Time to make my list. The bus needs a new interior.

I decided to take a trip with my girls to Lowe's.
Lowe's Home Improvement has everything. I prefer Lowe's over Home Depot.
I like the way Lowe's is laid out.
You can find things in areas that make sense.
I don't like having to walk from one side of the store to the other.
The people who work at Lowe's are nicer and more helpful.
The goal was to figure out what the interior was going to look like.
Also to determine what materials I would need to start the interior.
I made the decision to make the bus interior out of wood.
The bus will have a Surf Woody Bus feel to it.
Wood panels, curtains, a simple floor plan.
This was a fact finding mission, and a good way to kill a couple of hours.
Here's Some Pictures-


The paint scheme for the bus is going to be
tow tone white over red. I may paint the bus my self. There's an interesting website where a gentleman painted his Corvair for $50.00.
I believe it's called the $50. Dollar paint job.
He used rollers and thinned the paint.
He layered many coats and wet sanded.
It does not look that bad.










This red paint is great.
The shade is familiar.































Most VW Buses don't really have insulation. The interior of the bus needs to be insulated. The trick is to not use anything that will cause problems later on. I'm going to use the foil backed insulation in the interior voids in the rear of the bus. I'll also use the pink Styrofoam stuff
as was done earlier. The bus needs to be warm and quiet.



























I don't know what this thing is, but it scared
her. It conducts loud goofy noises very well.
My youngest was slightly amused.






















The interior panels may be this type of panel.
I like the pine and wood grain.













Buckets have many uses.
My oldest.
She's eyeing that steel
bucket. Why, I don't know.



















The floor will be wood flooring. Wood panels, and floor.
Surf Woody Bus. It will be nice.














The trip was productive. I know what the
interior will be like. I have a rough idea of
I'm going for. More later.

What I did for Memorial Day-

I spent 3 days working on my 1977 VW Bus. AKA The Blue Goose.
Heres a list of what I did-

1. Cleaned, Sanded and Primered the Front Floor.
2. Cleaned, Sanded and Primered the Rear Floor.
3. Cleaned, Sanded and Primered the Cargo Area.
4. Cleaned, Saned and Painted Windshield Wipers.
   
5. Removed the radio.
   
6. Removed the entire Dash.
7. Separated the dash into it's 2 components.
8. Cleaned all vent connections and vent tubing and connections.
9. Cleaned and painted ashtray.
   
10. Cleaned and primered the Area below the windshield.
11. Cleaned and painted the dash.
12. Cleaned, Sanded, Primered and Painted the metal dash cowling.
    
13. Inspected the electrical wiring behind dash.
14. Inspected electrical switches and connections.
    
15. Cleaned and Primered the seat stand pedestals.

I'm sure I forgot some things.
Overall it was perfect weather, I worked an average of 9 hours a day over three days.
It was hot and the work was dirty and I enjoyed every stinking minute of it.
There's something satisfying about seeing a river of dirt water coming off of you in the shower
after a long day.
Excellent weekend.
Much needed.
Significant progress was made on the bus.
Much of which was done to make the bus street worthy.
Pulling the dash off and inspecting all the electrical connections is very important.
Being able to see previous electrical work and the "fixes," will allow me to correct bullshit repairs.
Fixing the floor allows me to make them ready for truck bed liner coating.
I'll do that myself. This will over all- strengthen the floor and allow me to insulate and run new wiring. Also allows me to address any rust issues.
Here's some pictures of what was done so far-

Time to remove the screws and bolts that hold the dash to the windshield.

Radio is no more. Cassette is a dying breed.
Dash has been removed. Nice wiring..

Dash is out. Needed to be sanded and painted.

Metal cowling Separated from dash. Primered.

Dash was cleaned and painted with Hyster Forklift Paint- Low Gloss black. Excellent paint.

Also painted the vent components with a high gloss black, for contrast.

Hyster paint for the wipers too. (along with other components)

The front floor is ready for paint and spray on bedliner.

Rear Floor is also ready.

Cargo floor is ready as well.

Cargo floor is also my work bench.

Thanks Scott- Hyster Forklift paint is outstanding.
Scott has a case of this stuff.
Great paint.

Great weekend good progress, I'll post more pictures later.