Hitting the road.
I finally finished all of the construction on the inside and outside and I painted the beast. I intended on adding vinyl stick-on graphics to the side of the bus after I painted it, but I decided to put that off until later.

The driver side after the paint job. Note the hinged custom steel generator cover panel just in front of the battery compartment door. I painted all of the tanks and other hanging stuff underneath with rubberized undercoating. To paint the bus I used automotive paint that I got at Napa Auto Parts. It took 2 gallons of white paint, 1 gallon of blue paint, 3 gallons of clear coat, 3 pints of clear coat hardener and 2 gallons of reducer. $700 in paint! I did 3 color coats and 3 clear coats. It actually looks pretty much like a factory paint job, except for a couple of drips, runs and little bugs that got stuck to the clear coat. Not bad for my first attempt at automotive painting. I see why people do this in special paint booths normally.
This photo was taken at the Virginia Welcome Center at the TN/VA border. We did it! We actually took this thing on a trip! I didn't think I would ever get finished with all of the details that went into making this thing. Everything worked great. There were a few minor kinks to work out, but all-in-all it was very cool. When we were done with our first trip we had traveled through 5 states: TN, VA, MD, PA, OH, KY, Washington D.C. We traveled 2400+ miles. The white dome on top is our mobile DirecTV satellite dish. That thing is great! We watched satellite TV while we were driving down the highway. It cuts out for a second when you go under an overpass and when the terrain or trees are too tall to the south but, overall it was great.

Note the Velvac deluxe RV mirrors I got surplus. They sure beat the original bus mirrors. Also, check out the refinished grille and bumpers. I took them to a guy who sandblasted them and powdercoated them with a silver powdercoat. They look cool and the finish is very durable. Now if I can just figure out how to do something about those ugly wheels.

The driver seat. I got this brand new from a FlexSteel dealer. This is a 6-way power seat with swivel. It is covered with something called Ultraleather, which is very soft and comfortable and stain resistant. It is an awesome driver seat.
Final interior with carpet. With all of the little luxury RV touches, this thing feels alot like one of the newer Class-C RVs that people are spending big-bucks on. I have right in the neigborhood of $14K total spent on this one, including the cost of the used bus.