My VW Bus: 2012

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Electric VW Bus

http://www.evalbum.com/384

This electric yellow VW bus runs on batteries! its a "66.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

bus paper craft

This is a paper craft project! Click on the picture, sends you to a pdf that you can print out and cut and make!

The Bus by Damon Ristau

A fine documentary film by Damon Ristau.

After driving through a couple of hard rains, the panels looked even more worser than normal. I undid the one screw and pulled off the moldy, lumpy mess so many of us see. Inside the front bottom was puddles of water. I have leaks I need to address. I cleaned up the mess, and pulled the fake leather cover easily off the moldy, half broken cardboard backer. Time to replace this with something more substantial ( not terribly more substantial, but more none the less...Below are the pictures of the process:

Set the fabric on the new material, in this case, old thin home paneling. like 1/8th in thick. This is easy to cut, yet stronger and flexible. Trace it and cut using sabre saw. Sand, and use spray adhesive to connect the fake leather back on top. If you do a good job of cutting it fits back in pretty easy. I am adding r-13 house insulation to this cavity while I am at it. I also am adding another screw at the top, just remove one of the screws from the heat system and tie into that with a long screw. this adds strength, and helps the new material bend to the curve easier. Net result: Not much difference visually, but its insulated and stronger for many years to come.

the cruddy cardboard. What a strong material for a car! NOT!

the empty cavity.

Tracing the fake leather.

Cut out of thin paneling. Sand.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Cruzin in style...

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Westy rear sofa bed kit

So looking foreward to putting this in my bus. It will be phenomenal! Birthday is coming. Here is the link to bus depot and installation directions.

http://www.busdepot.com/98553.

http://www.amescador.nl/documenten/Inbouw_Rock_and_Roll.pdf

The Smith and Mintert children heading to a Car show. Put it on display with 4 carseats! Rockin!

Westy Rock and roll hinges. Delicious.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

My art for a show in Carthage

This is my art for a local show at the Beehive Collaborative, a local studio run by a college professor. It comes from a photo I took at Eureka Springs, AR, a few weeks ago. The focus is community. I felt that even though it was only my first time at one of these shows, I saw community.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Converting a standard mini bus to a camper bed

Just figured out how to convert back to a bed easy, no big build. Mind blown. The bottom flips down, and just found that it has an adjustable clip that holds it down! Also, there peg holes at the top off the seat back I could just insert the front headrests on top to make full length. Just add a cushion, like off my unused futon maybe? Front bench gets in the way, so it would be flipped around the other way, allowing space for a table in the process.