Welcome to the Walters Family School Bus Conversion Site.
We call the project "Skewly".

Believe it or not, there are lots of people who have already done the same thing. School Bus to RV conversions are collectively called "Skoolies" around the Internet. I liked the name, but wanted to personalize the idea a bit, so I decided to call ours a Skewly ("Kewl" is computer-nerd speak for "Cool"). We "borrowed" ideas from lots of people who have already done this and came up with a few ideas of our own to make this project happen.

The main reason I wanted to do this little project (I wish it were little) was to have a really cool hotel room on wheels that would allow us to travel across the US, Canada and Mexico in style (and maybe Central/South America if I get the nerve) for less than the $100K it would cost for a new RV or $40K for a very used RV.

We spent less than half the cost of a used Class C (class C RVs are those smaller RVs that are built on a van chassis) and have a unique RV that is made exactly to our specifications with all new stuff. Okay, the bus and engine aren't new, but the insides are all new. Plus, this thing has much more power than a similarly-sized Class C RV (the bus is 31 feet long) and can handle much rougher terrain.

Enjoy!
Slade Walters