Really good bus build YouTube series.

[someguy]

https://www.youtube.com/c/Rehabit8/videos

Edit: I'm not saying that I'd follow everything these people do, but they realistically show how much work a conversion is, especially the demolition part.  I thought they did a good job of prepping the interior for the conversion.   This took them over a month and they made a bunch of videos of doing it.

I also like that they aren't doing an over the top "Prevost" style conversion, but more realistic what you'd find in a typical home.

[thomasinnv]

Though entertaining to watch, I wouldn't follow them for guidance on a bus build. They do have a few good ideas.

These guys are much more on the ball, being on their third bus build.
https://www.youtube.com/c/LacroixCruiser

[richard5933]

I like what they are doing, but I can't figure out why they used bed liner instead of paint.

As a side note, my French has improved watching their videos.

[luvrbus]

I like what they are doing, but I can't figure out why they used bed liner instead of paint.

As a side note, my French has improved watching their videos.

They are good friends of mine,they are in the detail and bed liner business is why he used it,Yvan teaches detailing all over the world,I sold him and Sylive that bus because I didn't have time to fool with it 

[mmanning]

I watch and subscribe to both channels, I recommend them both.

I find that I am constantly hitting tree branches, it makes me wonder if I should go with a bed liner paint job.  I'd have to see the bed liner on a bus in person first, but I think I would rather go the traditional route.

[luvrbus]

I watch and subscribe to both channels, I recommend them both.

I find that I am constantly hitting tree branches, it makes me wonder if I should go with a bed liner paint job.  I'd have to see the bed liner on a bus in person first, but I think I would rather go the traditional route.

Somebody keyed our coach in Walmart cost me $730 bucks to repair a scratch,now I have damage on the drivers side from a rock slide in Idaho no telling what it will cost,lol bed liner is looking good to me on the doors anyways 

[windtrader]

The stuff is practical for durability and ability to hide surface defects but oh so ugly IMHO.

[luvrbus]

The stuff is practical for durability and ability to hide surface defects but oh so ugly IMHO.

I have a buddy Jim Smith in Albuquerque looks what he does with the bed liner www.smithsultimate.com ,you can sand that stuff and make the finish nice slick and shiny he did on his boat and Harley lol but left it rough on his Eagle bus 

[someguy]

These guys are much more on the ball, being on their third bus build.
https://www.youtube.com/c/LacroixCruiser

Thanks for sharing that channel.

[someguy]

Having never done a bus conversion, these are fantastic videos for me to be watching.

I'm surprised at the amount of body work needed on Yvan's an Sylvie's bus.

[luvrbus]

Having never done a bus conversion, these are fantastic videos for me to be watching.

I'm surprised at the amount of body work needed on Yvan's an Sylvie's bus.

The bus was pretty darn straight except for the cobbled up door , crapy paint job and all the silicone sealant every where and there wasn't much rust for a DL, the bedroom windows were installed in a terrible location.LOL I don't think Yvan really wanted to do another bus.Since Sylive bought the bus he lost that one ,I hated to see the bus go but that damn Claw Foot tub I was glad to see leave 

[silversport]

Twenty years ago I bought our first coach, at that time you joined groups went to rallies to see what other "bus nuts" did/doing. After four coaches buying one the was converted from someone I knew in one of the groups worked the best for me, still spent the first two plus years repairing/redoing to what we wanted (after ten years still working, changing, & repairing). We have a coach that we love, I know inside out. To build from a shell is a costly way but really all ways are costly and there is some luck involved to. Watching the Yvan videos brought my back to those days. Here we are today.

[someguy]

The bus was pretty darn straight except for the cobbled up door , crapy paint job and all the silicone sealant every where and there wasn't much rust for a DL, the bedroom windows were installed in a terrible location.

It was a touring bus.  The roof is raised 9". From factory ?   I agree, not too much rust, but still some. 

When I saw it in the videos, I thought it would be a quick simple retro.  Strip out the old interior and replace it.   Little did I know they would strip it back to the walls, just like a seated coach.   Then they did all the work on the sidewalls with the windows.   Then they completely stripped the exterior, fixed a bunch of stuff and prepped it for paint and painted it.   

Way more work than I thought they would put into it.  But all necessary work.   I like doing that sort of work - rebuilding something, making it good again or improving it.

[luvrbus]

It was a touring bus.  The roof is raised 9". From factory ?   I agree, not too much rust, but still some. 

When I saw it in the videos, I thought it would be a quick simple retro.  Strip out the old interior and replace it.   Little did I know they would strip it back to the walls, just like a seated coach.   Then they did all the work on the sidewalls with the windows.   Then they completely stripped the exterior, fixed a bunch of stuff and prepped it for paint and painted it.

LOL a friend of mine on this board Dave C help me strip walls and bunks everything in that bus was framed with 2x2 or 2x4 red oak screwed together that was a job removing Yvan got off light
   

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[someguy]

LOL a friend of mine on this board Dave C help me strip walls and bunks everything in that bus was framed with 2x2 or 2x4 red oak screwed together that was a job removing Yvan got off light

So what is the whole back story on that bus ?  How many miles does it have on it ?