Select and Convert Your Bus Into a Motorhome on a Shoestring

Author: Ben Rosander
Publisher: rv-busconversions.com
ISBN: 9780972470414
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
This is an easy to read primer for anyone contemplating this rewarding project. While not a comprehensive manual or step by step instruction book, it is loaded with practical tips and both the postitive and negative aspects on bus conversions. This book is a must read for both the novice and experienced converter.

Portable Houses

Author: Irene Rawlings
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586853471
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Portable Houses features traditional movable dwellings around the world, from a houseboat in Sausalito to a gypsy wagon in the English countryside. Authors Irene Rawlings and Mary Abel provide essential information on making movable homes functional and practical, along with chapters on acquiring the necessary tools and gear for travel, problem solving with each type of portable house, and converting the dream into highway-legal reality. With photography of some of the world's most ingenious and unique portable structures, Portable Houses will inspire the migratory-minded to turn ordinary modes of transportation into creative living spaces. Rawlings proves that it really is possible for the dedicated, nomadic, do-it-yourselfer to make the road a comfortable home!

Educational Travel on a Shoestring

Author: Judith Waite Allee
Publisher: Shaw Books
ISBN: 0877882045
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
A "road map" for family fun and learning across the country in around a hometown. A helpful tool for homeschooling. Includes ideas for memorable--and inexpensive--vacations and field trips; how to find sources for travel money, ways to build closer family ties with children and teenagers.

The Modern House Bus: Mobile Tiny House Inspirations

Author: Kimberley Mok
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1682682501
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 497

Book Description
"[A] practical and transporting primer on the…skoolie movement" —Vogue.com For homeowners seeking a simpler life and apartment dwellers dreaming of their own space, tiny houses represent an inspiring, attainable ideal. For those fueled by wanderlust, converted buses—they call them “skoolies”—take the tiny house adventure one step further. Reborn as cozy homes, these retired school buses are ready to hit the road. And unlike the bohemian house buses of 1960s counterculture, many of today’s conversions adhere to a contemporary aesthetic of sleek minimalism. In The Modern House Bus, journalist Kimberley Mok shares 12 buses that are sure to inspire. These are families following a new American dream that values financial freedom over square footage, adventure over manicured lawns. Designed to fit the owner’s lifestyle and needs, the conversions are filled with inventive architectural details, creative materials, and unique style. Filled with photographs of the buses and their breathtaking surroundings and ideas space-saving hacks, this is a book for aspiring bus-owners and armchair adventurers alike.

DIY Skoolie Guide

Author: Missy Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734397604
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Do you have what it takes to convert your own bus into the living space of your dreams?If so, this book is written for you-the ambitious DIY dreamer.Jeff and Missy Miller have converted numerous buses into motorhomes, tiny homes, mobile stores, and food trucks from the ground up with their Skoolie Homes team. In this comprehensive DIY skoolie guide, they share all of their proven strategies and experiences with you so that you don't have to waste your time and money figuring it out alone. You will learn how to:* Purchase your bus with confidence* Design the right floor plan for your unique lifestyle* Gut your bus and create your foundation* Build the interior from the ground up* Maximize your living and storage spaces * Install your own plumbing and electrical systems* Prep, prime and paint the exterior* Save money on your conversion without cutting corners* Get your skoolie dream on the reality road This DIY Skoolie Guide is your comprehensive road map-giving you a clear plan on how to convert your bus from start to finish. From basic planning to completion, this book walks you through each step of the conversion process so that you can create your dream and get it on the road.

Camper Van Conversion

Author: Colin Grace
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1447511239
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Have you ever wanted to own a camper van ? In this practical new book, office worker turned camper van converter, Colin Grace shows you, step by step how to convert a van into a bespoke camper van. Learn how to do it, how long it will take and how much it will cost. Over 13 chapters the book details all the conversion jobs, skills, tools, resources and equipment needed to convert any van or minibus into a family camper van.Based on Colin's personal experience of converting, it is packed with practicaladvice, delivered in a down to earth style and illustrated with over 340 high resolution photographs and graphics, including a full leisure electrics system diagram.""If you are considering a camper van conversion, this guide is a great source of information and a good investment before you start your conversion."" - www.campervanlife.com

Compendium of the Emerald Tablets

Author: Billy Carson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578476162
Category : Corpus Hermeticum
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
I will lead you on a journey that will delve into the history of the Emerald Tablets and the secret mysteries contained within these cryptic artifacts. As we begin, it is important for you to know that The Emerald Tablets were written by an ancient being known as Thoth the Atlantean. To date, there have been two manifestations of the Emerald Tablets. First, thousands of years ago Thoth created multiple tablets of text and then concealed the location of these ancient tablets. Second, Thoth chose to incarnate as Hermes the Thrice Great.

How to Be Invisible

Author: J. J. Luna
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250010454
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Using real life stories and his own consulting experience, Luna highlights legal methods for protecting oneself from information predators and how to secure bank accounts, business dealings, computer files, and even one's home address.

Build Your Own Motorcaravan

Author: John Wickersham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857332813
Category : Mobile homes
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Whether you want to fit out a van, revive an old model or build one from scratch, this manual will show you how. The text includes hands-on guidance for dealing with electrical systems and water supplies, together with ideas for storage space and weight saving.

Skoolie!

Author: Will Sutherland
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635860725
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
School buses that have been converted into mobile living spaces — known as skoolies — are a natural extension of the tiny house craze. Buses are not only easier and safer to drive than an RV, they provide a jump-start on the conversion process with frame, roof, and floor already in place. Experienced builder Will Sutherland, whose creative school bus conversions have been featured in Road and Track and Popular Mechanics, is behind the wheel of this alluring look at life on the road. In addition to profiles of eight fellow skoolie fans and stunning photos of bus interiors designed for simple living, Skoolie! does what no other book on the subject has — it offers a complete, step-by-step guide to the conversion process, from seat removal to planning layout and installing insulation, flooring, and furnishings that meet your needs.