Welcome
A little bit to fill you in.
Black velvet and I bought our 1961 White Super Power bus from an old man named Harry in 1999 and have lived in it ever since. We have made alot of changes to it in that time which i hope to write about in the future but for now we'll just start at where we are up to right now.
At the moment, we are parked in my mums backyard in a town on the midnorth coast of nsw. We have been here for 2 yrs and havent done any work on the bus until quite recently when we finally insulated the roof. (yay!!!!) our next major job will hopefully be the windows (which have always leaked) we want to replace the existing ones with timber framed windows that open outwards.

history of the bus

We have been inhabiting our 1958 white super power bus for 11 years. We bought it for $1500 unregistered from an old man named Harry West who was selling it because he was getting too old to maintain it (he was over 80 and walked with 2 sticks but still managed to change the bus tyres! no easy feat).

The bus was a rusty brownish red colour down the bottom and white on top. Harry had decked it out with toilet, shower, washing machine, double bunks, 3/4 bed, wardrobes, full size kitchen sink and cupboards and the biggest darn fridge i had ever seen.

The view from the front of the bus.

The flooring was carpet on top of the original vinyl squares. Some of the windows had been painted over and had the original rubber seals which all leaked.

the view from the back of the bus looking forward

Our first decision before moving it was to rip everything out and start from scratch. We had to take the door off to get the fridge out and the kitchen bench weighed a ton. We gave away most of the stuff to the other people who were building boats etc in the yard where the bus was parked.
After scraping the windows off and unblocking the drainage holes in the window seals, the inside was looking a bit brighter. My next job was ripping up the carpet and scraping off the original vinyl squares that were underneath. This took 2 days of hammer and chisel work because the vinyl was so old it came off in tiny little peices. In the end i left some on the back steps because i couldn't handle the thought of doing any more . They're still there. The bus was now smelling a lot better no more soggy carpet.
We decided to paint it on the inside before moving in and chose a creamy white colour to reflect the light and make the space look bigger. Its amazing what a coat of paint can do. I ended up painting the window seals as well because they already had paint on them and i figured it might help with the waterproofing. I forgot to mention that when we took all the cupboards etc out we discovered that the walls underneath the windows were made out of masonite and were all swollen and soggy so we took them out and replaced them with aluminium pool surround which looks a bit like mini orb.
Next step getting a road worthy certificate and someone to drive her to the caravan park.