Five years into building our dream Schoolie, what have we learned? Our first bus was a 1985 Carpenter built on a P30 Chassis. While it's not a full size bus it's pretty big. We jumped into this with both feet since we plan to travel and live in our bus year round we added insulation to the roof, walls and floor, Swivel Captains chairs with seat belts, A shower - wet bath, Countertop, with sink and stove etc, The layout and feel was amazing so what went wrong? TEST DRIVE YOUR BUS BEFORE YOU BUILD! The first mistake was not test-driving our new bus before we did all this work. We drove it down to my parents (about a 70 mile trip). ITS SOOO SLOW! The trip down was slow with a 1985 Chevy 350 and three speed transmission coupled to a 5:23 rearend top speed pedal to the metal, downhill with the wind behind us was 60 MPH! Ok so it's not a thruway cruiser... expectations adjusted.... so it will be primarily a local camping trip rig. OLD = UNRELIABLE The second mistake wa...
Chartruese Bruce
Schoolie as a Hobby