Who wants to convert a bus in to a motorhome?

The idea to convert a bus in to a motorhome started many years ago and came to fruition about three years ago....about 2005. We purchsed a Hino bus with about 500K Klms on the clock and stripped the interior.

Then it happened we realised that an old bus would still be an old bus. We had paid $10,000 for it and decided to sell it, we sold it for $19000. There is always a buyer for everything at the price you want... you just have to connect the two people. You the seller and of course the buyer, they are there you just have to wait to find them.

2007 We found and purchased a Mercedes bus, rear motor and a school bus. School buses are heavily regulated in Western Australia requiring regular maintenance and inspections. Our bus has 545000Klms on the clock which for a bus is not much, we also knew the owner and his maintenance record. I think if he saw it now he would not recognise it.

This bus was more modern than our first and in immaculate condition. We picked it up and brought it home,

Our first adventure was to take all our friends on a picnic to local towns for the day..this was a hoot and everyone wished we had done some more trips.

Our dream had begun to materialise..we paid $40.000 for this bus hence the more modern look.

There was one undeniable fact ... the orange had to go.

A very interesting phenomena occurred , everyone asks the same question...." bet you can't wait to go around Australia ". What a crock of....!%* . What about the massive enjoyment of converting this orange beast in to your dream mobile home.

People asked me what about the first Hino and I say to all " I have gone around Australia three or four times in my head, that is half the fun."

Firstly we needed to have a plan..a drawn plan showing where we were going to place the toilet , kitchen, bedroom etc. Much research needed to take place before we went too far ahead.

We decided that rivets just did not cut the mustard so we intended to strip the sheeting from the outside and replace with aluminium sheeting which is glued on. Windows were removed and we started stripping..what a job. We decided to remove the school bus front and make a fibreglass bullnose that gave a more modern look. ( Here I am cutting the old front off ).




We used the old bullnose to help make a Plug , to make a mould and then this mould was used to make the new front bullnose ... hard work but very rewarding.

I will be continuing to update this blog with the progress of our bus . We are in Western Australia, Perth in fact and happy to help anyone contemplating a project like this ,.

Talk to you soon......all the best...sich.