than later. While waiting for the showers to go away the frame work was started on the passenger side.

But today it was a beautiful clear morning so it was decided that the painting should begin...

So the sheets came down off the drivers side and got hung in the car port and painting has begun! So far the panels have been under coated and had two coats of the white.

We hope to have the drivers side finished very soon!

Bye for now, Jess

 

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We have a window hole

There has been loads of work happening this week!

Adrian is working on one side of the bus at a time. At the moment it is the drivers side that is having the windows done. There is no rust in the frame of the bus, which is a relief because we have seen so many buses get started and then rust is found and it turns into a nightmare.

We have started at the back with the main bedroom framework. And made sure the window would fit....look how small it looks up there! (Not its final position, we are putting it up towards the top more)

Then all the old windows came out.

The next bit of framing for the bunks area was done (I wasn't there to photograph that - might get a pic from the inside later) and some more sheet steel put on and suddenly we have a hole!

And the window looks sooo tiny! It is the smallest you can buy actually but a good size for the bunks and bathroom.

Stay tuned! We seem to be on a roll!

Jess :)

 

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Where are we at?

We finally got the bus registered into our name about a month ago and have begun work to fix it up to suit our family needs. The bus was originally set up for two people with the bathroom taking up both sides of the mid bus area so we are combining that into an ensuite style room and bunks on the opposite wall. We have had to work out the basic interior layout so that work on the outside could begin.

We have new motor home windows to go in, the original bus windows leaked and don't allow much airflow. We picked these up last week from Aussie Traveller.

This is one of the bedroom windows - nice and big!

We are in the process of getting steel, the framing steel got picked up yesterday and the sheets should be able to be picked up tomorrow. The work is underway to get the outside looking like a motor home.

The old windows are being taken out. With lots of help from our oldest!

I hope to be able to regularly update the blog now that I have set it up on the ipad, so much easier than the PC!

Bye for now, Jess

 

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Sleeps Four

 

 

Welcome to our Family blog.

Here I am going to try to keep our friends up to date on the beginning's of our new life with an old 74 Bedford bus.

With my wife Jess and our two Boys  we will attempt to conquer this mighty blue and white beast and tame it into our home away from home.

Thanks must go to Peter & Cathy for making it possible for us to own the bus/motorhome. With out your generosity we would still be watching the grass grow.

I will curse them in later post’s as we hit trouble with the old girl.

 

Bye from the team,