So unfortunately I have lost the videos because one of my hard drives broke. But I was able to weld to the actual frame of the bus and not to the thin metal. My welder has pre-programmed settings for different thicknesses and I found that to work well for me at 3mm. I am also an inexperienced welder tho. The main thing I did was to work with the framing I had. Because the original frame didn't run inline with the main upright supports in the storage bay I used those small pieces to get the height to the same as isle. I then added another cross beam from each of those uprights in the storage bay that ran width ways across the bus so it wouldn't just rely on those small drop down pieces. Bare in mind tho that I haven't got this engineered yet. But I've added as much support as I could and my bus has the big chassis rails running through it and the bus frame runs right under the storage bays as well so the flooring section is just a small part of the whole system. I also only cut out and replaced one rib at a time to reduce the risk of anything moving out of place, if that even is a risk.

Hi Brett, yes the floor will need to be approved by the engineer when I go through the registration process

I think it will be around 200-202cm when everything is done but I can't remember exactly. What I figured out

Yeah the front windows also leak so that will be a fun job. Hopefully there won't be to much rust around the window seal. I have also removed the AC pod so hopefully it doesn't become a problem for me as well 😂 but they were leaking pretty badly before I done anything

Thanks Brett, yeah the floor was stressful but worth it in the end for sure. We are in broken Hill NSW

No I didn't but I used all marine plywood so it can withstand a bit. I will be sealing under the wheel arches as well so hopefully it won't be an issue

@@benzaround3945 We put bitumen paint on the underside of the floor area under the driver's seat when I replaced that bit. Had been a leak above the driver's side windows which rotted the wood out over the years. Top layer of the timber has waterproofing.

Thanks Tim, yeah I've designed the full layout I'm just waiting until Amber gets back and we'll lay the floor plan out and make the final decisions. There's just a couple spots where we need to see how it feels in the bus.

Look forward to seeing how the fit-out progresses. The pop up workstation will be very cool.

Yeah I think it's worth it after I put the insulation on the floor and flooring then the roof it will be 200cm in the middle of the bus and 192cm on the sides which is perfect for me because I'm 183cm tall and amber's a lot shorter then me 👌🏻

Thanks Pauly boy it's been quite the process but I enjoyed every drop of sweat (well at least looking back on it maybe not at the time 😂) and it's pretty cool to be able to look back at what I've achieved so far.

bloody auto correct "floor"

Yeah fuel economy was definitely on my mind when I was looking for a bus. But I knew most of them would be thirsty anyway so as long as our bus was mechanically sound had, under storage and a good ceiling height to work with we were set. I haven't had a good chance to test the fuel economy properly but going over the mountain range from Lismore to Inverell we got 49L/100km. No but it also helps our bus only has 370000km on it and the maintenance records were really good

All really good questions. Thanks for the feed back and we'll definitely do a video about us and the bus very soon. The bus cost 21k and I'm a mechanic but I try to pick up as many skills as I can because I think it will make life a lot easier one day.

Yeah we didn't have any problems getting the chairs out, it was just very tiring carrying all the chairs out