http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/rvs/2958540374.html (http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/rvs/2958540374.html)
Seen this bus in some tinyhouse articles. Now it's for sale.
Super cool !
almost twice the fuel mileage as my last bus...
nice but no bathroom or holding tanks john
I would seriously own that... Just saying
Yawn. Its good for short distances, not for serious traveling/camping. There used to be a website (Housecars?) for these hippie conversions, I don't know if its still around.
Lol Geoff! :) definitely not my kind of bus but stumbled on It on Craigslist
Quote from: Geoff on April 25, 2012, 07:05:16 PMThere used to be a website (Housecars?) for these hippie conversions, I don't know if its still around.
This one? http://nomadicista.org/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=e6eaa44258ab24de5fcbbbe2cdf2069a (http://nomadicista.org/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=e6eaa44258ab24de5fcbbbe2cdf2069a)
Some of them have exquisite workmanship, in an old-world hand-crafted sense. Other housetrucks are as scary looking as the folk who live in them.
John
Those home made Hippy buses made out of old school buses-many RV parks will not allow them in. I was at Don Laughlin's Riverside RV park this last weekend and they specifically said no School Bus conversions. I personally would not be caught dead in such thing as that bus. Good Luck, TomC
Would make a great political campaign bus!
Quote from: TomC on April 26, 2012, 08:41:39 AM
Those home made Hippy buses made out of old school buses-many RV parks will not allow them in. I was at Don Laughlin's Riverside RV park this last weekend and they specifically said no School Bus conversions. I personally would not be caught dead in such thing as that bus. Good Luck, TomC
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I am typing this while sitting in my 40 ft 1986 Blue Bird All American FE School Bus conversion (still under construction). I am currently in a campground (privately owned, commercial) in Roswell, NM and have been since December 2011. The last campground we were in (Socorro, NM) also did not have a problem with converted skoolies. There was one long terming when we left. I think it's still there.
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Same campground, we just shifted into another site. Costs less and now we have shade in the afternoon. The other pic shows a weekly pull thru site. No monthly sites were available when we pulled in due to our size.
We scrapped the 1974 Eagle that we had back when I used to post here (old forum). I see some things have not changed. I can tell you this. the Blue Bird is much better built than the Eagle was. And much, much less rust. I do miss the Eagle's basement. But that is all.
BTW, there is a park here in Roswell that will not allow any of your coaches either! They specifically require an RVIA certification. Right there in the rules. So you would be just as unwelcome as we would. I wouldn't want to stay there anyway. The cow poop aroma is over whelming. Whereas our location isn't much worse (or better) than most of Roswell. Who would have thought that Roswell was a huge dairy area and home to the largest mozzarella factory in the world (http://www.leprinofoods.com/)! BTW, Roswell is NOT what is portrayed as on TV either.
Lorna
I'd be more worried about low hanging trees, overpasses, train tracks, etc.
I can just picture leaving the top of the house in the middle of some road.
Bill
Lorna- that's a nice Blue Bird. I think most RV parks are referring to front engine type school buses. Good Luck, TomC
i have put the rvia badge as well as the water, electrical, ect plates on my last 3 bus conversions... ;D
Quote from: TomC on April 27, 2012, 07:41:15 PM
Lorna- that's a nice Blue Bird. I think most RV parks are referring to front engine type school buses. Good Luck, TomC
I think you are referring to a "dog-nosed" type skoolie. I have a front engine bus (that's what the "FE" stands for). And the current campground that I am in allows the dog nosed buses as well. So did the last campground. The private campground we stayed at in S GA also allowed skoolies in too. We haven't stayed in a whole lot of private campgrounds. No opportunity to until the last few years. And even then we stayed in the same State Park for 4 months without leaving.
What I am pointing out is that you may be a tad confused about the types of skoolie conversions. These bus shells are cheap (we paid $1400 for ours) and ranges from a metal tent to rather upscale conversions depending on the intended use. And the costs range pretty widely too. You might want to check out Jake von Slatt's Steampunk skoolie conversion (http://www.vonslatt.com/bus-main.shtml) just for giggles. It's a very interesting and beautiful conversion and probably more acceptable to a coach converters taste. (Interior shots (http://www.vonslatt.com/bus-decor.shtml)) Pics of the redecorated bedroom (http://steampunkworkshop.com/victorian-rv-bedroom-redecorated)(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsteampunkworkshop.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FxChronicle-bus06.JPG.pagespeed.ic.9eNLZurqAj.jpg&hash=761ff367a42ff339cd7b511f2ca7966f8924ae55)
Imaginative guy. I rather like his DIY macerator that he built from an old garbage disposal. And there's the thing about the skoolie conversions. They seem to be more creative with materials than the coach converters. I'm not putting coach converters down but when you have a shell that costs under $4K or $5K, you aren't going to be spending big bucks on a lot of stuff. That leads to some very creative solutions. BTW, Jake's bus was built mostly from recycled junk.
you can easily get coach shells for 5K, and some good mechanical ones for not much more, and the nice RE skoolies cost close to that. So i guess it is more a matter of choice now that the market is in the tank. After a couple of conventional skoolies starting back 30 or so yrs ago, i got two coaches, after working on my friends eagle, and am generals, and fish bowls,flx's and the like. After 16 yrs I'm gonna let my brother mess with my tired coach, after his wife sold his 4106 when he went to Oshkosh... Currently i am finishing up a RE thomas with a cat Eng, n 4 spd Allison, cause parts are very plentiful here. I have spent more than twice as much money on the thomas as either of the coach busses, with all systems being redundant for a change. The main point here is that it is up to the builder which platform he chooses, depending on his needs and lifestyle. either way, it takes cubic money to build a usable home...
Quote from: chev49 on April 28, 2012, 05:31:57 AM
either way, it takes cubic money to build a usable home...
Ain't that the truth?
I know we all have different tastes, but we are working hard to get our coach looking as nice as possible on the outside since we have been told over the phone that some parks wanted photos of our coach before they approved it. A decent paint and graphic scheme, stainless rim liners, polished stainless skins, and a good attitude are four things that will go a long way in continuing a solid relationship with parks. On another note, why on earth does it cost so much for a parking spot for a coach with a simple hose sewer and power connection? At the nightly prices of some parks, I'm better off staying at a hotel for the night.